The Pontiac Fiero was designed by George Milidrag and Hulki Aldikacti and launched in 1984 as the first sports car from Pontiac since before World War 2. It was suprisingly popular with more than 370,000 units sold in the 5 years of production, but ultimate fell to GM’s corporate axe men, who couldn’t see a car […]
The crazy turbocharged Honda Fit from yesterday was a bit too trackified for your daily driving needs, then perhaps this next Fit will not have you on the floor throwing a fit. The builder of this next vehicle didn’t turn this into as much of a track car, but it doe have a supercharger and […]
The Geo Tracker was a little 4X4 that was built in a joint venture between GM and Suzuki…actually it was GM of Canada who pushed this thing through to development and the first versions were built in a Canadian GM plant in Ingersoll, Ontario. The Tracker was a proper body-on-frame front-engine rear-wheel-drive mini SUV that […]
This next car comes as a tip from Jeff who writes; Slick wagon, assuming you trust the shop that did the work. I’m not as concerned about the quality of the swapper as I am about the signs of the tin worm from life in the rust belt…is D.C. in the rust belt? Maybe the proximity […]
The euro inspired Merkur XR4ti was similar to the SVO Mustang in size and purpose. Both cars shared the 2.3 turbo 4 cylinder Lima engine which was a capable performer in its day. However, today’s feature track car ditched it’s 2.3 engine for a 4.6 supercharged V8 from a 2003 Mustang Terminator which was the […]
DT readers who live in parts of the country that do not use road salt in the winter will breathe a sigh of relief after reading this piece. Parts cars are a great resource for keeping other cars on the road if you actually get around to using them that way. Today’s pair of Jags […]
The installation of a 12 cylinder engine into the BMW E32 was big news and actually caught Mercedes flat footed. What if you have thousands of dollars to burn making a V12 even faster? Today’s feature is the answer of that exact question along with a substantial list of other modifications that are not normally […]
A little more power is welcome in most any vehicle, but especially helpful in moving a 5,000 lb British SUV. Cameron Concepts out of San Diego, CA put out a CARB legal supercharger and factory style upgrade kit in 1997. The Rover engine was a descendant of the old Buick 215ci. These 4.6 engines had […]
The Chevrolet Monza was released for the 1975 model year on a chassis shared with the tiny Vega, but it was designed to have power from an exotic rotary GM-Wankel engine. Unfortunately (or fortunately) the rotary was scrapped after GM engineers couldn’t figure out that wankels are total piles of junk, so GM shoved a […]
The first generation Chevrolet Corvair (1960-1964) was the car caught in the crossfire when a young lawyer trying to make a name for himself decided to take on the auto industry. Don’t get me wrong, the auto industry was no paradigm of virtue and the combined effects of tetra-ethyl lead and air pollution is something […]