August, 2007

No, its not another new car from the blue oval. It’s a new infotainment system that Ford and Microsoft have collaborated on to integrate your daily electronic gadgets into your vehicle seamlessly and without the usual pain involved. Ford has been pushing Sync since the New York Auto Show earlier this year, but now its [...]

We’re all waiting with baited breath and wireless wheels at the ready for a PS3 version of Gran Turismo, but alas it has yet to arrive and keeps getting put back. Apparently the boffins at Polyphony Digital are feeling our pain, so since the full version probably has some time to arrive, they’re dropping a [...]

Little known fact: Steve Saleen loves trucks. Over dinner, at the launch of his Ford F150-based Saleen S331, he regaled us with stories from the shortlived SCCA sport truck racing series of the late eighties. Ford had put Mr. Saleen in charge of taking their compact Ranger trucks into battle with Nissan, Toyota , et [...]

Scion, the company, launched less than four short years ago with the xB— basically a re-badged Japanese Domestic Market (JDM) Toyota bB mini-car. The xB/bB’s iconic box shape immediately gave Scion identity and essentially launched the brand. Though not Scion’s best seller (that would be the tC which some would argue has filled the [...]

An hour earlier, the Audi rep had just tossed me the keys to a black-on-tan 2008 3.2 quattro TT Coupe and a map with the long twisty way from the airport to San Francisco incorporating the legendary Skyline Boulevard and Pacific Coast Highway. Through my passenger side mirror I’m watching two local deputies smirking at [...]

Hardly a week goes by when we don’t hear of the death of an Enzo. With only 400 or so actually in the wild, the Enzo is indeed a rare bird. We’re not sure of the actual numbers remaining given how many have already been lost to the poor driving skills of mysterious Germans, however [...]

If you’re searching for some serious rubber but you’re not quite ready to step up to a full track radial, chek out the T1R. Its compound and tread design make for excellent grip during cornering and stand up well to heavy braking. The tire is still comfortable enough to drive everyday and in all [...]

We’re not sure how many of you out there can afford the American exotic known as the Ford GT, but if you can afford it or have one already, KW has a Variant 3 kit for it. Variant 3’s have been helping Porsches tackle the track for some time, and now if you’re lucky [...]

Anyone remember Momo? They were the do all to end all back in the day and in that respect not too much has changed. Although it seems like they’ve finally caught wind of this crazy thing we call drifting. They’ve just released a purpose designed wheel specifically for drifting. According to Momo its 90mm wheel [...]