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Muscle Car Match-Ups 2015: Round 3

The Boss? Gone. The Judge? History. The Hellcat? Melba Toast. We included late-model vehicles in this year’s installment of Muscle-Car Match-Ups, but it didn’t take you long to rid the tournament bracket of them, including the Dodge Challenger Hellcat, which some believed would win this entire tournament. Of the eight cars remaining in the tournament,

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NHRA Wrap-Up: Beckman, Brown, Morgan and Hines Win at Four-Wide Nats

Jack Beckman ended a 54-race winless streak by racing to the Funny Car victory Sunday at the NHRA Four-Wide Nationals at zMAX Dragway. Antron Brown in Top Fuel, Larry Morgan in Pro Stock, and Andrew Hines in Pro Stock Motorcycle also were winners at the unique event that features NHRA Mello Yello Drag Racing Series

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Top Gear Host Jeremy Clarkson Fired

Jeremy Clarkson has been fired from Top Gear, the BBC confirmed Wednesday. Clarkson’s contract “will not be renewed by the BBC, marking the end of his time as Top Gear presenter,” BBC director general Tony Hall said. Clarkson was suspended on March 10 after allegedly verbally abusing and physically attacking Top Gear staffer Oisin Tymon in

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2016 Camaro Catch-Up: The Gen 6’s LT1 Engine and Other Details Emerge

The 2016 Chevrolet Camaro will make its public debut on May 16, but Chevrolet has been slowly leaking information on the much-anticipated sixth-generation Camaro. In case you’ve missed any of it, here’s a rundown of details that have recently been released: Chevrolet made it official last week when it finally admitted the Camaro will be powered

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Muscle Car Match-Ups 2015: Round 2

Au revoir, ’87 GNX. Sayonara, ’13 Shelby GT500. We’ll miss you, ’70 Challenger. We say goodbye to a bunch of worthy classics after Round 1, but we can’t help but salivate a little over the juicy match-ups coming up this round. Hopefully by now, you know the drill. If you don’t, you can brush up

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Jeep Unveils New Easter Safari Concepts in Moab

Jeep unveiled several new concept vehicles Thursday that will participate in the 49th Annual Easter Jeep Safari in Moab, UT. Among those is the Jeep Chief concept, which everyone correctly fell in love with. The Chief design calls to mind the original Jeep Cherokee from the 1970s, though it’s built on the Wrangler platform. It

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Ranking the Top 5 Small Block Chevy Engines of All Time: (#2) The 1970 LT-1

That’s LT-1—with a hyphen. There have been three incarnations of the LT-1/LT1 engine now, including the latest version for the 2014 Corvette, but the first LT-1 (the hyphen differentiates it from the more modern mills) has become a true legend among Bowtie enthusiasts. And for good reason. Debuting in the Corvette in 1970, it took Chevy’s popular

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