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Category Archive: CAR FEATURES, FORD, Videos

This Knockout 1969 Mercury Cyclone Has Made The Trip Across The Pond And Has Found A Loving Owner In Norway!

“Whatever happened to all of the cool cars?” We hear that question often, especially when it involves a car that wasn’t so cool for many years. When was the last time you saw a...

Question Of The Day: Is The Kia Forte Koup Mud Bogger Cool Or Trying Way Too Hard?

The Kia Forte Koup is one of those kinds of cars that just doesn’t make an impact on you when you think about it. Not that much in Kia’s lineup does, mind you, but where they shine is...

Early Looks From The Tokyo Motor Show: A Yamaha Sports Car, A Miata-Fighting Toyota, And A Potential Mazda Rotary Sports Car?

While our attention is quickly ramping up for the 2015 SEMA show, the Tokyo Motor Show is in full swing and this year stars a couple of eye-raising pieces along the traditional Japanese “what...

Forget The Black Hearse…If Death Himself Was Rolling Around This Halloween, He’d Use This 1937 Buick

You know the cars of Halloween: Drag-u-la, the Munster Koach, Christine, The Car, the Peterbilt from Duel. Then there is the car of the Grim Reaper, the hooded one with a scythe who is out doing his...

Rough Start: The Cleanest Plymouth Volaré We’ve Seen In A While For $2800, Complete With The Mighty Slant Six!

Ok, “mighty Slant Six” might be a bit of hyperbole, but hear me out. If you’re ballin’ on a budget, the name of the game is durability: it has to last until you are able to...

Check Out Some Of The American Iron That Is Living In Iran – Gearheads Exist Everywhere!

There are parts of our lives that transcend national borders, religious differences, and political motivations. Food, music, laughter, and love all exist outside of these realms, but what about the...

The Perfect Garage: A Porsche That Will Scare The Hell Out Of You, And A 1000+HP Minivan For Family Time!

For years, my mantra has been “fast is fast”. It doesn’t matter how you attain the speed, so long as you can back up your claims. That’s not an easy feat to do when your claim...

Rumor Mill: Did Marchionne Just Hint At A New Full-Size SUV From Ram?!

(Lead Photo: Agustin Jiminez/Four Wheeler) FCA hasn’t had a full sized SUV in the U.S. market since 1993, when the D-series-based Dodge Ramcharger was axed, and hasn’t had one, period,...

BangShift Project Files: Why Are We Featuring A Left-For-Dead Buick Regal GS? Because It’s Being Built Up For One Of The Coolest Races We’ve Ever Heard Of!

Are you familiar with the concept of ChumpCar or the 24 Hours of LeMons? That’s where you take a $500 beater, make it safe enough to race without killing yourself, and beat on it until you...

Would You Rather? Which Would You Take, The Late-Model Screamer Or The Street Machine With A Blower?

The entire point of the game of “Would You Rather?” is to force the player into a decision where no matter the choice, the discarded option might have presented itself better. Normally...

Top 11: Our Picks From The 750-Plus Vehicles Up For Grabs At Mecum Anaheim!

Another month, another Mecum auction coming up for us to paw through. Clicking through the auction lots online reminds us of digging through the JCPenny’s catalog as kids as we wrote our...

This 1950 Chevrolet Pickup Is One Evil Mother! A Full-On Wall Of Tire Smoke, Fresh For You, From Nashville!

I’ve seen Jason Moody’s 1950 Chevrolet in person before, and the one part of it you cannot miss are the wide-5 style hubs. What would otherwise come across as a patina’d pickup...

Burnout Mondays: Let Ryan Tuerck Show You The Steps Needed To Fry The Hides Off Of A Minivan!

I’m no saint. Never have been, never will be, especially if there are a set of car keys nearby. I’ve told the story of my first burnout before…it involved a set of car keys sitting...

And The First Lucky Winner Of “Who Gets To Beat On Ken Block’s Escort?” Is Drifter Ryan Tuerck! Check Out The Footage Here!

As we showed you a couple of days ago, Ken Block recently turned his former rally-spec 1978 Ford Escort Mk.2 into his next Gymkhana car. It’s a evil little screamer, sporting a...