Author Archive: Bryan McTaggart
The Challenger Revival, Part 28: The Finish Line Is In Sight For The E-Body’s Rebuild!
Before you watch this video, before you read any more words, go back and look up the first part of this video series, either here or on YouTube. Mid-2019, Dylan McCool dragged home a 1973 Dodge...
Unveiled: 2022 Nissan Frontier – “Don’t Fix What Isn’t Broken” Is A Solid Plan
It’s amazing to think about how up-in-arms car reviewers and auto journalists (real and professed) get about a vehicle platform that has some age to it. The last-generation Ram had been around...
All Muscle: This 1979 Caprice Doesn’t Need To Be Flashy To Get The Job Done!
The 1979 Chevrolet Caprice, in a shade of completely inoffensive sandy tan, with a whorehouse red interior and flat-disc hubcaps. Can you feel yourself transported back thirty years, when these cars...
Money No Object: 2001 Ferrari 550 Barchetta Pininfarina – If You’re Going To Go Full Supercar, Do It Right!
It was the great dividing battle among budding young car geeks in the early 1990s: were you a Ferrari or Lamborghini kid? They were easy to tell apart: one bought the poster of the red Miami Vice-era...
Morning Symphony: Hellraising At Motorvation 2021
You can cry foul about how burnouts are wasteful, and pointless, and stupid all you damn well please. Where I’m concerned, your opinions and complaints fall upon deaf ears. You want to know...
Unhinged: GM Is Going All-In On Electric Vehicles By 2035? That Sounds Bold…
The news came down on Thursday: General Motors pledged to stop making gasoline-powered passenger cars, vans, and sport-utilities by 2035, promising to move past the internal combustion engine and...
Don’t Be Scared, Hit The Throttle: Would You Strap Into This Four-Engined Go Kart?
Front and center in the “Shut up, it’s a great idea” file is adding engines onto one chassis. Think about Tommy Ivo’s dragsters, or the freakish multi-block Lada that the guys...
Flying Wedge: Get An Up-Close And Detailed Look At A 1975 Lancia Stratos
There are some cars that, even though you might not care about their origins or their purpose in the world, that you have to respect without justification. Some cars just earn that right. Think about...
Money No Object: This Dodge Li’l Red Express Will Haul Ass In Full Disco Style!
In the grand scheme of things, Chrysler Corporation in 1979 was more dysfunctional than an alcohol-fueled Thanksgiving Day family fist fight that was coming to an end. Lee Iacocca had been sniped...
Rough Start Fox Body: Disjointed Progress Is Still Progress!
I want to make something clear as a bell: when I said my goodbyes to the Imperial and welcomed in a Fox Body Mustang with open arms to replace it, the idea was that I was finally getting a project...
The Joys Of Pre-Painting: Jamming New Quarters Onto A 1968 Road Runner
When it comes to the fans of Big Three automobiles, it’s a pretty well known fact that those of the Mopar persuasion are the most vicious. They’d eat their kids if it meant that the...
Go Home And Drink: The Chrysler 300 SRT Is No Longer Available In Australia
The process is called “de-contenting” and it’s the fastest way to kill off a vehicle brand. Pull the models people like, reduce the model spread, and once you can justify the...
LeWhoa: Renault Is Bringing Back The Little 5 Hatchback As An EV City Car
At the rate electric vehicles are being debuted, normally the gut reaction is to roll eyes, mutter something derogatory under breath, and move on. The speculation that Chevrolet has hidden a Corvette...
