Author Archive: Bryan McTaggart
First Look: The First Concept For The DeltaWing GT Road Car – A Street-Legal Dart Based On The Race Car!
When DeltaWing claimed that they were going to create a street-legal and sellable version of the controversial DeltaWing race car, a few eyebrows raised but it was fairly difficult to believe. Don...
Volkswagen Fallout: The Dow Jones Just Removed VW From The Sustainability Index
When we said that the effects of Volkswagen’s diesel cheat scandal were gonna be huge, we weren’t kidding, we weren’t exaggerating, we weren’t even hyping it up. Unlike other...
Unhinged: The Self-Righteous Twerp That Stuck This Note On A Diesel Volkswagen Can Go Suck An Egg.
Ah, Portland, Oregon. Land of the steampunk coffee shop, farmer’s market, urban goat-herding, and of the most insane bicycle riders around anywhere. Oh, and protesting…and don’t let...
Early Christmas Shopping Ideas: How About A 1:2.5 Scale Dump Truck, Loader And Excavator?
The temperatures pancaked down to where we’re considering sweatshirts, pumpkins and corn stalks have suddenly become fashionable yard decor, and the trees are making the move from green and...
Watch As Mighty Car Mods Take An Old-School Beetle And Ramp The Power By A Factor Of Ten!
Ten times the power from stock…for any car, that’s a hell of a jump. Would you like to have ten times the power in your daily ride? Hell, most of us would be happy just doubling the power...
Classic YouTube: Drifting A Bubblebacked Mercury Capri Like A Boss
The Mercury Capri started life as a sporty European import in the early 1970s, but by 1979 it had devolved into a rebadged Ford Mustang, albeit one with a unique look once you were at the back end of...
Three Airbags, One Wheel, One Civic, And A Lot Of Unused Brain Cells Resulted In This Video
Honestly, we get stupid entertainment. For the long-termers here who remember the CarJunkieTV days, all you have to say is “BrakeKleen” to conjure up images of Freiberger catching Chad on...
Which Is Faster Around A Rally Track: A Race-Spec Suzuki Motocross Bike Or An Ariel Nomad?
If you don’t know the auto manufacturer Ariel, you should. You know Colin Chapman, the founder of Lotus, right? Chapman is famous for the quote, “Simplify, and add lightness,”...
Rumor Mill: Tony Stewart To Hang Up His Helmet After The 2016 Season
Tony Stewart’s racing career looks to be winding up, as multiple news outlets are reporting. Stewart, who has been turning wheels in anger since he was a kid in kart racing, has not officially...
This 1973 Ford Gran Torino Sport May Not Be Your Diamond In The Rough, But It Is Certainly The Emerald!
Not every car has a presence. Some cars exist to just blend in the background and do their own thing, which covers just about 98% of what is on the road. Some cars demand attention…most...
Mud Drags Gone Wrong: This 1700 Horsepower Mud Digger Crosses Up And Takes Flight Out Of The Pit!
Seventeen hundred horsepower is not a trifling amount of power. That is professional racer horsepower, the kind of figures you’d normally see running mining equipment. Tying that kind of power...
Burnout Monday: A Cummins-Swapped Ramcharger In The Burnout Box
Torque equals happiness in our book. We’re sure you’ve heard the phrase, “Horsepower is how fast you hit the wall, torque is how far you move the wall.” We like torque. Snotty...
Goes Like Hell, Indeed: The 9-Second Dodge Omni GLH From Drag Week 2015!
Alright, I’ll hang my head in shame: I watched roughly five minutes of all of the Drag Week footage. Yes, we had it covered every day, and yes, there was plenty of information floating around,...
Caption This: Jules Gounon’s Crew Chief Was Overheard On The Radio, Saying “Oh, Come On, It’s Just A Spider…”
Honestly, words aren’t really needed, are they? It’s not everyday that we get to see the rare stackable Porsche 911 Carrera Cup race cars actually get stacked, but somehow, on the opening...