Stef Schrader

11/11/19

Never Back Into Your Neighbor's Herb Garden Again With Auto-Vox's CS-2 Back-Up Camera

My neighbor keeps all kinds of edible plants in a lovely planter right behind my carport, which is nice but…

5/3/19

This Camaro Became Formula Drift's Groundbreaking First Electric Car After Getting Hit by a Train

“This technology is completely untapped,” Joe Napoleon said of the eerily quiet all-electric but blindingly quick…

3/15/19

A Former NASCAR and Tesla Engineer Built His Own Hybrid. It Wasn't Easy

When the all-time fastest car around the Nürburgring is a hybrid, there’s no excuse to still think “hybrid” means…

3/1/19

This Chop-Top Hot Rod Saturn Was Built With $1,500 and a Ton of Creativity

Alfonso Garcia Jr.’s plastic fantastic 1992 Saturn SL2 chop-top hot rod proves any car can be cool, and that you…

2/15/19

Drunkenly Playing Gran Turismo Inspired This Real-Life Range Rover Race Car

We’re all familiar with the 900-horsepower Reliant Robins that can come out of driving games’ “tuning” options, but…

2/8/19

This Movie Tribute Chrysler LeBaron Got Burned to a Crisp for Snow Domination

While some of you were cowering away from last week’s polar vortex, one pair of cousins was driving straight into it…

2/1/19

Racing a 1950 Dodge Truck Was the Easy Part

When people build a race car, they usually start off with a car. Not a rusty, wrecked heap of bolts that’s roughly…

1/18/19

If Audi Won't Sell You the S4 Wagon You Crave, Take Two Cars and Make Your Own

If you want a fast wagon in the United States, bless your heart. Americans love bloated crossovers and trucks, but…

1/7/19

An Electric-Swapped Honda S2000 Is Delicious Blasphemy

The Honda S2000 routinely hits “modern classic” lists thanks to its high-revving screamer of an engine. Swapping…

11/21/18

The Essential Survival Tools You Need For Long Night Races

I just ticked a huge item off my bucket list: my very own Porsche 944 finished its first-ever full 24-hour race.…

10/26/18

Forget Singer, You Want a Mid-Engine LS-Swapped Porsche Reimagined by a Redneck

People pay absurd prices for Porsche restomods, but too often, those pricey, perfect cars languish away in sad collec…

10/19/18

This Apocalypse-Ready Nissan 300ZX Does Battle With an Unusual Infiniti V8 Swap

Nathan Churchel has always looked for ways to make his 1984 Nissan 300ZX Turbo stand out, as merely being the second…

10/12/18

This Tire-Smoking Porsche 944 Showed Me Why You Basic Bros Love the LS Swap So Much

For years, I have been meh about the LS swap. General Motors’ ubiquitous V8 engine fits almost anywhere! It makes a…

10/12/18

This Mud-Splattered 911 Targa Rally Car Is The Best Kind Of Porsche

At Rennsport Reunion, an event full of every conceivable mind-blowing Porsche that you can think of, one car…

10/8/18

Porsche Tractor Racing Is the Real Pinnacle of Motorsport

Somewhere inside Porsche must be a secret directive to race everything they make. Someone has to race the…

10/5/18

This Guy Restored a BMW 2002 With Whatever He Could Find, Including a Tree Stump

Anybody who tells you that you have to enlist a pricey automotive shop to restore a basket-case car is a fool. Casey…

9/28/18

This Toyota MR2 Was Almost Scrapped But a JDM V6 Swap Made It Perfect

Scott Leone’s 1992 Toyota MR2 Turbo ought to be the ultimate cautionary tale about Craigslist trades. He thought he…

9/25/18

Witness Me As I Enter The One True Porsche Heaven On Earth Called Rennsport Reunion VI

I come before you, oh readers, as I stare down a pile of laundry that includes way too many Porsche shirts and a…

9/21/18

How to Do a Turbocharged Time Attack Miata on the Cheap

The best cars are the ones that get used. Driven. Hooned. Appreciated as the functional objects that they are.…

9/14/18

World's Greatest Dad Added a Backseat to His DeLorean to Take His Kids Along for the Ride

We all know parents who sacrificed their sports car the moment kids entered their life, but John Dore wasn’t ready…

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