Labor Day weekend is always a big race weekend, between multiple NASCAR races the typical travesty that is a modern IndyCar race and some little race in Belgium, at a place called Spa. It’s easy to imagine that many of you missed the most important news of the weekend.
Sep 03
Preparing for a road trip
An automobile is the second most expensive purchase most people will make in their lives yet they are often the most mistreated. This can lead to break downs, blowouts, or even accidents if problems go unchecked so it is no wonder that America’s interstates are littered with broken down cars. Extreme hot and cold whether can also add to the problems and increase the need for better preparation. So if you are taking a road trip or long vacation we have a few tips to help make sure it goes safe, sound, and trouble free.
Aug 31
Fewer teens are getting drivers licenses.
According to the University of Michigan Transportation Research Institute almost 33% of teens have not bothered to get their drivers license. What bizzaro world do we live in? For most of us one of the seminal moments in our lives was the day we got our license but this new generation does not see it that way. The question is why? Economy, demographics, and culture all play a roll. Let’s dig a bit deeper into this after the jump.
Aug 30
Does the 2025 54.5mpg signal “the last of the V8s?”
This week the President signed into law a new EPA fuel economy standard making 54.5mpg the average for new cars by 2025. This of course has car companies, gear heads, and the internet up in arms. The concern is this will kill off V8s for good. Of course this will not be the case, let me tell you why.
Aug 29
New Nissan GT-R to come in 2018
I’m a big man (no fat jokes please) and I can admit when I’m wrong. I was wrong. It turns out there will be a new Nissan GT-R, it is just years and years and years away. By the time the new GT-R drops in 2018 it will be nearly ten years old and in car years that is very old. Of course Nissan has done a fine job of refreshing the GT-R and they vow to continue to do so. In fact they say a styling refresh is coming sometime in 2013.
There are also hints that the next GT-R may be a hybrid. A few years ago that would have made me groan but the reality is that atleast for now hybrids are the way of the future. Nissan of course is going this route because of the new NSX and the Porsche 918 Spyder. We all know how Nissan idolizes Porsche.
A new GT-R is good news though, it keeps competition in that $100,000 dollar segment and competition is a good thing.