Project Track Slut, Part One: Pick a weapon on the cheap

As regular listeners to the podcast know, Project MR-S met its untimely demise when a truck driver clipped the rear end of our 2ZZ-powered daily-driver, spinning it into the center divider with my fiancée behind the wheel. Fortunately, Melissa made it out okay. Unfortunately, said truck driver sped off and has yet to be found. […]

Toyota halts 2008 Highlander sales as part of recall

Slightly more than 90,000 Toyota Highlanders are being recalled for a seatbelt problem in the third row. The recalled crossovers are all 2008 models built between May of 2007 and March of this year. The stock belts could prevent secure mounting of a rear-facing child seat in the third row, and dealers will install a […]

Skirts & Spoilers: Sharp gets sharper with D3 Cadillac CTS

Push comes to shove, the Cadillac CTS is one of the sharpest-looking sports sedans on the market. But that doesn’t mean that room for improvement is missing… subjective though that may be. D3 Cadillac definitely sees it that way, and to that end has come out with a full aero kit for the crisp Caddy.
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First Cadillac CTS-V auctioned off for charity

If you had your heart set on dropping big-time coin to own the first next-gen Cadillac CTS-V, you’re already too late. CTS-V numero uno was auctioned off Thursday at a charity benefiting prostate cancer, and amazingly the 550 hp monogrammed sledgehammer was actually a bit of a bargain. Cigar entrepreneur Cano Ozgener dropped a reasonable […]

Beijing ‘08 Preview: BYD e6 electrifies family hauling

When Auto China (a.k.a. the Beijing Motor Show) opens next week, BYD will pull the wraps off its e6, an EV crossover/MPV with a front end similar in appearance to the JDM Honda Odyssey. Unlike Honda’s people-mover, the e6 runs exclusively on batteries. Its operating range is stated as being 300 km (186 miles) on […]

Toyota readying Ivan “Ironman” Stewart Signature Series Tundra

Toyota and Baja racing have become synonomous thanks to one man, Ivan “Ironman” Stewart, who has won the Baja 500 a record 17 times in Toyota’s trucks. Despite Ford’s obvious interest in wrestling away some of the dune jumping glory with its upcoming F-150 “Raptor”, Toyota still dominates in the desert. The Japanese automaker is […]

Rumormill: BMW working on twin-turbo four-cylinder?

Here’s a juicy one. BMW Blog reports that it has two unnamed, independent sources who have spoken of a high-revving (how does 11,000 rpm sit with you?) new four-cylinder being developed for use in the 1-series. The power target of this fantasy mill is said to be 220 to 260 horsepower, and it would theoretically […]

Toyota Tacoma under bit of fire for sudden acceleration

Ever since the CBS 60 Minutes debacle involving the Audi 5000, the terms “sudden acceleration” and “unintended acceleration” have been indelibly beaten into the minds of most Americans. In recent times, vehicles such as the Jeep Grand Cherokee have been labeled with the unintended acceleration tag and have all been summarily dismissed as driver error. […]

MV Agusta and Citroen reveal C2 1587 Brutale

We’ve grown rather accustomed to seeing special-edition MV Agusta Brutales, but this is the first time that one has featured four wheels. MV Agusta and Citroën have teamed up to produce a two-door hatchback show car called the C2 1587 Brutale. The naming scheme and the color pallete are clearly inspired by what is arguably […]

Porsche updates Cayenne S Transsyberia for ‘08 rally

Last year, Porsche built a series of race-ready Cayenne S Transsyberia SUVs for use in the rally event bearing the same name. Lessons were learned, and so for the 2008 running of the Transsyberia, Porsche is offering the teams who bought the trucks last year a conversion package that features a number of upgrades. These […]

First Drive: 2009 Nissan GT-R

With only 20 miles separating us from North Lake Tahoe, it’s obvious that I hadn’t secured the hood of our Super Silver Nissan GT-R after poking and prodding inside the engine bay. The left side of the bonnet is raised about a quarter-inch and flapping slightly at speed, so we pull off into a newborn […]

Peugeot rolls out millionth new 207

It has only been two years since Peugeot introduced the 207, and already the French automaker has produced over 1 million examples of the new car. The car hit the market in April 2006 with the three- and five-door hatchbacks, and has since rolled out in convertible, wagon and several sport models.
Last year alone […]

Pontiac G8 GXP Coupe being considered?

Coupes seem to be somewhat resurgent lately, and the stupendously awesome Pontiac G8 GXP might be set to lose a pair of doors. While that would make it essentially a repeat of what came here as a revived GTO not too long ago, the name is not likely to return. The basic idea has been […]

eBay find of the day: 1964 Pontiac Banshee Prototype XP-833 Coupe, again

The very cool 1964 Pontiac Banshee prototype is being auctioned off, again. Back in November of last year, the super-cool and svelte vehicle was put up on eBay with a Buy-It-Now price of $1.3 million. It didn’t sell, so it’s back up… with a cool $2 hundred-grand tacked onto the price.
Powered by Pontiac’s OHC straight-six […]

Gran Turismo 5 Update: one-year out, damage modeling being considered

If you’re lucky enough to own a PS3, you’re most likely deciding whether or not to fork out $40 for GT 5 Prologue. While that might seem like a lot of money for a “demo” game, the latest news on the full version is that it’s still a full year away from launch. That’s quite […]

Build your own Tata Nano. You know you want the sticker package.

For the time being, you have to live in India to buy a Tata Nano. The new people’s car is slated for domestic consumption only for now, but that doesn’t mean you can’t unleash your inner Nano shopper. That’s right, Tata’s website now allows anyone to customize their own version of little fun-sized runabout. While […]

Hyundai Motor America responds to cranky South Korean journalist

A few weeks back we posted a video of a South Korean automotive journalist performing one of the first road tests of the new Hyundai Genesis sedan, albeit the South Korean market model. Without getting into too much detail, he didn’t like it and complained of body roll, mushy brakes, tires not up to the […]

Mosler announces MT900 Challenge spec race series in Europe

Mosler Automotive, which has had tremendous success in the last few years of GT racing in Europe, has announced a new race series specifically for MT900 race car owners. The spec series will tag along with the Dutch Supercar Series and have 11 different events throughout Europe in 2008. In conjunction with the announcement of […]