Tech & Toys 
Skyactiv Extended Interview: 70MPG Myth?(6)
Extended interview edit from Driving Sports Season 5, Episode 2. Mazda’s Jeremy Barnes talks about the “70 MPG” Japanese Mazda2 and when Skyactiv will be available in a North American car.
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How To: Tint like a Pro
Window tint doesn’t only make a car look good, it also provides additional security and comfort to any car. In this, our first video of an ongoing RX-8 modification series, we get a pro tint job done at VTR Performance in Everett, Wash. Transcript: Window tinting is not just for pimps and rockstars. Darkening the [...]
Cool Book – “Merchants of Speed” by Paul D. Smith
Merchants of Speed – The Men Who Built America’s Performance Industry by Paul D. Smith Motorbooks International, Minneapolis Minnesota, 2009 240 pages, 250 b/w photos List price: $40 ISBN-13: 978-0-7603-3567-3 One of the many cultural developments that accompanied the end of the Great Depression and the second World War was the rising interest (some might [...]
Tips for The Tardy Santa – Great Gifts for Gearheads
Have you ever asked your spouse, significant other, or even your parents if you’re an easy Christmas target? If you’re anything like us at Driving Sports, you probably rank in the top 5% of “pain in the ass to buy for” people. Face it – car people are not easily giftable. How many times have [...]
Cindi Lux World Challenge Viper Debuts on Forza Motorsport 3
Avid motorsport fans and gamers will now have an opportunity, albeit in simulated form, to do something only Cindi Lux has done before: drive the Lux Performance Group Dodge Viper Competition Coupe on the great race tracks of the world. Whether you can match her lap times and win some races is another question entirely. [...]
Aftermarket 2010 Chevy Camaro Rally Stripes
If you’re a real Camaro fan, you need to be sporting rally stripes. They add a little extra awesome to every car. Around the Driving Sports office, near Microsoft, there seem to be a lot of new Camaros running around and I’ll be dashed if I’ve only seen one with rally stripes. It’s a shame. [...]
An alternate way to iPod
I have a problem with the iPhone connection kit in my 2008 Mazda RX-8: it was obviously designed by monkeys. Only something less than human would consider selecting a playlist and song by mere numbers to be acceptable. What does the monkey care if you want to listen to Green Day but instead get Michael [...]
Seduced by Flower Power – Part 3
In part 1 of this odyssey of automotive insanity, we learned a bit about the history and challenges of battery electric vehicles. In part 2, we covered the actual mechanics of building an electric love shack on wheels. Now we answer the imponderable question: “Hey man, like, what’s it all mean?” The other thing we [...]
Seduced by Flower Power – Part 2
In part 1 of this odyssey of automotive insanity, we learned a bit about the history and challenges of battery electric vehicles. Now we answer the age-old question: “Dude, how did you do that?” This Electric Van project was performed with a kit purchased through Brown’s Electro-Automotive in Santa Cruz, California. Mike Brown has been [...]
Seduced by Flower Power
This is part 1 of a three-part series It’s hard to find anyone these days who isn’t interested in alternative energy and automobile designs that reduce or eliminate dependence on fossil fuels. That’s a good trend, and it’s long overdue. Nowhere is it carved in stone that gasoline is the only energy source that can [...]
