Finding the sweet spot in the sprawling GM EV truck universe takes us to the Trail Boss model, which makes a surprising amount of sense. |
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The old W460 two-door is still ready for off-road duty in New England or near the Suwalki Gap. |
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The entire Mini lineup is all-new for 2025, including the riotous John Cooper Works and two other droptops. |
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Might as well get turbocharging while you're at it. |
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Single-day tickets for the Formula 1 weekend go on sale for the general public on Aug. 14. |
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Check engine light got you panicked? Plug in and chill out with these diagnostic OBD-II scanners. |
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Old Cars has everything for the vintage car enthusiast During the latter part of the 1950s, Ford was quietly developing higher-horsepower engines for the race track and for its popular passenger cars. While engineers were making sure Fords were fast, Ford stylists were kept busy designing new interiors and exteriors in which to place these new powerplants. To whet the appetites of the car-buying public, as well as stimulate their imaginations, show cars (aka concept vehicles) were an important part of the studio's work. These exercises in creativity gave the talented designers a chance to experiment with new ideas and concepts on paper and sometimes bring their wild ideas to reality. Those experiments that became three-dimensional exercises were then used to test the general public's reaction to the futuristic creations at auto shows around the country. In the early 1960s, one such car that toured the circuit was Ford's stunning Cougar 406. This dark-green coupe was based on a modified contemporary Thunderbird chassis. In the mid 1950s, under George Walker's reign at Ford Styling, the hottest property in the company catalog was the sporty two-seat Thunderbird. Using that car's 102-in. wheelbase as a starting point, several concepts were toyed with for future generations of possible two-seat T-Birds. While Thunderbird was Ford's "halo" car of the era, it was not a big profit maker, and the man in charge of the Ford Division, Robert S. McNamara, had different plans for the T-Bird. He would see it grow into a profitable four-passenger personal luxury car. |
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| GREENWICH, Conn. – The Piston Foundation announced it is awarding scholarships to 30 aspiring collector car technicians for the 2025-26 academic year – its largest scholarship class to date. This represents a 50 percent increase from the previous year's awards, reflecting growing interest in collector car careers among young enthusiasts and continued demand for skilled automotive restoration professionals. |
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Geoffrey Hacker has done a wonderful job putting together a digital book on the Packard Monte Carlo. The information and production is impressive. You can download it for free HERE! Thank you Geoffrey. Currently the Monte Carlo is at the Savoy Automobile Museum in Cartersville, Georgia, and it will be there thru August 24th, 2025. |
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Cartersville, GA - Savoy Automobile Museum announced the opening of its latest temporary exhibit, Small Block Muscle, which will be on display now through November 9, 2025. The small block engine was a lightweight, compact V8 engine designed by Chevrolet in 1955. It combined performance with practicality. Other manufacturers also had their own small block engines that were high in performance and did not fit the big block category. The exhibit features various manufacturers' small block vehicles through the years. |
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How much is your vintage ride worth? You can now join the Old Cars Price Guide Membership and find out online. Pricing right at your fingertips. |
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