Benny Kirk
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Jaguar Land Rover Expects Semiconductor Woes To Subside by Mid 2022
7 Nov 2021, 19:25 UTC · By: Benny Kirk / You might think it's a bit pointless for any automaker to attempt to predict the future. But when you have a multi-billion dollar auto conglomerate endlessly waiting for news of some relief from the global chip shortage, any encouraging statis...
Watch a Master Mechanic Turn a Non-Running Honda Pickup Into Evil-Looking Mini Monster
7 Nov 2021, 10:31 UTC · By: Benny Kirk / "Built, not bought" is more than just a silly phrase that influencers on Instagram use to make their rides feel more genuine. To some people, it means making sure not an extra cent of your money goes towards a mechanic who knows more than...
RCR's Vagabond Falcon Is the Most "Regular" Custom Car in Existence
7 Nov 2021, 09:47 UTC · By: Benny Kirk / The respect fans have for Roman and Brian of Regular Car Reviews (RCR) is deserved in so many ways, not least because of their very much non-PC comedy. But to provide a nutshell example of why we can't get enough RCR, look no further than the ...
Subtly Tuned 1995 Golf TDI Estate Hardly Needs Any Mods to Look Wicked
7 Nov 2021, 09:14 UTC · By: Benny Kirk / Spending enough time on the internet as an American car enthusiast, you tend to find a recurring narrative about European and Japanese cars: the one saying that such carmakers tend to keep the really exciting and sporty models to themselves, the gr...
Nasdaq Plays Down EV Revolution, Ponders Investing in ExxonMobil.
7 Nov 2021, 08:10 UTC · By: Benny Kirk / Okay, so, most of the time, I'm more or less against the idea of writing in the first person for any reason in a journalistic context. Majoring in journalism tends to do that to you. But, I've just stumbled upon a news article that has im...
Snapchat Clown Replaces Chevy Truck's Tire With Pool Noodles, Bubble Wrap, and Duct Tape
7 Nov 2021, 02:07 UTC · By: Benny Kirk / Tiresize says the correct tire height and width for an early to mid-2000's Chevy C/10 Truck and Tahoe SUV is 245/55R16. Whichever size this mystery Snapchat influencer's ham-fisted attempt at some social media clout amounts to doesn'...
JDM Inspired Custom E36 M3 Walks The Line Between Baller and Ugly
5 Nov 2021, 20:29 UTC · By: Benny Kirk / Max Motive Auto Sales of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, is one of those classic car dealers we can't get enough of savoring their extensive inventory. But did you know they have a second location in the sunny Florida neighborhood of Boca Raton? We ...
Waymo Starts Mapping Streets of New York City, Attempting to Be the City's First AV
5 Nov 2021, 16:48 UTC · By: Benny Kirk / "Can you take me to Carnegie Hall? Oh, and try to avoid FDR Drive, will you? It's rush hour." Before present-day, that perfectly reasonable set of instructions would have been too complicated for an autonomous vehicle to muster. Well...
Tesla vs VW, Did a Recent Company Meeting Reveal VW Is Salty Over Tesla's Success?
5 Nov 2021, 14:34 UTC · By: Benny Kirk / You wouldn't expect the largest automaker to call Germany home to get flustered when foreign competition attempts to steal their market share. As it turns out, the inherent German stoicism associated with their auto industry may be more of a r...
Ready Your Checkbooks: 2022 Acura MDX Type S Hits the Road in December From $60,000
5 Nov 2021, 13:46 UTC · By: Benny Kirk / Watch out, M Division, Acura's been on a Type S frenzy lately, and it looks like they're ready to set their sights on the very same consumer base the Germans used to dominate. So before you bankrupt yourself with a $70,000 X3 M, you might...
Suzuki Launches S-Presso Special Edition, Makes Jeep Renegade Drivers Feel Jipped
5 Nov 2021, 12:42 UTC · By: Benny Kirk / Americans missing out on the most interesting vehicles foreign manufacturers build is nothing new. Still, the special edition of the 2022 Suzuki S-Presso SUV is an omission that hurts. Not least because it's the affordable 4x4 Jeep Renegade&nb...
Greenpeace Ranks Toyota DEAD LAST In Emissions Efforts, Shares With Stellantis
5 Nov 2021, 12:12 UTC · By: Benny Kirk / Toyota is not an automaker that spends very much of its time at the bottom of most rating lists. Stellantis, on the other hand, owners of the Hellcat-producing Chrysler, is on the opposite of that spectrum. Based on the latest statistics from the C...
Yee, And Dare I Say, Haw, 2022 Tundra Named Texas Truck of the Year
3 Nov 2021, 19:20 UTC · By: Benny Kirk / Texans are known the world over for liking three things in varying orders, big stetsons, bigger steaks, and even bigger pickup trucks. Whether or not that's a blatant stereotype on par with all Germans wearing lederhosen is beside the point. B...
Lightly Tuned, Lifted Suburban 2500 Too Nice to Destroy on Overlanding Trip
3 Nov 2021, 14:56 UTC · By: Benny Kirk / Tuning month here at AE continues to go strong as we pay tribute to the best and brightest of the tuned, the built, the modified, and the customized performance vehicle. But the 2001 Chevrevrolet Suburban 2500 we have picked out for you blurs the l...
Trick Your Wrangler or Gladiator With OEM Style Through the New Jeep Graphic Studio
3 Nov 2021, 11:42 UTC · By: Benny Kirk / We like to laud Rolls-Royce for the ability to apply tens of thousands of different choices of shades and colors of paint for their exclusive Black Badge line of luxo-barges, if not far more. But what if your collar is as blue as the vast, Texa...
Volta Zero EV Delivery Truck Ready for Testing, Could Be Ready by End of 2022
3 Nov 2021, 11:06 UTC · By: Benny Kirk / We're the kind of people that love watching big diesel trucks roll absolute coal down long stretches of asphalt. Most of the people who live in the world's biggest cities probably don't hold the same opinion. If we'd hazard to g...
The F-94 Starfire Was the Cold War USAF’s Vision of a Tuned Hot Rod
3 Nov 2021, 07:35 UTC · By: Benny Kirk / It's Tuning Month here at AE, a month where we pay tribute to all of the wrenchers, welders, and DIY gurus both in the industry and in their garage. The kind of people who turn everyday vehicles into unique and exciting rocketships. Most tuner...
The Curious Case of the Seventh-Gen Nissan Sentra NISMO
3 Nov 2021, 03:47 UTC · By: Benny Kirk / In hindsight, the seventh-generation Nissan Sentra B-17 is a car one could argue was set up to fail from the word go. Yes, it sold in massive numbers and did well for Nissan's bottom line at the time. Overall quality issues with CVT failures g...
Bugatti Teamed With Duesenberg to Make This Engine 100 Years Before Collabing With Rimac
2 Nov 2021, 17:02 UTC · By: Benny Kirk / Suppose you follow the latest updates in performance car news. In that case, you know that the supercar extraordinaires at Bugatti have just agreed to a revolutionary partnership with the EV wizards at Rimac. This news might come as a surprise if y...
Illinois Joins NY, Cali, and European Union, Uses Tax Incentives to Lure Buyers to EVs
2 Nov 2021, 14:34 UTC · By: Benny Kirk / It appears the global auto industry is going to have to drag the world kicking and screaming into the all-electric revolution taking place before our eyes. While most European Union members and several key states like California and New York have a...