The death of the manual transmission has been talked about for decades at this point. With the advent of electric vehicles and a general attitude shift as to what a car should be, stick-shift cars are getting left by the wayside. Still, some soldier on, undeterred by what has been said about them and their … Read more
When you think of a “Hellcat swap,” what do you picture? Probably someone pulling the engine out of a car and replacing it with a V8 out of a Hellcat, right? Well, what if there was a far more complicated way to swap a car? What if you could just lay the body of another … Read more
Photo: VinFast When we first drove the VinFast VF8, we weren’t impressed. Our headline said it was “simply not ready for America,” and the criticism only got worse from there. VinFast clearly rushed the development process and didn’t have a remotely competitive product to offer. Supposedly, the Vietnamese automaker planned to improve the VF8 over … Read more
Image: Irfan Khan (Getty Images) Impersonating a cop is a big no no. One man in Florida found this out the hard way after he flashed the fake police lights in his unmarked Dodge Charger at an intersection in order to run a light. Jonathan Bennett And His Late 1980’s Honda Accord | My First … Read more
Charging at home is a big part of owning an EV. DC fast charging is great, but it’s nowhere near as convenient as charging at home, more expensive, and not as good for your car’s battery. As such, most EV buyers will want to charge at home if possible. Thankfully, many EVs come with a … Read more
Photo: Ford When the Ford Bronco was introduced, with its Sasquatch rock-crawling trim, we all thought the same thing: “Surely, this would be the perfect factory vehicle to steal if I knew I would have to drive over cop cars while escaping a Tim Hortons.” Wait, did you all not also think that? Ford Bronco … Read more
Here in America we never really got utes, the car-based pickup trucks that are so popular in Australia in other markets. There were outliers like the Ford Ranchero, Chevy El Camino and Subaru Baja for a time, but they never really caught on here in the U.S, and we came so close to getting a … Read more
Vintage 1965 Chevrolet Corvair convertible at Belmont ParkPhoto: Dünzl\ullstein bild (Getty Images) There are a lot of things dividing us as Americans right now, but cars don’t have to be one of them. Let politics, “lifestyles” and whether to call fizzy sugar water pop verses soda divide us. Cars can (and should) always bring us back … Read more
TVS Motor Company launched a new variant of the TVS iQube with a 2.2 kWh battery at Rs 94,999 (Bengaluru ex-showroom), the company said in a press release on Monday. With a top speed of 75 kmph, the two-wheeler will have a 950W charger and its fastest charging time (0-80%) is of two hours. The … Read more
The type of guy who puts Hellcat in his name has to have a serious devotion to Dodge’s monstrous V8-powered cars. As it turns out, he earned that name by stealing Hellcats and swapping their motors into the cars of paying customers. He and three other men were booked on various charges including engaging in … Read more
