[portfolio_slideshow id=47121] Fiat Chrysler Automobiles (FCA) has released teaser images of the modified vehicles that will debut at the 2015 SEMA Show in less than two weeks. The company, which says it will have 20 vehicles in its display, shared teaser photos of four vehicles–most notably a Challenger with AWD badging (see above). Does that mean
In 2014, Ken Block unveiled his all-wheel drive 1965 Mustang. This year Block and his Hoonigan Team have revived Block’s 1978 Ford Escort MK2 RS rally car. Block purchased the car in 2008 and over the past several years gave it the Hoonigan treatment which includes flat black paint, a wide body kit, a 2.5L high revving
It’s October 21, 2015. According to the Back to the Future trilogy, the future is now. We should all be driving around in garbage-powered flying cars and floating around on hoverboards. Instead we have selfie sticks, Snapchat, and vaping. Gee, the future sure isn’t what it was cracked up to be. Although there are some pretty awesome,
[portfolio_slideshow id=46984] The annual SEMA (Specialty Equipment Market Association) Show in Las Vegas is typically a platform for automotive manufacturers to show off customized versions of their popular vehicles. For Ford, no vehicle has been more popular than its F-Series line of pickups—at least according to the numbers. The F-Series has been America’s best-selling truck
Summit Racing Equipment and Armed Forces Entertainment have announced preparation for 2015’s “Operation Appreciation,” the annual journey by Summit Racing and Harley-Davidson racers to visit American troops stationed overseas. Operation Appreciation is made possible by Armed Forces Entertainment (AFE). The trip caps off a full season of on-track competition and has become a much anticipated
Three-time NASCAR Sprint Cup Series champion Tony Stewart announced that 2016 will be his last season as a driver. “Next year will be my last year in the Sprint Cup Series,” Stewart said during a press conference at Stewart-Haas Racing. “It was a choice that was 100-percent mine. There wasn’t any pressure from anybody. If anything, it was
Volkswagen cheated emissions tests with about 2.8 million diesel vehicles in its home country of Germany, the company’s transport minister said Friday. That’s about six times as many cars as the 482,000 the embattled automaker admitted to rigging in the United States last week after the Environmental Protection Agency kicked off a global firestorm for
Holley Performance Products acquired the MSD Group this week in a deal that brings a massive group of iconic automotive performance brands under the Holley umbrella. The acquisition was announced late Wednesday and terms of the deal were not disclosed. New York private equity firm Lincolnshire Management, which manages about $1.7 billion, provided financial backing.
Volkswagen CEO Martin Winterkorn resigned Wednesday as the German automaker reels from the emissions cheating scandal fallout. His successor will likely be appointed Friday. Winterkorn denied involvement in or knowledge of the intentional use of software in 11 million Volkswagen diesel cars designed to trick emissions regulators. That was echoed by Volkswagen’s executive committee. The
Volkswagen cheated emissions tests by installing software on vehicles sold in the U.S. designed to evade regulators, the Environmental Protection Agency said Friday. The EPA called the software a “defeat device” that allowed cars to pass Clean Air Act standards despite emitting pollutants up to 40 times the federal threshold. The allegations are specific to about 482,000 diesel-powered
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