Lotus Is Replacing Its Toyota And AMG Engines With A Horse
Hopefully, it sounds good, too, because you don't want your Lotus to sound... hoarse. OK, I'll stop.
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Only One Ramble Seat AMX Muscle Coupe Prototype Survived, And AMC Sold It For $50
AMC built only a handful of Ramble Seat AMX prototypes in the 1960s. While most were destroyed, one was sold for $50 and is rumored to still exist.
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This WWII Plane Is Flying Again After Being Found Under 268 Feet Of Greenland Ice
Glacier Girl flies again.
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Ford Patented Tech That Lets Your Parked Car Dodge Getting Hit All On Its Own
The big question is whether autonomous car regulations will eventually allow Ford to let its cars move on their own without a driver on board.
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Billionaire Ted Turner Once Budgeted His Cash By Daily Driving A Toyota Cressida
Turner traded in his Cadillac for a Toyota Corolla in 1973, following the oil embargo, and he seemingly never looked back.
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Nissan's Roll-Up Tailgate For Pickup Trucks Is As Clever As It Is Confusing
The trend of weirdly complicated truck tailgate designs continues, and Nissan wants in on the action.
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This Manual-Swapped Maserati Gran Turismo Might Be Worth The Risk Of Financial Ruin
Does the appeal of a gated manual override the risk of financial disaster? Don't ask me, I'm currently Googling which non-vital organs are worth the most.
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How Advertising Made You Think Chrysler's Rich Corinthian Leather Was Special
The marketing campaign behind the Corinthian leather inside Chrysler vehicles was a massive hit, that affected pop culture for years to come.
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Learn To Drive Like It's The 1970s With This Aetna Drivotrainer Simulator
Can you actually use it to learn how to drive? Without the accompanying screen and instructor, probably not.
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Porsche Developed A Sedan For Studebaker, And It Even Involved John Z. DeLorean
Porsche didn't always just make Porsches. It was founded as an engineering firm, and it created cars for other brands. Studebaker almost was one of them.
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Suspected Car Thief Spider-Mans Through Underside Of Bridge Trying To Escape Police
After chasing the stolen Civic, police had to shut down the bridge, bring fireboats units into the bay, and bring hostage negotiators to the scene.
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Astoundingly, Two Separate Companies Tried Rotary-Engined Chainsaws
While most people might know rotary engines for their use in cars, a pair of companies made use of them in chainsaws — and those chainsaws aren't easy to find.
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Chrysler's Bugatti Tribute Featured A Straight-Eight Made From Two Dodge Neon Fours
When Chrysler made a 1990s concept car honoring a 1930s Bugatti classic, the body was appropriately stylish. But the effort didn't extend to the engine.
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How Engineers Made An Engine That Ran On Gas And Diesel At The Same Time
Trying to mix gasoline and diesel in most engines will only lead to problems in the long run. But engineers have found a way for the fuels to coexist.
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A Miami Waitress Allegedly Claimed $180,000 Per Month Income To Finance C8 Corvette, Mercedes S560, And More
The idea was to buy a bunch of cars in quick succession, using fraudulent information, before the purchases show up on a credit report, then bail.
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These Are The Main Differences Between The Toyota GR86 Yuzu And The Subaru BRZ Series.Yellow
The BRZ and GR86 are twins that resulted from a Toyota and Subaru marriage, but the new hyper-yellow versions of both coupes may be even harder to tell apart.
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How Goodyear Developed Tires For The Moon
You can't take tires off a car and expect them to work on the moon. In fact, the tires Goodyear developed for 1970s moon missions were quite different.
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The Strategy Behind Cruise Ships' Multiple Diesel Engines Is Unexpectedly Fascinating
Cruise ships make use of a wide array of diesel engines. It might seem like overkill, but their presence is quite important for crew and passengers alike.
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Ford Is Recalling 1.4 Million F-150s Over Unexpected Downshifts
Ford is once again recalling a bunch of trucks.
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How Goodyear Tires Made The McLaren F1's 240-MPH Top Speed Possible
McLaren managed a record-breaking speed of 240 miles per hour all the way back in 1993. But it couldn't have managed that without some help from Goodyear.
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Automakers Adopted Rack-And-Pinion Steering Because It Was Better Than Alternatives
Rack-and-pinion steering is one of the most widely-used forms of automotive steering today. And it's used so often because it has too many benefits to ignore.
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McLaren Artura And Luxury SUVs Smashed In Thwarted NYC Parking Garage Heist
I feel like this story should be from an old Norm MacDonald "Weekend Update" bit.
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Subaru Boxer Engines Keep Showing Up In Small Airplanes: Here's Why
The Subaru EJ engines seem to have caught the eyes of people building experimental light aircraft at home, but why are they so well suited to the job?
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What It Takes To Hit 12,000-RPM With An Air-Cooled Porsche 911 Engine
Making an air-cooled Porsche 911 rev to 12,000 rpm sounds impossible, but it's actually feasible if you use the right parts. Here's how to do it.
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Understanding Porsche's 3-Digit Model Names
Porsche has a long lineup of cars that use three digits for their names. Here's how you can tell them apart, and why they're named that way.
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Ford GT Mk IV Is The Fastest American Car To Lap The Nürburgring, And The Third Fastest Car Ever
The only two cars to ever boast faster lap times than the GT are the electric VW ID.R Pikes Peak racer, and the Porsche 919 Hybrid Evo.
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