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Author Archive: Bryan McTaggart

This Weiand-blown Mexican Monte Carlo On Ebay Is Calling Nutting’s Name

We love a good sleeper around here, and at least Nutting and myself are seriously into GM G-bodies. So when this all-brown 1983 Chevrolet Monte Carlo popped up in my eBay suggestion feed, I took a...

This Father And Son Team Stick Their Twin-Engined Go-Kart On The Chassis Dyno In The Backyard!

A twin-engined go kart that has snap oversteer, a chassis dyno in the backyard and a dad who has a good eye for mechanical work…how lucky is this kid? Kevin Carter is the father and the builder...

Question Of The Day: What Is The Most Common Automotive Cockroach Where You Live?

After they have been on the road for about twenty years, most cars tend to wind up in that great big used car lot in the sky. It’s a sad truth, but it’s a truth nonetheless. Yet, it...

Unhinged: The Advertisements For The Jeep Renegade Are Out, And They Suck As Much As We Hoped They Wouldn’t

I have been actively forcing myself to find something, anything, about the Jeep Renegade to like. No, seriously, I have…it’s a challenge for me. Very few cars are on my list of vehicles...

Check Out Some Of The More Unconventional Vehicles To Fly Around The Nurburgring!

The beauty of the Nurburgring Nordschliefe is that anybody can pay to drive on the track during certain days of the year. This means that as long as you’re a legal driver and your car...

This Might Be The Most Expensive Bumper Tap In Automotive History

Ever bumper-tapped a car in a parking lot? I’ve done it once. I accidentally backed my Chevy Blazer into the nose of a Nissan Maxima in a gym parking lot. The second my truck stopped suddenly...

This Look Back At A Road Test Of A 1993 Dodge Viper RT/10 Shows How Much Our Standards Have Changed In The Last Few Decades

When Dodge actually started selling Vipers in January, 1992, the world sat up and took notice. Dodge, who up to that point had been awash in K-cars and minivans, hadn’t been doing so well. The...

Chris Harris Goes Racing! Watch As He And Chris Ward Thrash A Rover SD1 Around A Diverse Field Of Touring Cars!

Goodwood’s 73rd Members Meeting had plenty of racing for all of the attendees, and while there were incidents (including the unfortunate one between the Lister-Jaguar and the Mercedes), there...

Scrapple, Your “meh”-worthy News: The Brabus Range Rover Pickup, Mercedes’ Stupidest Quote Yet, And More!

Another week down, another roll of antacids needed for this round of Scrapple. There’s plenty of reasons to drown all of this with some strong liquor in here, folks! 1. Mercedes will not build...

EVO Magazine Got To Test A McLaren F1 And P1 Back-To-Back In Southern France

The McLaren P1 is a technological tour-de-force, proof that hybrid drivetrains can be used for power as well as for ecological reasons. The flame-throwing, properly unbalanced hypercar has turned...

Rough Start: Screw The Budget, Somebody Go Save This 440/4-speed 1976 New Yorker!

It’s big by huge, fitted with two whorehouse red sofas that a six-footer could sleep on comfortably, and it’s got a third pedal and a big block. That should make quite a few of you sit up...

Enough Soda Can Jokes: Ford’s F-150 Just Aced The NHTSA’s New Vehicle Tests

(Images: Ford) When Ford announced that the next-generation F-150 was switching over to an aluminum-intensive structure, there was plenty of doubt about the durability and safety of one of the...

Seven Minutes Of Hell: These Enduro Riders Recorded Their Best Fails

Okay, so it’s seven and a half minutes, but who is counting, really? Trail riding a dirt bike can be an absolute blast, especially when it breaks up the monotony of being stuck on a track, but...

These Yamal Vehicles Look Like The Ultimate Tundra Toys Imaginable

Just look at that shot: a heavy-duty semi-tractor based expedition vehicle articulating in the middle on tires that you could probably run somebody over with and not hurt them. Iceland’s Arctic...