In case you haven’t heard already, super-hoon, Travis Pastrana is planning an attempt at doubling the world record for jumping a car. And he’s doing it with a twist–out into the Long Beach Harbor across water onto a pontoon on New Years Eve. In front of a huge crowd of partiers and live on ESPN. [...]

Autocar UK pitched the contents of Autofiends (modern) daily driver dream garage against each other at Castle Combe. In the wet! Check it out to see who wins.
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Yesterday’s eBay Trolling Discovery was a gorgeous Lancia that nobody except a trillionaire should buy. On the other hand, this 1974 Mazda RX-4 rotary wagon clocks in at a very sensible $6000 asking price, with the possibility of getting the seller to come down a little. The important part is the claim that its Wankel [...]

“Va te faire enculer!” I say to the writers at AutoExpress in the U.K. They’ve gone driving in the Citroen C6 Pallas, which is a one off named for the luxury trim level of the old Goddess-era Citroens. While this particular customization is not to my liking much (baseball glove leather? black rims?) I love [...]

Oh what, you’ve neer heard of the Lancia Appia? Sure, the Aurelia gets all the credit, but the small basic coupe that Lancia made in the 1950s went on to underpin some really gorgeous coachwork. This example on eBay was bodied in aluminum by Zagato. I’ll admit that the headlights aren’t perfect, and there’s something [...]

If you didn’t know, some of us Fiends just love vans. Maybe it’s a 70s/80s thing (Whitesnake time), or that they’re just big enough to haul around light artillery. Last week we brought you info about a company in Australia that will sell you the parts to convert your Pontiac G8 back into its Holden [...]

But the bad kind. What today’s eBay trolling has unearthed is a, well, presentable example of the Alfa Romeo Montreal, dating back to 1972. The awesome news is that yes, it looks like a real supercar – and with a 2.6 liter V8, it sounds fabulous too (0-60 in the 7-second range is 1970s appropriate) [...]

Well, yes. The 2008 Himalayan Classic Car Rally, which is a truly stunning trip of about 7700 miles from the Netherlands to Bhutan, crossed through Iran just today. There are some 35 cars and 70 fantastic lunatics participating in the trip, with a motley collection of cars from a 1969 Volvo 123 to a 60s [...]

If you’re not familiar with the legendary Suzuki Samurai, this headline might lead you to believe I’ve been huffing oven cleaner in a camping tent. I have, but that’s beside the point. The Suzuki Samurai is one of the best budget off-roaders in the history of time. With a wheelbase of about 6 inches, it’s [...]

Between last week’s Paris reveal of the SEAT Exeo, a lightly rebadged B7 Audi A4, and Lieberman’s recent post featuring Mazda’s rotary-powered Holden sedan, I began to ponder some of the worst, most nonsense rebadges in recent automotive history. Some were legally or contractually required, others were clearly the work of absynthe-fueled mercury-poisoned madmen. After [...]