Archive for the 'Auto News' Category

The Monday Grind

Your Ford SVT Contour is not a sleeper, but this 1972 Chevrolet Nova with 1,160 horsepower is. – Fiery explosion rocks the Williams F1 victory celebration on Sunday – Depth of Speed is a husband and wife team traveling the country capturing automotive stories – Hendrick Motorsports achieved its 200th race victory behind Jimmie Johnson [...]

Category: Auto News, Monday Grind

Putting it into park: Weekend Linkage

Give an 8 year old candy and he’ll eat it. Give an 8 year old a pair of car keys, he’ll drive it across the road, over some bushes and into the foundation of a house causing $80,000 worth of damage. – Horror stories from the DMV compiled by Jalopnik – An electric car that [...]

The Monday Grind

There were two big races this weekend. One involved stock cars and the other didn’t. Here’s what else happened. – Hooniverse’s Weekend Edition was all about cars from overseas. – The 10 cars Americans won’t buy – NASCAR is attempting to bring back their glory days

Putting it into park: Weekend Linkage

Tomorrow is Cinco de Mayo. Happy celebrating, but don’t drink and drive or you may end up in a pickle like the drivers below. – A photo gallery of car wrecks from the 1930′s – Grandparents tow their granddaughter in toy car from back of their SUV – The average American can’t afford the average [...]

The Monday Grind

It’s the last day of April, the first day of the week and this is the Monday Grind. – Honda timeline pays homage to their past and looks towards the future – Bad luck squanders the Richmond 400 for Tony Stewart and Carl Edwards – China wants foreign automakers to create vehicles exclusively for China [...]

Putting it into park: Weekend Linkage

The auto magazine Car and Driver has launched a YouTube channel and based on the preview below, it will be good. That’s about it. Enjoy whatever you’re doing this weekend. – Follow these ten steps to be a better driver – Old Buick is officially dead – The pace car at the Richmond 400 will [...]

The Monday Grind

China gets their own Jeep Wrangler with a dragon brandished across the side – the world isn’t jealous. – How to pull off a successful “neutral bomb” – Subaru BRAT found on eBay – Dale Jr. continues his winless drought at finishing in the 7th spot in Kansas

Category: Auto News

Putting it into park: Weekend Linkage

Watch the video for the most creative way to burn $379,700 before your eyes. After that, check out links for all the auto news you may have missed this week. – Nascar.com asks should lap-down cars respect leaders? – Top 10 used cars to buy with your tax refund – Why bikers are bad for [...]

The Morning Grind

It’s Monday and things already aren’t looking too good for this stunt driver in London. – The most vandalized car in Britain is a Fiat 500 – Greg Biffle won at Texas Motor Speedway after a 49-race winless drought – Hybrid and electric car sales were at a record high in March – This is [...]

Category: Auto News, Monday Grind

Putting it into park: Weekend Linkage

Retired Sprint Cup driver Rusty Wallace has been nominated for the Nascar Hall of Fame. He deserves it too for surviving a crash like this. -  Video on the man who legally lives in the abandoned Detroit Packard Plant – Motor Authority asks what will happen to Dodge in Nascars future – Hybrid owners aren’t [...]