I. Weird Foward-looking car designer Frank Rinderknecht has designed a new Rinspeed called the iChange. It’s the world’s first car that can adapt its body to the number of passengers it has, and, of course, it’s all-electric. The iChoose should be capable of 135 mph and comes with two sets of lithium-ion batteries, for long [...]
The Pontiac G8 and Chevy Camaro are the end of the line for the General’s (awesome) Zeta patform. What a shame. We’ve told you how awesome the G8 GT’s chassis is. Thing is, GM knows it, too. But, the global financial maelstrom and GM’s particular brand of trouble (plus environmental concerns) has forced them to [...]
This is Grade A autoshite, plain and simple. The Chevy Sprint is no Chevy at all; it’s a captive import, made in Hamamatsu, Japan, by Suzuki. In fact, it’s a car you’d know otherwise as the Suzuki Swift or Geo Metro. And so far, you’re still not impressed. But consider the stats. It has a [...]
Domestic Bliss time boys and girls. When I was in the second grade my dad helped me with my science project: building a Lego car and ramming it into a wall. Why? Well, we actually rammed it into the wall twice. Once with the little guy strapped in, and another with no seatbelt. We then [...]
Levy: Since the dawn of time, there have been Corvette people and Porsche people. Lazy automotive historians haven’t bothered to dig through the mythic pools that predate the relatively new invention of the automobile, but I guarantee you this rivalry was in full effect back when horses were pulling carts. Gives new meaning to the [...]
Told you it’s SUV day. My dad loved the Japanese. No, he’d never been to Japan. Nor could he speak a word of Japanese. He wouldn’t even eat Sushi (thought it was a vector for food born illnesses). But every now and again he’d come across an article about a group of Japanese businessmen that [...]
I’m the first to admit it: I’ve got LeMons on the brain. For reals. And soon, when I run out of material, I’ll stop. But people, please listen to me — Arse-Freeze-Apalooza was friggin’ awesome! Exactly how friggin’ awesome? There was a Corvair in the race. I mean, come on now! A Core-Vare. That’s amazing. [...]
For me, the Marauder is the one that got away. I should have bought one five years ago, and could’ve kept it forever. This doesn’t stop me from perusing eBay and AT for them, though. As the spiritual follow-up to Chevy’s RWD Impala SS, the Marauder got a 302 horsepower 4.6 liter V8 with a [...]
This year will be the first time in almost 20 years I haven’t packed up the car with Christmas cheer and headed south. Lately that meant meeting up with my parents and their two dogs in Virginia and carpooling on down to Knoxville, braving the rest of the loonies in travel, the sinister Virginia State [...]
That’s not me, but I had an identical car. Bought it back in October 2001. A 2002 WRX Wagon. And man, I used to chew up parking lots. The black ‘Rex was my first performance car. Since then I’ve gotten into this whole auto journo thing. What a long, fast, high G, squealy tire, burning [...]
