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This Is One of the Most Interesting Race Cars America Has Never Seen
You’re looking at an Vemac RD320R, one of the most interesting race cars of one of the most interesting racing series in recent years. But you’ve probably not seen it before, because it was competed...
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How Dead Bodies Save Lives Every Day on the Road
Glass explodes. Metal screams against metal. A car crash is a waking nightmare, but one that has become increasingly survivable—and we have piles of dead bodies to thank.Read more...
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No Car Tells The Story of Design vs. Performance Like The Audi TT
The original Audi TT was one of the most un-altered, un-compromised designs to reach showrooms in the modern era. Then it killed five people.Read more...
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Bar Fights, Lawsuits and the Flu Pandemic: The War Between Henry Ford and the...
Henry Ford is practically revered as the patron saint of American cars, and the Model T is his holy text. But it wouldn’t have happened if not for the life, and possibly the death, of two of his...
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The Story of the Porsche 'Black Widow'
Yesterday, Porsche debuted a new 911 GT2 RS Clubsport in a charming black Martini color scheme. I don’t know how many recognize the car or the race it pays tribute to, but both were among the...
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What a Lifelong Z Mechanic Thinks of Nissan Today
“I think Nissan’s lost,” said Rob Fuller, leaning back in his chair at the shop where he pours his blood and sweat into those cars and has for decades. He thought for a moment, twirling absentmindedly...
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It Was Japan’s Most Daring Car. Then the Economy Imploded
“I was driving it with the windows down,” then-product planner and engineer Bob Hall told me over the phone, “and you’d have sworn there was a Ferrari two cars behind you. With the windows up... you...
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Get a Load of This Weird Toyota Engine
For reasons that will become clear at a later date, I have spent a decent amount of time today looking at the history of some weird and somewhat forgotten engines and after my coworkers stopped...
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This Is the Most Important and Influential Car You've Never Heard of
If you were asked to pick the car that was the most technically influential on the greatest number of modern cars, what would you pick? Would you go as far back as the Ford Model T, the real, widely...
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What It's Like to Drive the World's First Real Sports Car
I’m very excited about this week’s Jason Drives episode for two main reasons: first, at 122 years old, it’s the oldest car I’ve ever actually driven, and second, it’s another chance for me to remind...
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The New Hispano-Suiza Looks Insane but There Could Be Car Drama Around It
For most people, Hispano-Suiza hasn’t really been a relevant brand since we last went shopping for a new car just before the Great Depression. The Spanish company is a legendary marque, though,...
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Is This Really an Ultra-Rare Mercedes C111 Wankel Rotor and Housing for Sale...
Mazda and NSU tend to get all the credit for Wankel rotary engines in cars, but Mercedes also did quite a bit of Wankel development, using the motors in SLs as well as in the legendary C111...
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The Jeep Grand Cherokee You Never Knew: Inside Russia’s Wild '90s and the SUV...
On a cold afternoon in late January, I pulled into an industrial side-street of Saint Petersburg. There, I met with a man who I’ll refer to as “Oleg.”Read more...
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The BMW Z1 Was the Car of a Future We Didn't Deserve
The 1980s were good years for BMW. This was the yuppie decade, when E30s ruled and M cars blossomed. This was even when the company finally got its V12 engine project off the ground, having sat in...
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How the Legendary BMW M Coupe Was Designed in Secret
When the 1998-2002 clown shoe BMW Z3 M Coupe was first presented to management (the first prototype of the Z3 Coupe, rather), the executive was at a loss for words. He just stood there, silent, as Car...
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Why Is Drag Racing Called Drag Racing?
I have a lot of respect for the sport of drag racing, partially because I believe there’s a lot more nuance and complexity to it than most people think, and also because I once almost crashed a...
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Mercedes-Benz' Bertha Benz Tribute Film is Strangely Dark and Feels Like a...
Are you familiar with the story of Bertha Benz? She’s amazing. She was the wife of Karl Benz, who built the car that would start Diamler-Benz, a car that was one of the earliest successful...
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The First Ever Concept Car Was Way Older and Weirder Than You Think
If you were to approach a random stranger on the street, seize them by the shirt (or bib overalls, necktie, spaghetti straps, ascot, whatever) and demand they tell you what the first ever concept car...
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The First Bus is Way Older Than You Think
In general, the entire history of cars is much older than most people realize, partially because of Mercedes-Benz’ relentless misinformation campaign that they “invented” the car in 1886, and partially...
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This Deleted Scene From The Godfather Reveals A Strange Fact About WWII-Era...
A while back I encountered a clip of a deleted scene from The Godfather that caught my attention because of what was being discussed. Sure, there was plenty of mob stuff being talked about, but I was...
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