Car fanatics are historians. Love of vintage metal means tedious memorization of dates and facts otherwise left to the way back when. It’s why we swap whose dad had what over beers and cling to those yellowed photos of classic tin when they were brand new. Now we can add another spot on our list [...]
I. Giniel DeVilliers and Dirk von Zitewitz won the 2009 Paris-Dakar in a VW Touareg. DeVilliers von Zitzewitz crossed the finish ramp 8m59s ahead of teammates Mark Miller and Ralph Pitchford. Volkswagen not only finished one-two, but made history by sealing the victory with a diesel in the car class since the event’s inception in [...]
For many years people have been watching the ever-escalating, mostly-German horsepower wars and wondering “where’s it going to end?” First 400 hp was considered epic. Then that became de rigueur and 500 horses was the new black. Today (if you live in Europe) you can get twin-turbo V10 Audi station wagons that make (basically) 600 [...]
Say it ain’t so! Sadly, looks like it’s so. Shite. Tougher emissions standards, global financial collapse and general malaise are all conspiring against big, multi-cylindered engines. Like Mercedes’ torque-monster M275 V12s. You know, the engines that power Zondas and can spin-out close to 1,000 lb-ft of torque, even though no AMG tranny can handle the [...]
All hail the clown shoe! You may have guessed this was coming when you saw the news that BMW might be hard at work on a new shooting-brake. Before mods (and this particular car has some mods) the latter S54 B32 M Coupes made 315 hp and weighed just over 3,000 pounds. Hubba hubba. Full story here. I [...]
Every time I neglect to do a POTD a little birdie dies. And every day we neglect to talk about Porches, a baby seal dies. And a teddy bear, too. Yes, well, that’s a Porsche. Kinda. Purists don’t like it. The engine’s in the middle. Boo. A Le Mans-inspired V10 is certainly not a rollicking flat-6. [...]
Sorry Vee Dub fan boys, the company just announced that the beloved R32 won’t make a return appearance for 2009 here in the states. Bring the Scirocco but drop the hot Golf Rabbit — HUH? Well, according to Thomas Wegehaupt, a VW spokesman, the potent AWD hot hatch has been ditched due to the pending [...]
Yesterday saw Zach’s answer to our first ever QFTW. You remember — the one where we asked what car is currently on sale that you would buy and hang onto for the next 30 years? If not more? And Zach answered pretty wisely — the Caddy CTS-V. Hard to argue with 500+ hp four-doors. Unless [...]
We really like this guy. In Germany, traffic cameras are set up to get a picture of the driver’s face. As opposed to here in America where thieves can steal your car, run red lights and stick you with a ticket. No really. Maybe Germany is a more genteel society than ours, or they believe [...]
We’ve got an awesome tech-guy for a number of reasons. Not only is Bernie good at his job (hastily sent “fix it now!” IMs are usually resolved within minutes) and a great guy, but he’s quite the car geek. Evidence of the latter is clearly seen above and in the gallery below. Bernie snapped these [...]
