During automotive history’s dark ages (a.k.a. the early-1970s to the mid-1980s), fuel economy shot right to the top of many new car buyers’ priority lists, as the Malaise Era (as it has come to be...

Developing a new car is a very, very involved process that takes years. That’s a lot of time in which some rather crazy stuff can happen: The company undertaking the task of birthing the new...

The term “parts bin special” is typically used as a pejorative within gearhead circles, a descriptor of vehicles developed on the cheap by taking a bit of one model and injecting it with some DNA...

Though they may not be quite as popular as their exhaust-pressure-driven cousins with OEMs these days since they take some engine power to make engine power, superchargers are still might useful for giving an engine...

Not to get all “get off my lawn” on you but, in our day, turbocharged vehicles were exceptions to the rule and, therefore, a big deal. So much so, in fact, that “turbo” entered mainstream...

Poll most petroleads for their opinion on front-wheel-drive , and an overwhelming majority will use terms like “lame,” “dull,” “understeer,” torque steer,” “I’d rather chew steel wool,” and so on. Yet automotive history has proven...

For an automotive nameplate that has, for much of its life, been positioned as a sensible, blue collar one, Chevrolet sure has built a heaping butt-ton of performance models. Names like Nova SS, Chevelle SS,...