The real deal is here, Gymkhana 3 dropped yesterday and didn’t disappoint as Ken Block tore up his rally prepped Ford Fiesta. We were hoping for some real goodness and one heck of a show and we think it delivered! Check it out below.
Reports are flying that Ford will equip each of their models with a version of the popular turbo charged EcoBoost engine option. While the EcoBoost option costs more up-front Ford is willing to bet that consumers will spend that extra when the savings can be realized in as little as two years. That’s not a [...]
The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration has received 32 complaints in total with 28 of them detailing where the fuel tank on their 1997 – 2001 F-150 either fell off, or was dragged by the vehicle. You can see where this is going. It’s not a good thing when you’re dragging a 20-some gallon tank [...]
Yes, three beerblog’s today! After this short week, we decided to leave it in style and begin our weekend with our mugs held high. So we came across this company that makes caskets in the form of a 50’s Merc lead sled that can be customized to suit the decedent’s tastes and rest in peace [...]
Tim Francis of Lexington, Kentucky can do the drive-in in style with his couch and coffee table that he put in the frame of an electric golf cart. Nice. Tim, you forgot to throw a fridge and microwave on the thing. Oh well, guess you can always drive to the kitchen for a snack. [Jalopnik]
Yes, that’s right – We said it, world’ fastest backhoe. Now it’s not every day that you find a piece of construction equipment blazing down the 1320 carrying the front wheels. That is until JCB, makers of heavy equipment and no strangers to speed, dumped a 1,300 horsepower engine into a backhoe, installed some trick [...]
Cervini’s Auto Design has released some images of its new C500 kit for the 2010-2011 Mustangs if you want to transform your ride to have the same styling as Eleanor, the ’67 Mustang from Gone in 60 Seconds. The kit will include a hood, front bumper, side scoops, side skirts, rear valence, ducktail spoiler, upper [...]
Apparently Kelley Blue Book is on the block according to the Financial Times. The privately held company is looking to sell in the neighborhood of $500 million to $1 billion. No word on why they are looking to sell, as KBB has not yet commented on the report. Some of the heavy hitters in the [...]
When part 1 of the highly awaited Gymkhana 3 was released a few weeks ago, it was disappointing to say the least. But in a Craigslist ad (of all places) Ken Block and the Gymkhana crew had a little fun selling two 18” Volks Racing wheels in Monster Energy Green with DC logos. The city [...]
Shelby is shifting gears from building cars to establishing an aftermarket parts business that would supply top quality kits to consumers to make their vehicles unique. To go about this they’ve asked on their website what direction consumers would like them to explore and has proposed four packages including one that utilizes the V6 Mustang [...]
Being the only major manufacturer with a sales decline in 2010, Toyota is still feeling the pain of the negative publicity regarding unintended acceleration and the subsequent reports that followed claiming that they knew about the issues and ignored them. Regardless of fault, cause or effect Toyota has to shift gears from reliability to safety [...]
The Aston Martin DB5 featued in James Bond movies Goldfinger and Thunderball, pilots by Sean Connery will be displayed in New York City for a period of four days before it gets auctioned off at RM auction on October 27th in London, England. This particular vehicle is expected to bring in upwards of $5,000,000 and [...]
