A Q&A With Audi On The TT-RS
I’ll admit it: I’ve got it bad for Audi’s TT-RS. Sure, I know it’s just like a Golf (or worse, a New Beetle) with a big motor and a better suspension, but I don’t care. Jeremy Clarkson has argued the...
I’ll admit it: I’ve got it bad for Audi’s TT-RS. Sure, I know it’s just like a Golf (or worse, a New Beetle) with a big motor and a better suspension, but I don’t care. Jeremy Clarkson has argued the...
I remember my first cell phone. It was 1988 and the phone receiver was the same size as the one you’d have in your house. That receiver was then connected to a battery pack that was probably 8″ x 10″...
Want to drive a green car, but aren’t willing to give up the occasional full-throttle run up a canyon road? Need a four door hybrid, but want something with entertainment value? Assume these two goal...
Yesterday was one hell of a beautiful day in New York City. It was in the 50′s, there were bright blue skies and I went to a conference where Chevrolet announced that they were now turning their cars...
ESFLOW ist der neue Elektro-Flitzer, den Nissan am 1.März auf dem Genfer Autosalon offiziell präsentiert. Formfreu.de und Wattgehtab durften das Conceptcar exklusiv im Xsight Fotostudio bei Frankfurt...
Mich rief letzthin ein Journalist an und interviewte mich zum Thema Leichenwagen. Der Anlaß: Er schrieb einen Artikel für ein Fachmagazin für Bestatter zum Thema Oldtimerschrauber und Leichenwagen. I...
Max + Jessie haben es in der 1. Tagesetappe heil ins Ziel geschafft und sich den Tag über ganz gut angestellt. Für absolute Quereinsteiger haben sich die Beiden zudem sehr passabel geschlagen: Platz ...
Max + Jessie haben es in der 1. Tagesetappe heil ins Ziel geschafft und sich den Tag über ganz gut angestellt. Für absolute Quereinsteiger haben sich die Beiden zudem sehr passabel geschlagen: Platz ...
“Wer die MAGISCHE SCHÖNHEIT in den GRAU-NUANCEN der Stadt erkennt, wird sich NIRGENDWO sonst auf der Welt so WOHL FÜHLEN WIE HIER.”(Daniel Höferlin)* Mehr Winterbilder aus Berlin. Weiß und dreckig un...
If you’ve ever driven a Fox body Mustang or Mercury Capri then you no doubt know that they are pretty ill-handling vehicles. Sure they’re great for doing burnouts and having fun with, but present the...
Do you drive a 2009 or 2010 Honda Fit? Roughly 97,000 people in the U.S. and 23,000 in Canada can answer yes to that question, and will be getting a recall notice in the mail from Honda. At issue are...
Cheap oil is a thing of the past. That’s why everybody and their collective mothers are trying to figure out ways to make vehicles burn less fuel. Chrysler’s working with the EPA to make nifty hydrau...
The 2011 F1 season opener in Bahrain is less than a month away, so recent protests in the kingdom have raised a red flag for F1 organizers and teams. A test session in Bahrain is scheduled for March ...
Ok, I’m not sure if a pedal powered snowplow actually would make snow removal fun, but I needed a title for this post so that’s what you get. Meet Kevin Blake, the guy in the video and the inventor o...
Every year the American Council For An Energy Efficient Economy releases a list of the twelve “greenest” vehicles of the current model year. Unlike other studies, which look at tailpipe emissions and...
This is one press launch that I think both Kurt or myself would have donated a body part to have gotten an invite to. The new McLaren MP4-12C utilizes a mid-mounted 3.8-liter twin-turbo V8 that pumps...
Let’s face it: car commercials really haven’t changed much over the past forty years. Take the hottest pop culture trend, throw in some actors and actresses who know nothing about the car, then tell ...
Let me preface this post by saying that to our knowledge Porsche has absolutely no plans whatsoever to produce this thing. However, that doesn’t mean that they’re not using their Boxster E as a test ...
In 2010, Daimler sold some 100,000 Smart cars worldwide, but managed to push only 5,927 units through Smart USA. That wasn’t enough to keep Roger Penske interested, so his company is turning over sal...
Predator V8 Chainsaw owned by Robert Andrews of Enumclaw Washington
Since the site redesign, we here at RideLust have been throwing around the idea of selling RideLust branded merchandise. We’ll have the usual baseball caps, t-shirts and polo shirts, but we’re all fo...
Ford Mustang in Hamburg, Germany. Photo courtesy of Jan Riggert. It’s February and we’re in the heart of Winter 2011. For car enthusiasts, it’s very easy to dismiss this season as a time of dreary do...
Nach den intensiven Vorbereitungen der letzten Wochen von Max + Jessie auf die Histo Monte übernehme ich nun mal die Berichterstattung. Um exakt 9:14 heute morgen sind unsere Beiden bei schönstem Wet...
Nach der Überholung des gruseligen Kabelbaums der "356er-Knickscheibe" fehlt im Innenraum nur die neue alte Bestuhlung in resedagrün Echtleder und der "1500S(uper Rat)" ist wieder komplett.
Ich habe noch den fehlenden neuen Verteilerfinger besorgt. Eingesetzt und Motor laufen lassen, als ein Nebengeräusch auftrat - kam aus dem Verteiler. UPS! Ich hatte den Deckel leicht schepp aufgesetz...