All right, I have a thing about short cars. I haven’t spoken to a therapist about it yet. Perhaps its just a reaction against the obesity crisis in modern cars and trucks. But where did they all go? There were once so many of them. Well, I’m going to collect all of them: Have the  Read More →

Filed under: Spy Photos , Sedan , Mercury , Luxury Mercedes-Benz C-Class spy shots – Click above for high-res image gallery Our spy photographers have just snapped these shots of the next Mercedes-Benz C-Class undergoing winter testing, and these latest shots give us the clearest look yet at the entry-level luxury sedan’s updated front and rear. The baby Benz should make its official debut later this year, and these photos clearly... 

Classic car restoration is the process of repairing and finishing a car to bring it back to the way it exactly was when it was first sold. It involves repairing or even re-creating every part of the automobile, ranging from the car’s engine and internal parts such as the brakes, engine cooling system and electrical system, as well as its more visible components.  Read More →

The lugubrious trials of a long and weird winter are coming to an end, but whether you’re in Bozeman, Montana or Houston, Texas, chances are you could’ve used the Mattracks Powerboard stand-up snowmobile sometime this season. More  Read More →

We, like just about everyone else in the automotive world, were blown away when Porsche took the wraps off the 918 Spyder hybrid supercar . The wizards in Stuttgart built the plug-in hybrid on the QT and kept it super-secret until rolling it out in Geneva, where it almost literally stopped the show. Now it seems Porsche is actually going to build it. According to England’s Autocar magazine, the Porsche are intent on building a production... 

Don’t get the Blues from broken windshield wipers.. Although we sell engines and other related automotive parts, I have an unrelated winter time tip for you. Since we just spent 411.00 dollars on the repair, you may be interested in what happened and why. My moms car is a 1999 Saturn SL-2. She lives in Maryland where the terrible snow storm hit and crippled the city last month. One of the problems with snow and ice building up on your... 

Subminiature, or „kei“ cars ( from kei-jidosha – subcompact cars) have been a Japanese phenomenon. At one time, their combined share was 1/3 of Japan’s market. Unlike anime and Pokemon, the 150 cc vehicles never much made it beyond Japan’s shores. And recently, the sales of the pocket monsters on wheels had been flagging. Last  Read More →

eBay find of the Day: all-electric 1966 Chevrolet Corvair Corsa conversion So close to awesome. Report: Feds probing Prius’ unintended acceleration incident, no new recall issued One car in California is causing a lot of problems. Report: Nissan has 56,000 pre-orders for all-electric Leaf Or something. Other news: KAIST’s On Line Electric Vehicle draws energy from the road, now in use in S. Korea Owning an Electric Car prepares and... 

Mercedes-Benz is delighted to announce its brand-new AMG 5.5-liter V8 biturbo powerplant, which is ready to amaze the customers with astonishing peak output figures of 571 horsepower (420 kW) and 900 Nm of maximum torque. Dubbed internally M 157, the powerful eight-cylinder unit is distinguished by many technological highlights – direct petrol injection with spray-guided  Read More →

BMW VR-7 Sportiv aero kit is the latest addition in Vorsteiner’s rich variety of aerodynamic enhancements.  Read More →

At long last, Google Maps has routes specifically for bikes. With the click of a mouse, the new feature allows you to plot the best (and flattest!) ride from Point A to Point B. Several cities, including New York, Minneapolis, San Francisco and Portland, Oregon, have bike-specific mapping sites. But Google is rolling it out in 150 cities nationwide and announcing it Wednesday at the 10th Annual Bike Summit in Washington, D.C. “This has... 

Filed under: Coupe , Performance , Chevrolet 2011 Chevrolet Corvette Z06 Carbon – Click above for high-res image gallery For the truly hard-core Corvette fanatic who likes to spend weekends thrashing his or her car at the track, there is only one Corvette worthy of consideration: the Z06. However, thanks to the ZR1 , the lightweight, normally aspirated 7.0-liter coupe is no longer the absolute quickest Vette, but it is felt to have the... 

One of my pet gripes about the media and celebrities is the lack of follow-up and accountability. Remember all the hoopla about Steve Wozniak’s Prius with the mysterious electronics glitch that he could manipulate to create UA? My take was that obviously his cruise control had a minor bug that only showed up at over  Read More →

Understanding extended drain intervals is a complex subject, however we have uncovered some facts that make sense of this complicated issue. It doesn’t have to be difficult if everyone would agree on one or two standards of oil and let the lubricant manufacturers decide how long their oils will last.  Read More →

The Toyota Tundra rusted-through frame recall ’s probably expanding, like the company’s headaches. [ Pickuptrucks ] More  Read More →