Author Archive: Bryan McTaggart
Regular Car Reviews Get To Drive A 1974 Plymouth Scamp And He Refers To It As Chrysler’s Low-Water Mark…What?
I’m not a Mopar fanboy. Let’s get that straight now. And I’m certainly not a big fan of A-bodies. I’ve always thought that they were nothing more than basic transportation...
Burnout Monday: Our Favorite NASCAR-Engined Mopar From Down Under Hazes Out Brashernats Sydney!
Are your ears still ringing from all of the explosions of the Fourth of July? Are you still cleaning up all of the firecracker debris, or looking for the duds that didn’t go off? Maybe you just...
Watching An M1 Abrams Tank Extract Itself From A Mud Pit Is Hilarious For Everyone Except The Driver
The bigger they are, the faster they sink to the bottom and the harder it is to free the damn thing from the mud. And they don’t get much bigger than a 68-ton M1A2 Abrams battle tank, which are...
Ebay Find: We’d Take This 1968 Volvo 122 Trar Over Any Subaru
Subaru might have the all-wheel-drive station wagon market pretty much cornered anymore, but unless you’ve got a hot Impreza WRX/STi wagon we don’t understand the desire for them. They...
Project Angry Grandpa: How Did Our Billet Technology Catch Can Do?
It’s been about a month since we installed the Billet Technology catch can onto our 2006 Chrysler 300C, and in that matter of time we’ve driven the car well over 3,000 miles in varying...
A Top Speed Run In A Yugo? Watch As The Guys From Edmunds.com Take Their Lives Into Their Own Hands!
(Photo: Edmunds.com) The automotive punchline of the 1980s: Yugo. A car that has more in common with a large USPS drop-box than it did with the rest of the automotive world. Two-digit horsepower...
Kris Meeke’s Crash In Poland Be The Fastest We’ve Ever Seen A Rally Car Crash Out – Seven Seconds!
We love rally racing because it is exciting, fast, and there is still an element of danger to it, and we aren’t just talking about the fans that stand in the middle of the stage route. Driving...
Best Of 2015: This First-Gen Durango Is Hiding A Surprise Under The Hood, And It’s The Last Thing You’d Expect
When Mike Brooks sent me an eBay link to me, I opened it up and didn’t think much about it. Keep in mind, I’d been awake maybe five minutes and was still not sure on which planet I was...
Check Out FCA’s New “Predator” Advertisement For The Hellcat Twins And Viper – Pay Attention, OEMs, This Is How You Sell A Car
We’ve lamented over and over about the sorry state of performance car advertising in the past. Simple marketing teaches you that if the customers don’t know what the hell you are selling,...
Holley And Hooker Unleash A Full LS Swap Kit For 1973-87 GM 2WD Trucks!
Love it or hate it, you can’t deny that GM’s LS engine series has had a tremendous impact on the automotive scene. You’d have to be blind to not notice the amount of different swaps...
Top 11: McTaggart’s Delusions – Take Your Pick For The Strangest Thing To Come Out Of This Brain
When Brian and Chad hired me on last year, I’m sure even they had a thought or two about what I might bring to the table. I’ve been known for my strange, slightly off-the-wall ideas and...
How To Screw Up At The Tree And Save Your Reputation In One Easy Step! (VIDEO)
“A picture is worth a thousand words” never fit so well than right here. Last yellow bulb on the tree has come down and the owner of this late-model Mustang has made a sincerely poor...
Crash And Burn: Randy Pobst’s Pikes Peak Accident – Even The Best Aren’t Immune To The Danger
Randy Pobst’s name has been getting a lot of mentions here, and for good reason: he is Motor Trend’s resident hot-shoe, he’s an accomplished driver (and I’m underrating that...
