Category Archive: CAR FEATURES, Videos
Best Of 2015: Skewering The Sacred Cow – A DZ302-powered 1963 Ferrari 250 GT/E That Has Enzo Rolling In His Grave
The Ferrari 250 series is carried by the the factory Ferrari racing cars and the wildly valuable 250 GTO, but the long wheelbase, four seater GT/E carries two great distinctions: it was...
Best Of BS 2015: Here’s All The Fun You Could Be Having If You Jammed A Blown 5.4L V8 Into A Crown Victoria
“Quickcrownvic” took one look at his Ford Crown Victoria and sighed. The 4.6L V8 just wasn’t doing the trick anymore. At maybe 240 horsepower on a good day, there just wasn’t...
This Ford Fairlane Is Just The Way We Like ‘Em: Durable, Fast, And Driven Often
Sometimes you need the right inspiration to understand why someone likes the car that they do. Case in point is Colin Sebern’s 1964 Ford Fairlane, which has a Thunderbolt look, but is...
What’s It Like To Drive A Stripper Chevy Colorado That Has Been Jammed Full Of Everyone’s Favorite V8? Mr. Regular Finds Out!
Pulling off a sleeper is actually pretty difficult nowadays. Most older iron is immediately suspect simply because it exists, most modern stuff driven to the track is known to be capable. The only...
This Stunning 1940 Ford Is Owned By The Real-Life Little Old Lady Out In California! Check Out The Backstory On This Cool Cruiser!
That paint…it’s a mile deep, floats somewhere between copper and cinnamon, and in the early evening sun, is just about perfect. You could ask for better, but good luck finding it and...
Roadkill! The Guys Buy The Internet Infamous Rear-Engined Mazda Rotary Pickup And Take It To Optima Ultimate Street Car!
About six months ago, Bring A Trailer featured a freak that I couldn’t share with you readers fast enough: a 1974 Mazda REPU (aka Rotary Pickup) that had the magic Dortio engine canned in favor...
Jay Leno Takes A Close Look At The Brand New 2016 Cadillac CTS-V…200 MPH, Handling For Days, And More Power Than Jay’s Personal CTS-V Coupe!
Ever since Cadillac brought the CTS-V to market in 2004, the concept of the wreath-and-crest cars being rolling Titanics with vertical taillights, more interior fluff than a Build-A-Bear workshop and...
Bringing Four Generations Of Family Together Over A 1951 Chevrolet – How One Car Connected A Family
To some people a car is just that, a car. Even gearheads can think this…they build, they break, they enjoy it just the same, but in the end it is still glass, metal and rubber. To others, the...
The 1941 Tatra T87, A Car Way Ahead Of It’s Time – Rear-Engined, Air Cooled V8 And Aerodynamic!
If you get a chance to go to the Lane Motor Museum in Nashville, Tennessee, you will find that among the numerous interesting cars that fill the building are a collection of Tatra...
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...
Handbeaten Aluminum, Copper Highlights, A Monster Big-Block Ford, And The Looks Of An Early Ford – This Is Pure Car Porn Right Here
If I was to ever fall in love with a traditional pre-war hot rod, it would look exactly like this. And that is saying a lot, because for the most part, I don’t like traditional hot rods. Yeah,...
Jay Leno Gets The Rare Opportunity To Drive The Only Operable Mercedes C111 Sports Coupe
Question: What looks like the love child between the AMX/3 and the Maserati Bora, has come with diesel engines, V8s and Wankel rotaries, and has gullwing doors? Nope, not a Bricklin SV-1. Shame on...
A Look Back At Mitsubishi’s Better Years With A 1973 Colt Galant GTO GS-R
Currently, Mitsubishi is one of those car manufacturers that is sitting on everyone’s “Death Watch”. We get the Outlander and the horrifyingly bad Mirage, a car the shape and color...
Toyota Celebrates The 1,000,000th Hilux Built In South Africa By Hot-Rodding One! Forget The Diesel, Jam In A V8!
We love it when manufacturers do an in-house hot rod, and oddly enough it is Toyota who, for the second time in nearly a year, who have shocked us with something we totally dig. First was last...