Results of a survey of magazine readers compiled by SEMA are in, and showing that 1-in-5 fans of hot rods, customs,…
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In a fiery display of the globe warming, Mount Etna blew its freaking top again yesterday. Residents of Catania were largely unaffected, and continued to motor about in ash covered Fiat Cinquecentos. The Pope slept through the entire event. [Sicily's Mount Etna Erupts] Read more
As the last chunks of salt are chipped off the race cars there is a post speed week battle forming. The SPAL Ford…
From the fusty old Mopar department comes this Friday's gratuitous tire frying. These guys have a junkyard, a soaked…
Back in the days of carbureted and plentiful used Plymouth Satellites, B-52's frontman Fred sang of the devil in his…
The LA Times reports that the Los Angeles Police Department has imposed a moratorium on impounding the motor…
With temperatures edging into the triples across the sunshiny golden state, the Governator has declared a heat…
The promise of wi-fi technology enabling an open transfer of data and ideas for the computer packing everyman is…
Motorcycle News reports the BMW HP2 Sport is on track to be released within mere weeks - in the United Kingdom. [Motorcycle News] Read more
Earlier today we spoke of the Napier-Railton setting a 1939 speed record at the Brooklands Motor Course outer circuit. Sections of the British race track are still intact, or as the photographer who took these pictures writes - lying derelict, broken into by Gallaghers. [Brooklands Race Track] Read more
Our favorite part of going to events like the Monterey Historics or the Pebble Beach Concours is seeing cars not…
The lure of the LS1 is not lost on the hoons of Saudi Arabia, who shoehorn them into old Nissans and wood it up…
Nissan owners will be happy to know the Stillen company of Costa Mesa, California is offering a free trip to…
A strike by Kia contract workers has halted production at the automaker's main plant near Seoul, South Korea. The plant accounts for 42% of of Kia's total output. No word on when the Hwaseong plant will resume operations. [Drive.com.au] Read more
Gazing at images of Speed Week at Bonneville one might think the surface an impenetrable layer of white salt. In…
The Axis of Oversteer reports that David Coulthard and the Red Bull Renault were seen testing the latest in tire warming technology during the Turkish GP free practice. Coulthard later praised the mechanics, who made repairs in time for second session practice. [Red Bull on Fire Video] Read more
Automotive News reports that the sporting car revival is set to begin at Chinese MG dealers next month. The long…
Anyone who refers to himself as the Grand Poobah of Luxemburg and is also one of our Flickr contacts deserves a huzzah. It appears he is governing his tiny European country from UK dragstrips and car shows. [ The Grand Poobah of Luxemburg via Jalopnik Flickr contacts] Read more
The engineering department at Volkswagen has developed a system that politely suggests when it is time for the…