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Is it Time for Land Rover to Build a Pickup? We Let You Decide
10 Feb 2022, 15:30 UTC · By: Benny Kirk / It takes performance and features of a special variety for Americans to consider adding a new pickup truck to their list of every growing options. Who would have ever guessed that $70,000 fully loaded pickups would be the norm instead of the except...
Land Rover Ranger S.O.V. The No Nonsense Military Defender Armed to the Teeth
10 Feb 2022, 13:30 UTC · By: Benny Kirk / The United States Armed Forces like to use domestically developed and manufactured vehicles and weapons whenever possible. Be it aircraft, tanks, and even utility trucks. But every once in a while, something comes along from overseas that the y...
These Japanese Imports Chauffeured Pitchers to the Mound at Yankee Stadium
10 Feb 2022, 04:30 UTC · By: Benny Kirk / We understand if a portion of our audience couldn't give a rat's behind about baseball in any capacity. But you have to admit, classic bullpen cars decked out in team-appropriate pinstripes were some of the coolest rides around if you...
Land Rover Bikes, Carving Trails With All the Grace of a Classic Defender
9 Feb 2022, 21:38 UTC · By: Benny Kirk / So far on Land Rover month, we've showcased the very first Land Rovers, the most important civilian Land Rover in the Range Rover, and a military Land Rover that was pretty shabby at taking an IED to the face. Now, feast your eyes on the L...
Turkish Auto Industry Rising From The Ashes of the Chip Shortage, Here's How
9 Feb 2022, 06:30 UTC · By: Benny Kirk / No single nation's auto industry was completely spared from the wrath of the global microchip shortage that resulted from a worldwide health crisis. The likes of which no one could have predicted. But the ever-controversial but economically po...
Imagine Pulling Up to a Private Yacht Party in This Grumman Albatross Flying Boat
9 Feb 2022, 04:40 UTC · By: Benny Kirk / A short while ago, we showed you a splendidly restored vintage Consolidated Cataline Flying Boat that, at $1 million, sounds like a pretty sweet bargain compared to a private yacht you could buy for the same money. But the Catalina was far from the...
Mexico May Recover From Chip Shortage Faster Than the US, Here's Why There's Some Hope
9 Feb 2022, 04:40 UTC · By: Benny Kirk / Mexico and its uncannily large and under-appreciated auto industry were one of the places most harshly affected by the global health crisis and the resulting microchip shortages. But news from the Latin-American economic superpower shows signs of a...
Buyer Beware, This Classic Audi V8 Quattro Will Play Russian Roulette With Your Wallet
8 Feb 2022, 23:07 UTC · By: Benny Kirk / Are you a glutton for punishment with way too much time and money on your hands? Or maybe you fancy yourself a certified DIY guru the likes of WatchJRGo or the Car Wizard? If that's the case, we dare you to try and fix anything on this early 9...
Here's Why Mitsubishi's Mirage Succeeded Where Chevy Spark Failed Despite Being Much Worse
8 Feb 2022, 20:22 UTC · By: Benny Kirk / When Chevy introduced the Spark in the U.S. a decade ago, GM was hoping it'd be like the second coming of the original Beetle. By the time it was announced that production of the Spark would end recently, it was out by something some argue was...
Subaru Is Running Out of 2021 WRXs and STIs, But Not for Why You Think.
8 Feb 2022, 16:52 UTC · By: Benny Kirk / The newest generation of Subaru WRX and STI performance sedans may or may not have lit your world on fire in the last year or so. But before it hits the showrooms, your time to get a 2021 version is running out rapidly. The carmaker is making way f...
Snatch Land Rover: The Classic Defender That Tried to be a Humvee
6 Feb 2022, 21:11 UTC · By: Benny Kirk / It's Land Rover Month around these parts, and we've been celebrating by showcasing some of the most innovative, inspiring, and iconic designs from the world's best 4x4 builders. So far, we've shown you the Land Rover Wolf, a...
Land Rover Road Rover: The Prototype That Quietly Created the Crossover SUV
6 Feb 2022, 20:41 UTC · By: Benny Kirk / It's an automotive formula for success that's tried and true these days. You take underpinnings of an average car, give it some bulgy SUV body panels, and then sell them to the masses to the tune of mountainous profits. But crossover ...
Land Rover Wolf: The Plucky, Battle-Hardened Classic Defender
6 Feb 2022, 06:30 UTC · By: Benny Kirk / Americans have the Jeep and the Hummve, and the Germans have the iconic Kübelwagen. But the good old British have an iconic military 4x4 all their own. If you're unfamiliar, this is the Land Rover Wolf. It's special chimera of th...
Here’s Why the Range Rover’s Creator Despised What It Is Today (and Why He Was Right)
5 Feb 2022, 21:58 UTC · By: Benny Kirk / Let's be real. Buying a Range Rover of any generation when a grassy field is the most treacherous terrain you're likely to find is a really bad idea. But if you're the man who invented the world's most famous 4x4, the Cla...
EcoBoost-Swapped Mini Takes a Classic and Makes It Punchier
4 Feb 2022, 12:58 UTC · By: Benny Kirk / The original Mini was a car designed to transport as many people as possible with as little space as science could possibly allow. The fact it was zippy at all wasn't thanks to a fire-spitting dragon of an engine, that's for sure. Althoug...
One-Year-Only 1960 Ford Starliner for Sale, Classic American Iron Few Have Ever Heard Of
4 Feb 2022, 12:36 UTC · By: Benny Kirk / We're sure a fair few car enthusiasts who love 60s American boats believe they have the precise history of every vehicle made between 1960 and 70. If you're one of these people, we're sorry to have thrown a monkey wrench into proceed...
Lockheed Martin Inks Deal to Build More CH-53 King Stallion Choppers, Here's Why It's Huge
4 Feb 2022, 12:18 UTC · By: Benny Kirk / To most people, a production run of nine new helicopters wouldn't be much to write home about. But the Sikorsky CH-53K King Stallion isn't just another nameless helicopter. It's the pride and joy of the United States Marine Corps. Un...
Say Hello to CHAMP, Volkswagen's Robot Bringing Smiles to Sick Kids
4 Feb 2022, 01:24 UTC · By: Benny Kirk / You may find the concept of a robot companion bringing joy and smiles to sick children to sound horrifying. If that's the case, we can only assume you never saw Wall-E on the big screen during its opening weekend, as some younger folks have. B...
New Controversy Sweeps Tesla Autopilot, Owners Complaining of "Phantom Braking."
3 Feb 2022, 21:20 UTC · By: Benny Kirk / One would think Tesla and Elon Musk would have all the issues sorted with all the news of their EVs supposedly being ready for full level four autonomous vehicle operation. But with the latest reports about strange and potentially dangerous phenome...
Doug DeMuro Drools Over Classic GMC Typhoon, The Original Performance SUV
3 Feb 2022, 19:19 UTC · By: Benny Kirk / Less than 5,000 GMC Typhoon performance SUVs ever left the production line back in the early 1990s. The turbo V6 powered muscle truck was a curiosity in its day, never selling enough to be fully appreciated until many years later. Now, it's ge...