Posts Written by Shane McGlaun

There are still a plethora of early Mazda Miata roadsters ripping around the streets. Those early NA cars are incredibly fun to drive at the track, despite them having very little power.…

I’ve never driven a Mini, but I suspect it’s similar to a Miata in the way that it handles on the track. I say this because it’s standard practice when you are driving a Miata at a track to simply not lift off the throttle when you give someone the point by.…

You might not know it but there is a long standing tradition in the sports car world of trying to beat the record for sprinting from a standstill to 300 km/h (~186 mph) and then back to zero.…

Land Rover is testing a new remote control driving system that sounds like something straight out of James Bond movies. The prototype system allows a driver to control their vehicle at speeds of up to 4mph while outside the vehicle via an app running on their smartphone.…

Carroll Shelby has gone to the big racetrack in the sky, but his legacy of fast and sexy Mustangs lives on with the unveiling of the 2015 Shelby Super Snake.…

My dad owned a car lot when I was a kid and he always had some cool car he drove. Mostly it was Corvettes, but he had the occasional ’60s Mustang or Datsun 280Z.…

If you have never heard of the Bloodhound SSC, it is a vehicle that aims to set a land speed record and break the speed of sound on land.…

One of the things I’ve learned after spending years at track days and teaching other people how to drive their car quickly and safely at the track is that you don’t need a big, fast car.…

You gotta figure that Master Chief can’t always be on duty, he has to have some off time from blowing away the Covenant. I don’t think he would ride around in a taxi, he would need something awesome to drive around.…

Of all the kit cars and replica cars available, there are a few that I would like to own. I’d like to have a Cobra, a Porsche 356, and a Lotus 7 replica.…

When my daughter was three, I bought her a pink Power Wheels Mustang for Christmas. She literally drove the wheels off it three times until she couldn’t fit behind the wheel any more.…

One of my all-time favorite sports cars is the McLaren F1. I loved the seating with the driver in the center and the incredible performance of the car.…

One of the main reasons why mid-size trucks all but disappeared for a while is that they overlap so much with full-size trucks in price and capability.…

One of the coolest things I ever saw as a kid happened at an air show my parents took me to. It was cool enough to see the Blue Angels flying overhead, but at intermission, the show had a big semi truck that was powered by jet engines.…

When I was turning 16, all I could think about when it came to getting my first car was having an old British roadster like an MGB or Triumph.…