Spotted! A very stock looking Chevy Malibu, Woodward Ave, MI
Posted: August 15, 2012 Filed under: Modded, Muscle, SPOTTED! | Tags: 1964, 1965, 1966, 1967, 64, 65, 66, 67, Ave, big, Birmingham, Blower, Chevelle, Chevrolet, Cruise, Detroit, drag, huge, Malibu, MI, Michigan, Mind, motor, Muscle, Oak, Over, radial, Royal, set, slicks, Supercharged, Supercharger, up, V8, Woodward 2 Comments »
Yea, this car looks pretty stock, maybe some headers but that’d be about it. Race for slips?
A visit to the Shelby Museum
Posted: March 26, 2012 Filed under: Auto Idolatry, SHOWCASE | Tags: 1, 289, 40, 427, big, Block, Car, chrome, Cobra, Dodge, Fastback, Ford, GLHS, GT, GT350, GT40, GT500, Mind, motor, Mustang, Omni, one, Over, series, Shelby, Small, snake, stock, Super, turbo, V8 Leave a comment »
Shelby Cobra 427
I visited the Shelby Museum on my recent trip to Las Vegas. It is a nice showroom with some pretty rare cars in it. They were gearing up for a 50th anniversary event to be held that weekend, so there were a few extra cars around as well. Here are some photos to enjoy.
-Nick
Test Driven: 2011 Cadillac Escalade Hybrid
Posted: January 17, 2012 Filed under: Green & Economical, Off-Road Able, Sports and Executive, TEST DRIVEN | Tags: big, Cadillac, Escalade, Escalade Hybrid, Full-Size, Gray, Hybrid, Mild HYbrid, Mind over motor, PA, Platinum, SUV, Test Driven, Truck Leave a comment »
I’ve gotten used to hybrids in the four years I’ve driven them. They aren’t glamorous, they aren’t designed to make you feel like Ayrton Senna in the mountains, and they’re certainly not designed to tow a boat. That is, of course, until General Motors decided otherwise. Meet the Cadillac Escalade. It’s the most expensive, most blinged-out, and most conspicuous SUV GM offers, and it now comes as a hybrid. I wonder what Greenpeace thinks? Well, in reality, I don’t give a damn what they think, so I decided to see what this V8-powered mild hybrid, full-size, full-frame truck was all about at the Radnor Hunt Concours last September. Read the rest of this entry »
A telling emissions test by Edmunds Inside Line
Posted: December 7, 2011 Filed under: CARS 101 | Tags: big, Blower, Car, Comparison, Edmunds, Emissions, engine, Inside, Leaf, Line, Mind, motor, Over, Small, Test, Truck, Truth, video, vs Leave a comment »For all of the eco conscious folks out there here is a test showing that you should not judge a book by it’s cover, or the “green-ness” of a car by it’s engine size. Knowledge is power.
-Nick
Test Driven: Maybach 57S, Al’s Take
Posted: October 25, 2011 Filed under: High End & Exotic, TEST DRIVEN | Tags: 57S, big, Black, California, Expensive, Luxurious, Maybach, Mercedes, Mind over motor, Opulent, Pebble Beach Concours d'Elegance, Test Driven Leave a comment »
Mercedes may be the last word in the common man’s luxury car, but the Maybach is the last word in understated luxury and elegance. This summer, at the Pebble Beach Golf Links during Concours Weekend, Nick and I had the opportunity to drive quite a few cars, and the Maybach 57S was one of them. Read the rest of this entry »
Test Driven: 1997 BMW 840Ci
Posted: October 4, 2011 Filed under: TEST DRIVEN, Used Gems | Tags: 840Ci, big, BMW, Coupe, E31, Flip-up Headlights, fun, M62B44, Mind over motor, NJ, Silver, Test Driven, V8 3 Comments »
It’s a shark with wheels. I always loved how this car looked when I was little.
