Author Archive: Bryan McTaggart
Yield To Oncoming Traffic: Wild Dashcam Footage Of An Emergency Landing On A California Street!
If you’re to the point that landing the small aircraft you are currently flying has become a good idea, your day has just made the top-three list of bad days in your book. By it’s design,...
Hear The Words Of The Voices Behind The Bugatti EB110 As You Take A Haunting Tour Of The Former Factory And Showroom
In 1987, when Romano Artioli brought Bugatti back to life, the company had been out of the automobile manufacturing business for decades. The nameplate carried weight, due to the efforts of Ettore...
This Cadillac Coupe de Ville Is Nasty! 10 Seconds With Nitrous And A Full Interior!
You know that whole adage about lightweight racers being the best? Yeah…throw that book out of the window. There are some cases when full weight (and plenty of it) make sense. Case in point:...
This 1976 AMC Matador 9-Passenger Wagon Is Long, Low And Absolutely Bitchin’!
Nine-passenger wagons are an awesome alternative to having a large SUV or four-door pickup truck. Since they have full frames, they can tow, they can pack around people, and the stigma against wagons...
Random Drag Race: A Motorcycle-Engined Go Kart Against A Race-Prepared Karmann Ghia?
We don’t know where this was filmed at, we don’t know why it looks like the dead of winter, and we don’t really understand why a go-kart that sounds like a super bike’s engine...
Flak Cannons, Spike Strips, And A Wrecking Ball: Ryder Fleet Management Killed This Volvo On Purpose To Test Their Technicians!
Just about 70% of all freight shipped in the United States is moved by a semi truck. That creates a big burden on a trucking company’s fleet manager, who has to make sure that their trucks are...
Two Of The Most Unlikely Rally Cars We’ve Ever Seen In Action: An Early C3 Corvette And A Ferrari 308!
A Ferrari 308 and an early C3-era Chevrolet Corvette racing isn’t that big of a deal, even against each other in the same race. Both nameplates are pretty much synonymous with multiple forms...
Just How Big Is Volkswagen’s Diesel Faux Pas? Here’s Why Wolfsburg Is Sweating
Volkswagen’s little “defeat device” issue that cropped up is already huge news, with talks about recalls, sales stops, massive fines and the lot. To say that Volkswagen is under the...
Crash And Burn: Pedro Piquet’s Barrel-Rolling Brazilian Porsche GT3 Cup Wreck
Seventeen-year-old Pedro Piquet is a bit bruised and battered, but isn’t much worse for the wear after this extremely violent airborne crash during the first lap of the second race of the...
LS Fest 2015 Gallery: More Insane Sideways Action From The Middle Of The Drift Pit
No matter where you turned at LS Fest 2015, you couldn’t escape the sound of late-model GM V8 getting worked to it’s limit. The drag racing was competitive, the road course and autocross...
Watch This Toyota Hilux Make The Run-Up Of The Decade Before Tackling A Huge Dune!
Saying a Toyota Hilux is a decently capable truck is a perfectly acceptable statement. They are made well, can take a beating like few other vehicles can, and are world-renowned for their toughness....
LS Fest 2015 Gallery: Break Out Your Pitchforks, Torches, Ropes And Whatever Else You’ve Got For These Non-GM LS-Powered Vehicles!
A question: if you could take an engine block, do some typical machine work and upgrades, slap on a hairdryer and immediately have a reliable bullet that was pushing a four-figure horsepower rating,...
This Sixth-Gen Camaro Tears Up The ‘Ring During Testing, But What Is It, ZL1 or Z/28?
We are still a ways from seeing the sixth-generation Chevrolet Camaro up close and personally, but thanks to the world of the smartphone and YouTube, we are able to see what manufacturers are up to...
Scrapple, Your Guide To The “meh”-worthy News! This Week, A Crossover Z, A Lost Fan, and A Steering Wheel That Knows You Drank Too Much!
The week is gone already? Wow…time flies when the old inbox is flooded with press releases and junk mail. Most of it was sent to the circular filing system (or the little electronic symbol for...