By Annie Boss You check your horoscope every day. It’s okay to admit it, you’re not the only one. Who wouldn’t want a little insight into how their day will go based on the position of the planets and the stars? It’s really just a good insurance policy. Have you ever considered that your horoscope […]
No. 8 Tire Pros Chevrolet/Image Credit: JR Motorsports By: Kasey McNerney The NASCAR Xfinity Series has a new sponsor hitting the track. Tire Pros, the largest franchise network of independent tire dealers in the country, has announced a partnership with championship-winning team JR Motorsports and its No. 8 Chevrolet. A subsidiary of American Tire Distributors, […]
By: Annie Boss Women’s History Month is coming to a close, and we’d like to finish on a high note with Part Two of our Trailblazing Women in Automotive Series. We’re here to honor some of the important and impactful contributions made by women in the automotive industry. Emily Post While Emily Post may be more famous for her numerous writings on etiquette (get your elbows off the table!), […]
Move over, gentlemen. This Women’s History Month we are celebrating some seriously impressive women who helped shape the automotive industry. These amazing individuals prove that women have not only been immensely influential on the history of automotive, but that women are crucial for the future of auto. Join us in honoring these women you may […]
Hyundai TIGER X-1 UMV Is the Ultimate Walking, Wheeled Delivery Drone Hyundai made waves in 2019 with its CES showing of the Elevate concept—an “Ultimate Mobility Vehicle” that featured motorized wheels attached to five-jointed “legs” that enabled it to walk and climb, as well as drive. The best-known walking vehicles in our collective consciousness are those […]
This Toyota has a Chevy small-block that gets 9 miles to the quart. The diesel-powered Toyota Hilux is one of the most indestructible vehicles on the planet. This 1974 Hilux that David Newbern is loaning to Mike Finnegan and David Freiburger is not. But the Roadkill crew was invited to participate in Cleetus McFarland’s 2.4 Hours of […]
The Greatest Generation marks time by V-J and V-E Day. Baby Boomers by the first time they saw the Beatles on Ed Sullivan. For Gen X’ers, it’s the first time they heard the opening chords of Waylon Jennings’ guitar on the first episode of The Dukes of Hazzard, which first aired on CBS 40 years […]
There have been two pace car incidents at major races that have special places in the annals of ignominy. The first a lot of people remember: Car dealer Eldon Palmer crashed a Dodge Challenger into the press box at the Indy 500 in 1971, with astronaut John Glenn in the back seat. The second? Not […]
Here in the US, we have a love/hate relationship with car/truck hybrids. We’ve produced two — the Chevrolet El Camino (and its twin, the GMC Sprint) and the Ford Ranchero — and they have both rabid fans. In Australia, though, car/truck hybrids know as “utes” are popular alternatives to the compact pickups from Toyota, Nissan, […]