It isn’t every day that you find a car in your area that’s one of only 801 like it in the country. Yet, that is exactly what happened to me, when I was surfing the Internet, an opportunity landed in my lap faster than a hot bowl of soup. Just around the bend was a 1997 BMW 840Ci—with less than 90K miles under its belt, I decided it deserved a drive. Read the rest of this entry »
Test Driven: Rolls-Royce Phantom Drophead, Al’s Take
Posted: September 14, 2011 Filed under: High End & Exotic, TEST DRIVEN | Tags: 17-Mile Drive, big, Britain, Convertible, Dark Red, DHC, Drophead, Drophead Coupe, Imposing, Mind over motor, Pebble Beach, Phantom, Presence, Rolls-Royce, Test Driven, V12 Leave a comment »
It's not the most pretty of convertibles, but it is certainly quite imposing. This car screams, "I'm rich. Get out of the way."
Rolls-Royce has been the last word in high-end luxury automobiles since its inception before World War I. I’ve always gone beserk upon laying eyes on anything they’ve made, from the breathtaking Silver Cloud to the modern, yet still classic Phantom sedan. But, I never knew that I would have an opportunity to drive one, let alone two, until I went to Monterey for the Concours last month. I have seen the light, and it is bright and shining. Read the rest of this entry »
Test Driven: 2005 Jaguar XJ Vanden Plas
Posted: September 6, 2011 Filed under: TEST DRIVEN, Used Gems | Tags: 300hp, AJ V8, big, Black, England, Jaguar, Leaper, LWB, Mind over motor, Rule Britannia, RWD, Test Driven, V8, Vanden Plas, XJ Leave a comment »
Very classy looking car, from the Leaper up front to the chrome trim at the rear.
Test Driven: 2003 Chrysler Concorde LX
Posted: August 31, 2011 Filed under: Road Review, TEST DRIVEN | Tags: 2.7L, big, Car, Chrysler, Concorde, DaimlerChrysler, driving, Full-Size, FWD, Mind over motor, NJ, seats, Test Drive, Trunk, V6 Leave a comment »
Concorde (Front) It’s not the plane, but it feels as big as one inside.
Back in the early 2000s, the domestic automakers still had somewhat of a foothold on the American car market, but it was starting to slip. Chrysler, for one, had been under Daimler’s control for a number of years by that point, and so far, didn’t have a lot to show for it, other than the Crossfire. The Concorde, its flagship, had benefited from some good styling changes and a few equipment modifications, but was otherwise unchanged from previous years. Read the rest of this entry »
Main Street in Motion: What I think.
Posted: August 11, 2011 Filed under: AUTOMOTIVE INSIGHTS, INDUSTRY TALK | Tags: Acura, Autocross, big, Buick, Camaro, Car, Chevrolet, Corvette, Diesel, East Rutherford, Engines, event, Gas, General Motors, GM, GMC, Honda, Main Street In Motion, Mind over motor, Models, Nissan, NJ, Opinions, PA, Parking lot, Performance, Philadelphia, Pickups, Sedans, Stadium, SUV, Test Drives, Thoughts, Toyota, Truck, Volt Leave a comment »
Cars lined up for Mainstreet in Motion (in NJ)
In a related article, Nick talked about his experience at Main Street in Motion, an event created by General Motors, in order to show off their lineup and all the improvements they’ve made (or in some cases, not made) over the past years. It’s worthy to note that, after a quick talk with another patron, that GM used to do these events often, and this was the first time they’d done this in quite some time. Knowing that, I took some drives and a few observations. For example, they attempted to get lower-optioned versions of competitor vehicles at any chance they could, with some notable exceptions, which I will get to later. Also, like Nick said, the entire event was free of charge. Read the rest of this entry »
Test Driven: Mini Countryman S
Posted: July 28, 2011 Filed under: Sports and Executive, TEST DRIVEN | Tags: 182hp, 30, 4, all, All4, big, British, Cooper, Countryman, Crossover, four, Juke, Mind, Mind over motor, Mini, motor, mpg, Nissan, Over, S, seat, Small, SUV, UK 1 Comment »
Mini Countryman S
The Countryman is a big Mini, their entry into the emerging small crossover market. Honestly, for this new segment of SUV hot hatches, the Countryman is pretty much the poster child. I would be very disappointed in Mini if they didn’t have a car in this segment because it seems like it is literally tailor-made for them. All of the haters who say it is too big are comparing it to the Cooper, which is stupid because they don’t take part in the same market segment at all. Read the rest of this entry »
