Author Archive: Bryan McTaggart
Pro Mega Truck? It’s Happening This Year – Check Out The Rigs That Will Be Touring On Monster Jam!
Mega trucks are a curious middle ground between a lifted, powerful mud truck and a legitimate monster truck. Still a newcomer on our radar, mega trucks can usually be spotted by their thin and tall...
Take A Close Look At An Australian Legend, The Holden Torana A9X
In America we had the death of the muscle car in the early 1970s due to the combined efforts of the insurance industry, the onset of emissions controls, and a shift in tastes from fast and flashy to...
Breaking News: Buick Unveils The Avista Concept Coupe – 400 Horsepower Twin-Turbo V6, Rear Wheel Drive, And It’s A True Hardtop!
(All photos: General Motors) The name says Avista, but with a thumper twin turbocharged V6 powering the rear wheels on Buick’s new beauty, there is zero question where the inspiration came...
Class Is In Session! Learn About The Ins And Outs Of Braking With Randy Pobst!
The one feeling that will make your heart drop into your gut is when you really botch braking while at speed. Lock the brakes with the roadway quickly running out and you risk not only a mess in the...
Hot Rod Garage’s 12-Valve Swapped Dodge Gets Some Suspension Rehab And Gets Rid Of The Peg Leg!
Just dumping in an engine powerful enough to stall the Earth’s rotation is not the final answer to a project car…in fact, on it’s own, just adding power without addressing such...
Check This Out: Fourteen Killer Go-Kart And ATV Performance Ideas!
When I was a kid, I had a few Honda ATC 200 three-wheelers. I loved them, but after I got over the learning curve of pull-starting the damn things when they were cold, got over the fear of the power...
Question Of The Day: Where Do You Sit With The Idea Of Off-Roading Minivans?
Ever since Lee Iacocca inflated a K-car until it was the rough shape of a breadbox, the minivan has had a solid place in the automotive world. It’s not a glamorous place at all…in fact,...
eBay Find: A 1973 Chevrolet Chevelle Laguna That Needs More Miles Put On The Clock!
Pointing out that the 1973-77 GM A-bodies’ rise in popularity is simply a formality at this point. The truth is that they are roomy handlers that can be built into a stomping, roomy muscle car...
Check Out This Wild Bounty Hill Footage From Tennessee! Many Try, Only One Succeeds!
Watching these nighttime bounty hill runs in rock bouncers is enough to make you question the sanity of each and every participant. Honestly, it’s not like flinging your way up a hill in a...
Not A Bad Day At Work: Pitting The Corvette ZO6 Against The Dodge Viper ACR
The Dodge Viper has always made a strange competitor against the Corvette. On paper, it seemed to make sense: two American high-performance rear-drive two seaters that had aspirations of taking on...
Round Two, FIGHT! Fisker Sues Aston Martin For $100 Million Dollars, Claiming Civil Extortion
After the fun that Henrik Fisker had with Aston Martin in court over the Thunderbolt concept, you would think that both parties, but especially Fisker, would want to keep far, far away from each...
Behind The Scenes Gallery: Inside The Pits With The Trucks At Red Bull Frozen Rush 2016!
What does it take to make me willingly go to Maine in winter? It isn’t skiing, it isn’t the scenery, and it certainly isn’t the “lobstah”…I’m allergic. No,...
Would You Rather: Which Overly-Enthusiastic 1980s Lukewarm Hatch Would You Take Home?
The mid-1980s was the time when auto manufacturers cautiously, carefully and nervously picked up the book of performance and started flipping through the dusty pages to see if there was a way that...
