Car Culture & Entertainment

Vote! Muscle Car Match-Ups 2014: Round 2

Last year’s champ is no more. The Buick GSX is the Camaro killer. And both the 1969 Yenko Chevrolet Nova and 1968 Dodge HEMI Dart are officially on the Don’t Trifle with This Car list. Not caught up? Check out our post introducing the 2014 Muscle Car Match-Ups tournament. Check out the Round 2 match-ups

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Our Muscle Car Match-Up Tourney Returns…Fill Out Your Brackets Here!

The Madness has returned. While millions of basketball fans skip work, bet money, and otherwise plan their lives around the NCAA basketball, you’ve been infected with a sickness of a different kind. It’s less of a Madness and more of an addiction to hot rods and muscle cars. That’s why we created Muscle Car Match-Ups.

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Photo Gallery: 2014 Pedal Car Challenge — Detroit Autorama

[portfolio_slideshow id=29243] Check out some of the custom pedal cars spotted at the 2014 Detroit Autorama. The Genuine Hotrod Hardware Pedal Car Challenge takes place at select Autorama, World of Wheels, and Cavalcade of Customs shows, which are part of the Summit Racing Show Car Series indoor car show circuit. Pedal cars were donated by Genuine Hotrod

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‘Need for Speed’: An Inside Look at the Latest Racing Movie

[portfolio_slideshow id=29220]   It’s a small wonder it took movie makers so long to get here. Maverick and Goose felt the need for speed in “Top Gun” in 1986. Then, eight years later, the rest of us did after Electronic Arts launched the first Need for Speed video game in 1994, which—now 20 years and 20

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HEMI-Versary! We Rank our Top 8 Elephant-Powered Production Cars

Mopar is celebrating the 50th anniversary of the (Gen II) 426 HEMI in 2014. Introduced as a race-only motor in 1964, the 426 HEMI engine powered Richard Petty to an upset NASCAR win at the 1964 Daytona 500, and 426-powered cars finished 1-2-3 at the event. Nicknamed the “Elephant” because of its size, the 426

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Video: Jeff Gordon and PepsiMAX Do it Again

Revenge is a dish best served on video. PepsiMAX teamed up with NASCAR driver Jeff Gordon about a year ago to film a funny prank video where Gordon, posing as a car shopper, took a car salesman on a wild ride with in-car cameras showing a frightened guy who didn’t know what was happening. We

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Winter Games (Event #7) Biathlon – Best All-Purpose Vehicle

Before we wrap up the wildly popular OnAllCylinders Winter Games with our closing ceremonies, we’re proud to bring you the biathlon. It totally makes sense. It combines cross-country skiing with rifle shooting, which makes almost as much sense as doing a Winter Olympics spin-off about cars and trucks. But the spirit of the competition isn’t

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Winter Games (Event #6): Bobsled – Best 2-Seaters

Remember when the Jamaican bobsled team made its debut at the 1988 Winter Games? The team took the Winter Games by storm, because they were lovable underdogs and represented a tropical nation in a winter sport. Up to that point, Jamaicans fit in at the Winter Games like Miley Cyrus at a Billy Graham Crusade. People were captivated. The point is

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