Author Archives: Chance Hales
At the end of May we introduced the project series, Project: Pony Up. This series will follow a 1967 Mustang getting a 5.0 V8 and T5 transmission swap among other things. The car will eventually become a daily-driven track stallion but on a college student budget so we will be taking things slowly and one […]
Back in 1971, race car driver Brock Yates and Car and Driver editor Steve Smith attempted to travel from New York to Los Angeles in the quickest time possible in a 1971 Dodge Custom Sportsman van. They made the trip in just over 40 hours. The trip spawned a new, unsanctioned road rally, the Cannonball Baker […]
Perhaps it is no secret that I love Mustangs. I own two of them. With the exception of perhaps the Corvette, the Mustang is America’s car. The Mustang is the fastest selling car of all-time selling over a million in less than 18 months when they were launched- a record that will quite possibly never […]
Yes, yes, the New York Auto Show was only about two weeks ago but Beijing just couldn’t wait! The Beijing Motor Show is one of the lesser auto shows on the circuit but that doesn’t make it any less important. Not much new was previewed in Beijing but they did have a few exclusive concepts […]
Friday Motoring Diversion – Toyota TS040 Hybrid Test
The New York Auto Show is the last auto show on US soil for the season until November when everyone rolls into Los Angeles. The Big Apple didn’t offer very many big announcements this year but it did bring in a few new redesigns. We take a look at ten of them. We’ll start with […]
