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Cool Book – “Merchants of Speed” by Paul D. Smith(View Comments)
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 say craze) for automotive performance that [...]
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 you [...]
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.
With [...]
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 get [...]
Fuel: Level 1 Playthrough on XBox 360
While we anxiously wait for Codemasters’ next Colin McRae DIRT video game, due out this fall, there’s another interesting title just recently released. It’s called Fuel. Unlike the DIRT series which requires that cars pretty much stay on course, Fuel offers over 5,000 miles (yes, miles) of free-range driving fun.
Set in a post-apocalyptic universe, you [...]
Dyno: One ‘Hot’ Subaru WRX
For this week’s “Dyno Pull of the Week,” we have a clip submitted by Surgeline Tuning in Portland, Ore. Jeff Hill’s ‘hot’ Subaru WRX. This car put down 550whp and makes a stunning noise as it runs through the tach. Want to submit a dyno video to Driving Sports? Click here for info.
