BALDWIN-MOTION: HERITAGE & HORSEPOWER!

Posted on May 11, 2019May 11, 2019 by MartynL

A celebration of more than a half-century of horsepower & heritage and kick-ass, road & track big-block Chevy Supercars. BALDWIN-MOTION: HERITAGE & HORSEPOWER! Randy Leffingwell wrote in American Muscle Cars in 1990,“Motion (Performance) and Baldwin (Chevrolet) got together to provide enthusiasts a faster car than any manufacturer could offer.” Motion Performance’s Joel Rosen was the driving force behind the creation of Baldwin-Motion in 1967. His calling card was a 427 Camaro...

‘19 FORD EDGE ST: ECO-BOOSTED CROSSOVER!

Posted on May 10, 2019 by MartynL

The Ford Edge ST is quick, fairly agile and very usable. But this is no Mustang GT. Instead, it’s a way to carry the family; then drive home on the back roads you used to take that Mustang on before two kids and a dog, blogs Dan Scanlan. The idea of a really sporting crossover isn’t new. BMW has had the X5 for 20 years, while the Porsche Cayenne is 16 years’ strong and Jaguar has its new F-PACE. But if I say Ford Edge, most folks think of a rounded crossover that’s more suited to the school ...

LAMBORGHINI MIURA P400: THE ITALIAN JOB!

Posted on May 7, 2019 by MartynL

Fifty years from the release of the film The Italian Job, Lamborghini Polo Storico has certified the Miura P400, chassis #3586, as the original car used in the 1969 film. The Arancio Miura P400 with white/black leather interior has been the most pursued Miura in recent decades: it appears at the start of the film, driven by the Rossano Brazzi on the Great St Bernard Pass. In the movie plot the car is destroyed, but nobody would have really ruined what was the most desired car of the moment. In ...

GREAT DRIVES: ONE NIGHT AT TEXAS WORLD SPEEDWAY!

Posted on May 3, 2019 by MartynL

Most of racing's great stories (and some of its great drivers) are not on radio or TV. You gotta go see it for yourself, blogs Stephen Cox. Al Unser, Sr. used a hotel lobby display car to win at Indianapolis in 1987. Juan Fangio at 46 years old broke and re-broke the Nurburgring lap record three times during his miracle Formula One victory in 1957. Every motorsport enthusiast can recite a list of the great driving performances in auto racing history. But many of the sport's truly amazing drives...

PORSCHE 911 SPOTTER’S GUIDE!

Posted on May 2, 2019 by MartynL

A new Porsche 911 spotter’s guide features many of the interesting design shifts made to the iconic sports car over the generations. The graphic gives insight into how to identify which model you’re looking at. “We all know that Porsche 911s have been updated over the generations,” says Adam Dangleman, CEO at RimBlades USA. “But the updates were sometimes subtle. We wanted to point out two or three changing features anyone could spot with a little attention. To all the enthusiasts out there, we...

SOLVANG DATSUN ROADSTER CLASSIC!

Posted on May 2, 2019May 2, 2019 by MartynL

What started out as a California couple’s honeymoon get-away in their Datsun Roadster 32 years ago has turned into a must-attend annual celebration for Datsun lovers from the U.S. plus Mexico and Canada. ‘Small Cars + Small Town = Big Fun’, says our intrepid correspondent, Jim Palam. Kerry and Jeannie Dehmel had such a good time celebrating their honeymoon in Solvang, CA that each anniversary they would return to Solvang in their Roadster, and each year more and more of their Datsun-owning frie...

CHEVY II: DEUCES WILD AT THE SALOON!

Posted on May 1, 2019May 1, 2019 by MartynL

Chevy II took on Jaguar Mk II, plus all the usual suspects, in the legendary 1962 British Saloon Racing Series. CGC contributor and racing historian, Mike Matune, brings the story to life in the latest issue of VINTAGE MOTORSPORT. Car Guy Chronicles’ Mike Matune has penned an article on a couple of Chevy IIs that took on the British saloon car racing world in 1962, appearing in the latest issue of Vintage Motorsport. Continuing his work in chronicling the early road racing history of American s...

RARE FIND: ’69 S-CODE BOSS 429 MUSTANG!

Posted on April 28, 2019 by MartynL

Al Rogers documents the locating and restoration of an early production Boss 429 Mustang with its born-with S-Code, NASCAR style 429 engine. It’s a legendary kind of story for a legendary kind of Mustang. Amazingly, in 2012, an original, well-preserved ‘69 Boss 429 Mustang is rescued from a garage in Montana, where it had been stowed away for 37 years. According to documented records, this rare musclecar last appeared in public in 1979. In 2015, nearly three years later, the concours-restored t...

NY AUTO SHOW: NISSAN/ITALDESIGN GT-R50!

Posted on April 20, 2019 by MartynL

A no-limits re-imagining of the Nissan GT-R NISMO by Italdesign, showcased at the New York Auto Show. Nissan and Italdesign have created the Nissan GT-R50 by Italdesign in their first-ever collaboration. Based on a production 2018 Nissan GT-R NISMO, the unique car commemorates the 50th anniversaries of both the GT-R and Italdesign. Italdesign developed, engineered and built the car. The teams at Nissan Design Europe in London and Nissan Design America created the distinctive, crisp exterior...

NY AUTO SHOW: KOENIGSEGG JESKO MEGACAR!

Posted on April 19, 2019April 19, 2019 by MartynL

The new Jesko, shown at the NY International Auto Show from April 19 to 28, inherits the mantle left by the Agera RS as the leading track-focused, road-legal car for those looking for the ultimate in vehicle performance. Jesko – the all-new Megacar from Koenigsegg – is powered by a newly designed, 1,280 to 1,600 horsepower (depending upon fuel used), twin-turbocharged V8 engine that benefits from significant changes to the Agera engine it replaces. At the core of the engine is the world’s light...