News & Car Culture

A Closer Look at the Cars of ‘Furious 7’

The seventh installment of the Fast and Furious movie franchise premiered unannounced at SXSW, reminding us once again of the legions of fans who pretend to not like these films, but secretly love them. It’s because fast cars! Awesome fighting! Pretty girls! But mostly just fast cars! We understand. For many of us, the cars have

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Ranking the Top 5 Small Block Chevy Engines of All Time: (#3) 327 L84

The potent 327 L84 held the title as the most powerful production small block Chevy engine for nearly 30 years! That’s an impressive feat for an engine developed way back in 1964, especially considering it gave up precious cubic inches to the larger small blocks developed later on. So how did this legendary engine do it? The

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NHRA Wrap-Up: Greg Anderson Gets 75th Career Pro Stock Win

Summit Racing Pro Stock driver Greg Anderson won his 75th national event Sunday in his new Chevrolet Camaro, defeating teammate Jason Line in the 23rd all-Summit Racing final round in the history of the team. Other winners at the NHRA Gatornationals at Auto-Plus Raceway in Gainesville, FL, included Spencer Massey in Top Fuel, Ron Capps

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Fifth-Gen Camaro to Hit 500,000 in U.S. Sales this Month

The fifth-generation Chevrolet Camaro is on its way out after this year. But not before it hits an impressive milestone. Chevrolet expects to deliver the 500,000th fifth-gen. Camaro in the United States this month. The production milestone caps the Camaro’s five years as America’s best-selling performance car. To celebrate the occasion, Chevrolet released a special

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Top Gear Host Jeremy Clarkson Suspended by BBC

In our inaugural Reader’s Choice Awards, you named Top Gear BBC as your favorite auto-related TV show. Now, according to some reports, the show’s future could be in doubt. Host Jeremy Clarkson has been suspended (again) due to a reported “fracas” with a producer. Here’s the short-but-sweet announcement from BBC: “Following a fracas with a BBC

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Ride Guides: A Quick Guide to Identifying 1948-60 Ford Pickups

We all know that person who is a walking automotive encyclopedia and able to look at a car or truck, quickly tell us the year, make, model and secretly make us jealous. These Ride Guides are designed to help with that. Unlike our Quick Guide to Identifying 1960-66 Chevy Pickup, the differences in the Ford

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2015 Pirelli Great 8 Leaked at the Detroit AutoRama–See All 8 Here!

Today is the first official day of the 2015 Detroit AutoRama, and we already have our first look at the Great 8 finalists for this year. The Pirelli Great 8 finalists will vie for the prestigious Ridler Award, and this year’s field runs the gamut from roadsters, to wagons, to custom muscle. Here’s what the judges will be

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