Automakers are looking to the past for brand names we’ve come to love, respect, or just heard of before. Two more industry heavyweights are being called out of retirement for debut at The Detroit Auto Show in January. The names are the same but both…
Ford didn’t just up the ante with the new GT 500, they blew up the table: 650hp, 600lb-ft of torque and a top speed over 200mph. Boom! To obliterate the power figures of the new Camaro ZL1 (580hp), Ford’s SVT team bored out the GT…
You know you’re in a hot car when high school kids try to race you without provocation. Scion strummed this chord delightfully with the second generation tC – the successor to the young brand’s best-selling model. On my maiden voyage behind the wheel of the…
Voodoo Blue is a paint scheme so intense my 87 year-old grandmother noticed it through her screen door at night on a street with no street lamps. “My goodness, what is that?” she marveled, peering out towards the 2011 Scion xB parked at the curb.…
Of all the sports and muscle cars at Run to the Sun, the first car on my drive list was the 2012 Fiat 500 convertible. The sound of Nelson Muntz’s laugh echoed faintly off the doors of the Mercedes Benz CLS63. 2012 FIAT 500 CONVERTIBLE…
Run to the Sun is a magical event that proves the car god’s love us and want us to be happy. After working the smell of passion from a Lotus Evora S a friendly gent from Ford invites you into a 2012 Mustang Boss 302.…
There are several, and they are impressive. One involves Craig T. Nelson. If that doesn’t spark your interest, for a glorious while Richland, Washington was the birthplace of the world’s fastest production car. Read on kind Washingtonian. SHELBY SUPER CARS Few would have thought the…
“Don’t worry, that’s just liquid sun!” a DJ boomed over the show’s speaker system. The owner of a convertible 1965 Ford Mustang started her engine and closed the black leather top down on her car. It was raining on the last day of July, at…
If there’s a better way to gather information for an auto blog about a new family car than to pack a family into it and go on vacation… There just isn’t. It’s a brilliant idea and in lieu of conducting a useless Google search to…
Most people who cross state lines in a car they don’t own and didn’t pay for probably never had a stable father figure in their lives. My dad was nestled in safely in the rear seat of our 2012 Volvo XC70 as we cruised majestically…
Pardon the saucy title; the Greenwood Car Show is always a roaring success. This year’s show was no exception, save for a chance encounter with the owner of a cherry 1977 T-Top Pontiac Trans Am. He’s no Burt Reynolds and doesn’t profess to be, but…
The first thing that overcomes a passionate auto-enthusiast at the Greenwood Car Show is total darkness. Most will suffer a harmless aneurysm and be rendered temporarily unconscious from the sight of over 700 classic vehicles splayed out over 1.5 miles of Greenwood Avenue. Once recovered,…
B=Brandon M=Maury B-Why did you ask me to interview you about your DUI? M=Because it just about ruined my life. I want people to know how bad it is to get a Dooey. B-Do you feel like you deserved a DUI? M-I still don’t know.…
Jackass star Ryan Dunn is dead. Pictures taken and posted to the internet shortly before he got behind the wheel of his Porsche 911 GT3 June, 20th show him enjoying what appears to be a tasty alcoholic beverage with several friends, one of which wound…
Do you like driving through magical forests, live music, karaoke, and not paying a dime for any of the three? Well sir, your odd mix of tastes will be satisfied this weekend at Ford’s “Gimme the Gig II” in Seattle. Three stories of the 1st…
You may have seen car drifting on television or played a drifting-themed video game. In Kent, Washington, young average Joes that don’t mind burning through pairs of rear tires like a fat man tears through a six-egg omelet gather at Pacific Grand Prix Motorsports Park…
Summer is here and no amount of meddling from that dirty tart La Nina is going to put a stopper on the season of cars and car-related attractions. Grab the keys from the davenport, gas up the Packard and leave the motoring scarf next to…
Its true - Randy savage, the Macho Man, king of the flying elbow drop, legendary Slim Jim spokesman, died in a car accident in Tampa, Florida on Friday (1). He was 58. “According to the Florida Highway Patrol, Savage (legal name Randy Mario Poffo) was…
Automobiles are a lot like love; it’s not always possible to buy either, but both can be rented for a while. From the trusty moving truck to a limo designed to house a rolling party, the transportation of our lives will inevitably need to be…
Nearly two years ago, I swore on this blog I’d test-drive a new model year Chevrolet Camaro SS. Since that fateful day the muscly bowtie has been the white whale that haunts my dreams, the one that got away, the reason I wear mittens to…
And then there were two. When Land Rover caught wind the Mini Countryman drove by the entrance of the “Hard” off-road course and exploded, they refused to let their LR4 on the trail any longer, unofficially disqualifying them from the off-road division battle. Only the…
If Land Rover had any serious intention of winning the off road division of this year’s Mudfest, refusing to let their LR4 onto the “hard” off road course when it got muddy was an odd way of showing it. Jeep on the other hand had…
What is luxury? Leather? Refinement? Things that are heated that don’t need to be? Crowning a winner in the luxury category of Mudfest is perhaps the most difficult division to decide; one man’s Land Rover is another man’s Infiniti QX56. The owner of a loaded…
If Land Rover had any serious intention of winning the off road division of this year’s Mudfest, refusing to let their LR4 onto the “hard” off road course when it got muddy was an odd way of showing it. Jeep on the other hand had…
If there was any question as to just how muddy this year’s Mudfest might actually be, our band of Northwest auto journalists was forced to navigate a confusing detour on the way to Dirtfish Rally School when the Snoqualmie River flooded from extreme amounts of…
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