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Mechanics Corner: Performance Tires That Matter

A slight drizzle coats the pavement as steam slowly drifts upward with the rapid temperature change on the ground. The speedometer is just cresting over eighty as the sun slips from behind a cloud, spilling amber light onto the wet road.

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Posted on: Wednesday, April 1st, 2009 at 6:42 am by: William Ford

Featured Articles: BLOODHOUND Racing is about to blow you mind, and the land speed record, out of the water.

While many of us will never even hit speeds of over 100 in our life, there are some that live for the raw adrenaline that 100 mph plus speeds deliver. There are drivers, designers, mechanics, and investors who spend countless hours and piles of cash developing cars that will continue to push the envelope of speed.

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Posted on: Monday, December 1st, 2008 at 3:39 pm by: Austin Pritchard

Concept Cars: Chevy Unveils 4 new Camaro Concepts at SEMA 08!!!

This year’s Official Vehicle of SEMA will be shown in not one, but 4 amazing concepts: The Camaro Black Concept, which features a sinister blacked out exterior and interior; the Camaro Dale Earnhardt Jr. Concept, which was produced with design and engine consultation from Dale Earnhardt Jr.; the Camaro GS Racecar Concept, a blue and yellow monster powered by a production LS3 V8 mated to a Tremec 6060 six-speed; and the blood red Camaro LS7 Concept, which features the GM Performance Parts LS7 Crate engine producing a tire shredding 550HP.

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Posted on: Monday, November 10th, 2008 at 8:37 pm by: Elias D Kolsun

Auto Reviews: SWM seeks German-light drinker, infrequent smoker, legal in California

I would like to take a minute and talk about the slowest car I have ever been excited about. With only 140 horse power, 236 foot pounds of torque, and a 0-60 time not worth estimating, you may wonder what car on earth with these stats would be a featured car on Hotcars.com.

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Posted on: Tuesday, November 4th, 2008 at 6:45 pm by: Austin Pritchard

Featured Articles: BMW M3 Showdown!

The new M3 So, faithful readers, what do we think of the new (fourth generation), V-8 powered, fire breathing, BMW M3? Sure it’s fast, sure it makes 414 horses and is 22% more powerful than its predecessor, and sure, it does a g on the skid pad.

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Posted on: Wednesday, October 29th, 2008 at 3:40 pm by: Elias D Kolsun

Auto Reviews: Mazda RX-8: RX Great?

The RX-8 is Mazda’s reincarnation of its popular sports car, the RX7. Both vehicles are pushed along by the rarely used Wankel Rotary engine; a four-cycle wonder which converts pressure into a rotating motion, instead of using the typical reciprocating piston design found in most automobile power plants.

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Posted on: Wednesday, October 22nd, 2008 at 10:27 pm by: Austin Pritchard