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Author Archive: Bryan McTaggart

Ford Performance Is Taking The New Raptor To Best In The Desert Racing’s Factory Stock Class!

(Photos: Ford Motor Company) We’re loving the fact that Ford is putting their actual cars into racing. You have the Fiesta in touring car races, the Focus in rally and rallycross, the GT in...

Wild Ride: Watch As The Back Tire Of Loris Baz’s MotoGP Bike Blows Out At 180 Miles An Hour!

(Lead photo: @EyzalAmriz) Blowing out a tire at 180 miles an hour is a bad deal, I don’t care what that tire was attached to. Plane, car, whatever…your day has just gone down the tubes...

Rough Start Racer: This 1989 Chevrolet Camaro Is Ready To Be Your Gear-Banging Second Car!

Welcome to another round of Rough Start rule-bending. Why are we ignoring the rules we set up for the challenge, you ask? Well, in this case, it’s simple: this time we are looking at a car that...

Who Needs A V8? This V6 Firebird Gets Into The Sevens With A Twin-Turbo Buick Stage Two Under The Hood!

Buick has two modes of production, as far as we are concerned: off and on. When they are off, they are the quintessential old man’s car company, producing cars that are comfortable bordering...

Unhinged: Why Does It Seem Like Is FCA Giving Up On Making Cars?

Sergio Marchionne, the CEO of FCA North America, isn’t a stupid man. When he took control of what was the left-for-dead carcass of Chrysler, many people, myself included, expected the third...

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Jay Leno Takes Us On A Tour Of Not Just The Ford Mustang Shelby GT350R…But The GT350R That He Personally Bought!

Anyone who ever doubted Jay Leno’s credibility as a car guy, consider this video the ultimate proof that you’re wrong. Sure, he’s got Jay Leno’s Garage, a place that is...

Take A Look At What’s New At The National Corvette Museum: From New Cars On Display To New Exhibits!

As we continue through winter, we look forward to spring, when the weather finally starts to cooperate and people start getting out of the house for a while. Naturally, we’ve got a long list of...

Unhinged: What The Military Needs To Replace The HMMWV With…Forget Bigger, Go Smaller For Once!

The HMMWV is in it’s sunset years…this we’ve known, and honestly, for the military, it’s a long time coming. I’ve blasted it before and I’ll blast it again:...

Question Of The Day: Why Isn’t Rally Racing Bigger In The United States?

Yes, the racing at the Rolex 24 Hours of Daytona was exciting and close, especially if you were watching the Corvettes duke it out in GTLM. But there was another race going on where the margin of...

Ebay Find: A Pro Street Ford Ranger That Is Tempting Our Inner Hoon To Come Out And Play!

It’s almost a meme: “V8 ALL the things!” What can we say, we are enamored with power. And we’re not talking sophisticated, Mercedes-like tidal waves of torque or the high...

Top 11: Cars That Deserve A Top-Budget Build! History Wasn’t Kind To These Cars, But Should They Get A Second Chance?

It is amazing to see just how quickly some car models disappear from the landscape, isn’t it? How strange it was that you used to see Ford Mavericks everywhere and then POOF! they are all gone...

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Classic YouTube: Snow Donuts And Drifting In A Subaru SVX, Because All-Wheel-Drive Drifting Looks Awesome!

I’m sure that at least 80% of readers are going to roll their eyes, mutter something that involves my name, the phrase “crap car” (or something like it) and move on, and...

How Does Ford Show Off The Strength Of The New Super Duty’s Frame? By Hanging Nine Trucks Off Of One!

Heavy-duty trucks are a white-hot market that doesn’t seem to be slowing down in sales anytime soon, and Ford Motor Company knows this. Their Super Duty line is paying a lot of bills, and with...

Would You Rather, The Rough Start Edition: Which Sub-$5000 Craigslist Find Would You Choose?

February is so close that you can taste it, and you know what that means? It’s crunch time for that winter project. Soon March will be here and with it, racing, shows, and decent cruising...