The first generation Mazda MX-5 Miata was sold from 1989 through 1999 in various parts of the world. Near the end of the production lifespan, Mazda introduced an option package aimed directly at the autocrosser trying to shave tenths off his lap times by offered a striped down version known as the R-Package. Few were […]
Ginetta was a small independent British car manufacturer, located in Suffolk that started by building a custom by on a pre-war Wolseley Hornet. The first car (G1) was only built as a demonstrator, but Ginetta produced a decently quantity of the G2 design but it evolved and recently you could buy various versions of the […]
The Mazda MX-5 Miata was launched in 1989 just as the classic two seat European roadster market was imploding. Sales of the MGB, Fiat Spider and Alfa Romeo Spider were either on their way down the drain or just heaping portion of Indian food away from splashdown. At the time it may have looked foolish […]
The RX-7 was powered from the factory by various generations of Marzda’s rotary engine, but recently we’ve seen (and featured) many versions with engines swapped in from other cars. The problem with the Wankel isn’t just that it blows up like Alec Baldwin at the slightest sign of the paparazzi, but also that it is […]
There is no way to put this delicately, especially for people unfamiliar with the concept. Automobile racing is catastrophically expensive. Brutally, pocket emptying, wallet just raided by the mob and now your kids need braces expensive. The worst part is that you can’t simply dabble in racing because you will be beaten by folks […]
The Mazda MX-5 arrived on the US shores in 1989 as a 1990 model with the name Miata on its trunk lid. The MX-5 really was a world changer because for $14k USD you could buy a convertible sports car with cat-like reflexes, great build quality and a bullet-proof drive-train. Better still, the MX-5 in […]
The Mazda MX-5 Miata is a car that needs no introduction to the average car enthusiast, average dude or even some high functioning great apes. They were ubiquitous in the 1990s as the convertible 2-seater for the masses who like to turn and are inexpensive performers for the average man today. Mazda has built over […]
The 2nd generation (NB) Mazda MX-5 was introduced in 1998 but it wasn’t until 2004 that the Mazdaspeed factory turbo version was released. The Mazdaspeed version was only produced in limited quantities (less than 5500) for 2004 and 2005 and was powered by a turbocharged and intercooled BP-4W engine. Find this 2004 Mazdaspeed MX-5 Miata […]
The proliferation of automotive themed car entertainment has spawned all sorts of horrible Pimp-My-Ride style TV shows and we have envisioned a show that combines the practical joking elements of Punked with the car-modification skills of a show like Counting Cars. Xzibit Kutcher would appear at the end of each episode of Punk My Ride […]
Saint Valentinus was a third century Roman Christian, who died on the Via Flamina in Rome and his feast day is celebrated on Febuary 14th. It is hard enough for most people to understand what happened last week, so it is understandable that little is known about an early Christian from 1800 years ago, but […]