Archive for October, 2009
Dodge Bets on Heavy Duty Trucks for Recovery
Pickup trucks are a constant of the American auto industry. While the passenger car world may trend towards economy today and opulence tomorrow, and the size of the popular cars goes up and down, the world of pickup trucks stays more or less the same.
Pickup trucks stay the same because they’re the vehicle of choice [...]
DSTV Hits Chump Car This Weekend
The scariest thing about this Halloween won’t be emotionally tortured vampires, lovesick ghosts, or even a horde of sugar-amped little kids scratching your car as they run riot over your driveway – it’s the number of absolute rookies blowing on their racing licenses to dry the ink as they belt in to run the Chump [...]
High Expectations
The original Ford Taurus was one of the most important American cars in recent history. Launched in 1985, it single-handedly saved the idea of the domestic sedan, ultimately becoming the best selling sedan in America. That is, until the Toyota Camry finally supplanted its position on that pedestal in 1997. Does the new Taurus and Taurus SHO restore the glory?
Big Developments: 2010 Subaru Outback
In the last couple of years, Subaru has definitely become a bigger car company. Not that the company itself is larger, although they’ve remained profitable through the worst automotive economy since the 1930s, but their cars have tended to swell even as the economy is shrinking.
The basic Impreza is still a C-segment car, but the [...]
Road Test: 2010 Ford Escape Hybrid Limited
One of the duties of an automotive journalist is to answer lots of questions that amount to “What car should I buy?” These days, that question is most likely to come with the stipulation, “I want to get something green, but I really like and need my SUV.” So for the past two years, I’ve [...]
Suzuki Launches 2010 Kizashi Sport Sedan
Suzuki has taken a bold step to change its image in America with this week’s launch of the long-awaited Kizashi sport sedan.
The new Kizashi is powered by a normally aspirated 2.4-liter four cylinder, making 185 horsepower and 170 pound-feet of torque. In some vigorous real world testing, the car averaged 26 MPG while screaming around [...]
Taming the Serpent: Illtech R35 GT-R
It may have already cost him blood, sweat and tears, but this is just the beginning. Cody Johnson of Illtech Auto Salon gives DSTV an early look at his shop’s Nissan R35 GTR project car. Currently, the car puts down 600whp and mid 600 ft-lbs of torque with the first round of tuning. This winter [...]
Toyota’s Haichi Subaku: 2011 WRX?
Co-developed between Toyota and Subaru, the FT-86 concept is a throwback to the small and fun sports coupe mindset. But, how will an AWD version fit into Subaru’s lineup? We have a theory…
GST Motorsports, Redline TA Pahrump, NV
Spring Mountain Motorsports Park, NV, 09/27/09 – The GST Motorsports Time Attack Racing Team takes 2nd in Unlimited AWD and 3rd Overall at Redline Time Attack Round 7, while overcoming developmental issues related to significant changes to the Hankook shod Subaru Impreza L race car.
The list of modifications between events was nothing short of monumental. [...]
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