The 34th Annual Shades of the Past Hot Rod Roundup is winding down but not before the Fabulous 5 were selected from the Top 25. This amazing event is tucked away in the corner of Tennessee in a town named Pigeon Forge but the real draw here is the world Read more
On Sept. 11, 2001, an employee working the ticket counter at Dulles International Airport checked two passengers onto their flight. He didn’t know those two men would soon hijack the flight and crash it into the Pentagon, and he certainly didn’t know how much guilt he would carry for years Read more
When Tim Spencer of Pelham, Alabama decided to build his latest hot rod he knew it would be based on a Ford product. You see there really was no choice since Tim’s dad was a long time Ford mechanic, the Blue Oval DNA runs deep. Tim was always a Mustang Read more
Filed under: Green,Hirings/Firings/Layoffs,Transportation Alternatives,Technology,Autonomous Maybe it’s not so easy to design and build a new automobile after all… Continue reading NYT: Apple car ‘reboot’ involves dozens of layoffs NYT: Apple car ‘reboot’ involves dozens of layoffs originally appeared on Autoblog on Sat, 10 Sep 2016 15:11:00 EDT. Please see our Read more
I don’t want to alarm anybody, but the Jalopnik house is divided, on the verge of tearing itself apart. I’m worried, hurt, and confused. Within our own ranks, I find a frightening division. We’re on the verge of finding Slack plug-ins that let us punch faces over the internet. The Read more
Infiniti announced pricing for its new 2017 Q60 Red Sport 400 coupe, which is set to arrive in showrooms this month with a starting price of $52,205, including destination. The all-wheel drive version is an additional $2,000. The 2017 Infiniti Q60 Red Sport 400 is powered by the automaker’s new Read more
Filed under: Motorsports,TV/Movies,Videos Turns out that converting a NASCAR race track into a college football stadium takes a lot of work. Continue reading How Bristol Motor Speedway was turned into a football stadium How Bristol Motor Speedway was turned into a football stadium originally appeared on Autoblog on Sat, 10 Read more
Pretty soon the Juke won’t be the only Nissan with a rowdy turbocharged four-cylinder engine. Set to arrive in showrooms soon is the 2017 Nissan Sentra SR Turbo, which will be powered by a 1.6-liter, direct-injected turbo-four making 188 hp and 177 lb-ft of torque. That’s the same output as Read more
When most people dig up educational films from the early Cold War today, it’s usually to point out how antiquated some segment of the world was at the time, but every once in a while, you stumble on something genuinely cool like this 1952 short film “Road Runners.” At the Read more
Gassers were all the rage in 1970 and when Gary Clausen of Norwalk, California found an original owner 1936 Willys Model 77 sedan delivery to hot rod he was set on building a gasser. The little Willys panel from Lake Arrowhead was a perfect candidate and it wasn’t long before Read more