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About 2 years ago, General Motors asked the NHTSA for a temporary waiver on certain safety equipment that is required in modern autos. It wanted to field a fleet of around 2,500 Chevy Bolt autonomous cars for a ride-sharing program that had no controls inside for humans.

Every year, thousands of Jeep owners and fans descend on a little town in Utah to spend the week with friends, ride trails and generally live the off-road lifestyle. The Easter Jeep Safari has become a global phenomenon – Jeep even sends concepts there – and is something everyone should experience once in their life. BFGoodrich invited us to Moab for Easter Jeep Safari this year to enjoy the festivities and experience their newest mud terrain off-road tire, the KM3.

Mopar has the ultimate crate engine for project car builders with deep pockets. The engine is called the Hellephant and is a 426 Hemi engine with a giant supercharger on top. Making 1000 horsepower, it’s basically the Hellcat engine on steroids. Along with the all those horses, the engine also makes 950 lb-ft of torque.

Like most people, the two-car garage behind our house has become quite the mess over the years. Between the accumulation of things that don’t belong in the house or our cars, and the daily wear and tear of vehicles dripping fluids onto the concrete floor, it’s not exactly a showplace.

If you are all about that JDM life, one of the most famous engines that Nissan has ever made is back in production. Now Autoblog is reporting that you can buy a brand new engine block to build up your own dream RB26DETT inline-6 that powered three different generations of the Skyline.

The AMC Gremlin was a quirky little car made from 1970 to 1978. The angular, economy subcompact has achieved somewhat of a cult status over the years, looking something like a VW Rabbit with the face of an AMC Hornet.

Thanks to its silly one-in-the-front, two-in-the-back wheel setup, and complete lack of balance, the Reliant Robin is best known for its desire to roll over at the slightest attempt to corner. This was seen by many of us in a classic episode of Top Gear. 

It can take a tremendous amount of time and money to restore a classic car. In most cases, car owners have to dig through junkyards and auctions to find the parts they need. But in the case of Porsche, their accessories group has been known to actually recreate parts for classic cars – in this case, using lighter weight materials.

One of my favorite car designs of all time has to be the 1970 Superbird. Plymouth’s crazy muscle car was just so fantastically over the top with that massive wing out back, and a sharpened grille that looked ready to slice its way through the air.

Ok people, clean your damn cars. I mean OMG, you eat in there all the time. A new study from CarRentals.com has found something disgusting about our rides. The first thing is that 32% of the people surveyed only clean their cars once per year.

When a good friend of mine was invited by Chevrolet to attend a two-day performance driving school, I took advantage of the chance to tag along even though I’m not a Corvette owner, meaning I’d have to pay my own way.

I got a chance to check out the new 2020 Toyota Supra in person the other day, and was quite impressed with what I saw. Sure, I’m not a huge fan of the front end design but other than that, I think it looks great.

Throughout the years, concept vehicles have been bestowed with a variety of futuristic interiors, highlighted by high-tech dashboards with innovative and unusual control schemes. In this post, we’ll take a look at some of the most unconventional dashboard designs we’ve come across over the years.

Want to see something really, really special? Then check out this incredible creation from Motores Patelo, who loves to hand build miniature versions of engines. His most impressive creation to date has to be this W-32 engine, which works using four banks of eight cylinders, driven by a single crankshaft. All of the parts move just like they would on a real engine, though this one uses compressed air as its energy source.

One of the more incredible custom car builds I’ve ever seen has to be this BMW from Letrons. It looks just like a regular BMW when parked, but then opens up to form a giant mech, just like a Transformer. Unfortunately, the car isn’t big enough to hold a human driver or passenger, but it does drive using a remote control.