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Plenty of people today know what a Gran Torino is, thanks to a certain film of the same name made by a certain well-known actor and director. But I knew about them well before then, thanks to a love ...
Let’s not beat around the bush, because this 1989 Ford Bronco II sold on Bring A Trailer for $29,977.50, including fees. That figure is within $20 of the retail price (sans $1595 destination fee) of ...
“I don’t really understand why he’s testing this car,” said our editor-in-chief, Larry Webster, when I showed up to the office in a 2024 Mercedes-AMG GT63 Coupe. Call it a glitch in the Matrix. More ...
A doppelgänger can be anything, though its origins seemingly trace back to references of two people who resemble each other. The principle works for vehicles, too, as there are plenty that do a darn ...
I joke that curiosity is my religion and thank God I get to ask questions for a living. Printed magazines were the primary medium used by nonfiction storytellers like me until the internet disrupted ...
Almost 50 years ago to the day, a one-off Porsche 917 left Weissach bound for Paris. It was not in an enclosed trailer, which would be fitting of such a thoroughbred racing machine. Instead, it left ...
If you visited the Slate.auto website prior to 7:20 p.m. PT on Thursday, which was the embargo for many of the details below, this is what it said: “We’re hammering away at something cool. No time to ...
The 2026 Porsche 911 Turbo has been spied speeding around the Nürburgring and a small sticker has given away its biggest secret. All hybrid cars lapping the Nordschliefe have to be tagged with a ...
Just as last year, the focus on the 2025 Indianapolis 500 is not so much on the competition—which should be intense, if this week’s testing is any indication—but on former NASCAR Cup champion Kyle ...
Thanks to Gordon Lightfoot, when it comes to the legends of the Great Lakes, the one we know best is, of course, The Wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald. But while the lake they call gichi-gami never gives ...
If you participate in the project car economy, there are two things you spend a lot of time thinking about and money buying: Parts and tools. Those aren’t the only things you’ll need to be successful ...
The Boeing 727 commercial airliner was launched in 1962, quickly becoming the workhorse aircraft of the jet age. It was Boeing’s only triple-engine airplane, and over the years the company built more ...