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Monday, 31 October 2016
Ram Macho Power Wagon: Macho, Macho Ram—You Want to Be a Macho Ram!
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November 1, 2016 at 12:01 am by Alexander Stoklosa | Photography by Alexander Stoklosa and the Manufacturer
In the 1970s, Dodge came out with the Macho appearance package for the W150 Power Wagon pickup. It was oh, so 1970s and very, uh, macho. Dodges so equipped were so manly that they practically sprouted chest hair. Now the 1970s are back! At least they are at Fiat Chrysler, which for the 2016 SEMA show in Las...
Shake ‘n Make? SEMA Show’s Dodge Durango Shaker Concept
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November 1, 2016 at 12:01 am by Greg Fink | Photography by Alexander Stoklosa
Dodge’s Durango Shaker concept, on display at the 2016 SEMA show, adds more fuel to the speculation that a Durango SRT is in the works within the walls of FCA’s headquarters. Fitted with a 6.4-liter V-8 engine and an eight-speed automatic transmission, the Durango Shaker is a B5 Blue bombshell of a performance SUV with the potential...
Chevrolet Camaro AutoX Concept Takes 2.0L Base Model 1LEvel Up
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When Chevy brought back its 1LE track package for the latest Chevrolet Camaro this year, it did something we’d been waiting for: It added the package as an option to the V-6–powered coupe, in addition to the V-8. We’re all for democratized performance packages, so we immediately started pressing Chevy on whether or not a 1LE kit could be added to the base turbo-four-powered Camaro. Chevrolet’s official...
Carhartt Chevy Silverado Is a Match Made in Detroit
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How has this partnership never happened before? Started and headquartered in Detroit, Carhartt has been making clothing since 1889, and Chevrolet has been making trucks since 1918. Both are mainstays of the American working class and both focus on durability as main selling points. So it only makes sense for the two to link up for this turbo-diesel-powered special edition 2017 Silverado 2500HD.
Considering it’s...
Hyundai Gets in the SEMA Spirit with Spiced-Up Elantra, Veloster, Santa Fe Concepts
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What is SEMA if not an excuse to see absurd amounts of power and over-the-top body kits applied to pedestrian passenger cars? Hyundai is getting into the spirit with a fun load of modified cars for the Las Vegas show that starts this week. In addition to the 1040-hp Santa Fe Sport crossover, it also will bring slightly less insane versions of the Elantra, the Veloster, and the three-row Santa Fe. Still to be revealed...
2018 Toyota Camry TRD Spied: The Automotive Appliance Cops an Attitude
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What It Is: A prototype of Toyota’s redesigned Camry mid-size sedan with a few surprising elements suggesting that a high-performance version of the top seller is in the cards. Unlike the current Camry SE and XSE trims, which consist of little more than mild appearance upgrades, this beefed-up Camry appears a bit more serious with […]
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Tires Beware! 2017 Chevrolet COPO Camaro Debuts at SEMA
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In what has become an annual tradition of sorts, Chevrolet will debut the latest COPO Camaro at the 2016 SEMA show. Production of the limited-edition 2017 COPO Camaro will once again be limited to 69 units in honor of the original 69 ZL-1–code 1969 COPO Camaros that tore up the drag strip back in the day. It will be available with a variety of engine options and will feature drag-strip-specific chassis components.
Although...
Why Ford, Lincoln, and Lexus Testers Rule the Self-Driving Roost
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Dozens of established carmakers, technology companies, and startups are working furiously on autonomous vehicles. But if you look at the cars that are actually driving themselves on roads today, just two models are miles ahead: the Lexus RX450 and the Ford Fusion, with its sibling, the Lincoln MKZ.
Public records sourced from the California Department of Motor Vehicles show the Ford Fusion and the Lexus...
Apparently, This Brash Custom Mustang Is a Ford GT Homage
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It’s fitting that the Specialty Equipment Market Association (SEMA) show and Halloween take place within days of each other. At SEMA, cars dress up in all sorts of wild ensembles and stuff their guts with performance parts (and marketing B.S.). For Halloween, humans put on silly costumes and stuff their guts with sugar. And during both, you see all sorts of things you never thought you’d lay your eyes on....
Ford Is Running a Basically Stock 2017 F-150 Raptor in the Baja 1000
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Apparently keen on juicing more mileage from its “Built Ford Tough” tagline—and also keen on flexing marketing muscle—Ford is entering an almost completely stock 2017 F-150 Raptor pickup in this year’s Baja 1000 desert race. The grueling contest is as fitting a litmus test for the off-road-ready Raptor as anything we can think of.
But first, what does Ford mean when it says the Baja-running Raptor is...
The Original Volkswagen GTI Finally Earns the Lego Treatment
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October 31, 2016 at 11:39 am by Brian Silvestro | Photography by Lego Ideas
Lego cars are all the rage right now. Creators have been building all sorts of vehicles with the little plastic blocks, from a Lancia Stratos to a Porsche 911 GT3 RS. And now, the Volkswagen Mark 1 Golf GTI has finally received the Lego treatment.
This set, posted by user Athabaska on Lego’s “Ideas” creator site, is an impressively accurate...
Red Rocks and Duroplast: It’s Bryce Canyon’s Trabant!
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When one considers the automobile’s role in the German state of Saxony today, thoughts turn to Porsche’s modern facility in Leipzig—the one churning out Panameras, Cayennes, and Macans—or to BMW’s Leipzig plant, where the Bavarian concern’s i cars and 1- and 2-series vehicles are constructed. Thirty years ago, Saxony buzzed with the gutless two-stroke rap of locally built Trabants, the German Democratic Republic’s...