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You might say the old British idiom “horses for courses” was coined to illustrate the cars of Kobus Reyneke. Quite simply, it means that different people, or in this case, machines, are best suited to ...
Since the beginning of time, automakers and, by proxy, car enthusiasts, have been sticking big engines in cars originally intended for less power. The quest for more muscle is never-ending, and ...
Fiat is retro-modding the 500 by replacing its all-electric powertrain with an internal combustion engine and a manual gearbox. The move follows slow sales of the 500e and the end of production of the ...
So, this car was sold new as a 1981 Subaru coupe with the one-step-above-base DL trim level. That year, the coupe was available only as a DL or GLF. The big differences between the DL and GLF were ...
Plenty of people ascribe plenty of virtues and ideals to the word “motorsport,” but really it boils down to competitive activities powered by engines. Motors make the sport. And the many unique ...
Last week, I went into a fair amount of detail about the ins and outs of replacing the cat-back portion of the exhaust in my 2008 Nissan Armada. Although the article was all flanges and nuts and bolts ...
As I approached birthday number 70, the thought entered my mind that I needed one more hot rod before I reached the other end. During my high school and early college years, life was all about hot ...
For most of automotive history, sports car drivers who opted for drop-tops had to accept a degree of compromise: The credit of open-air exhilaration was offset by a debit to agility and outright ...
Nestled in among a host of questions that occurred when the automobile import tariffs were announced was this: What’s Mitsubishi going to do? Toyota, Honda, Nissan, Subaru and Mazda build vehicles in ...
In the car world, we hear the word “preservation” quite a bit. For many, it means an uncompromising reverence for all-original classic automobiles that are just as they were when they were new, or ...
Derek Bell drives his #27 Martini Tecno PA123 through the Nürburgring's famous Karussell at the 1972 German Grand Prix. Getty Images Charlotte Vowden, longtime correspondent and Hagerty Drivers Club ...
Over the last many years, I have noticed the size of tires on cars the public is offered just keeps increasing. When I was a teen, the most common [wheel and] tire size was 14” with some 13” and 15” ...