Construction Equipment
Ag Equipment
Roadbuilding
Dealers
Business
Technology
Tag: automobiles
Construction Equipment
POLL: Diesel? Hydrogen? Electricity? What will fuel future highways?
With road-legal self-driving trucks and an economically-feasible way to harness solar energy and go off the power grid being a part of our present and no longer possibilities of a far-off future, we got to thinking: whatâs the fuel of the future going to be? Electricity sure seems to be making a pretty strong case with Tesla [âŚ]
May 8, 2015
Construction Equipment
Ford reveals 10 torture tests for 2015 F-150 including shrapnel, acid bath, frame twisting (GIFs, VIDEO)
When the 2015 F-150 was announced in January a lot of people wondered just how durable a pickup with an aluminum body could be. Wonder no more. Today, Ford let us in on their torture-testing process for the 2015 F-150 with video of all 10 steps. Some of these steps are so grueling that just [âŚ]
April 9, 2014
Construction Equipment
This teardown of a Porsche Carrera 3.2 is a beautiful look at the complexity of engines
You may have seen a teardown of an engine before, but the look and feel this one of a Porsche Carrera 3.2 accomplishes is something to be appreciated. The video uses stop motion animation in order to focus your attention on each and every part that is removed. The result is a almost like watching [âŚ]
July 10, 2013
Gear
GEAR: Chevrolet redesigns 2014 Camaro in concept car for next âTransformersâ film (PHOTOS)
Itâs odd how small changes can have such a big impact. Thatâs what runs through our heads each time we look at the 2014 Camaro concept car that Chevrolet has cooked up for the next installment in the âTransformersâ movie franchise. The concept Camaro will play the roll of the Autobot Bumblebee in the next [âŚ]
July 8, 2013
Home
Amazing footage from the 1946 Indy 500
Hereâs a pretty great way to get the Memorial Day weekend started: how about amazing vintage footage from one of the holidayâs most time-honored traditions? YouTube user and blogger RetroChromeX posted this recently-found footage of the 1946 Indianapolis 500, noting that, because of the outbreak of World War II, this was the first time the [âŚ]
May 24, 2013
Gear
GEAR: This 1967 Shelby GT500 Super Snake is the most expensive Mustang ever
If you ever wondered what the most expensive Ford Mustang ever looks like, now you know. According to Mustang Daily,  during Mecumâs Spring Classic Auction in Indianapolis recently, the 1967 Shelby GT500 Super Snake you see above sold for $1.3 million. Thatâs more than any other car has ever sold for at Mecumâs and makes this [âŚ]
May 21, 2013
Gear
GEAR: Detroit Electric SP:01 is the rebirth of a century-old brand in worldâs fastest electric car (PHOTOS)
Thereâs a very good chance youâve never heard of Detroit Electric. And you can thank Henry Ford for that. The fact is, Detroit Electric was one of the first car companies, let alone electric car companies, producing vehicles when Nicola Tesla was still alive and long before he would become the namesake of the company [âŚ]
April 18, 2013
Business
GMâs best-selling vehicle isnât what youâd think (Hint: Itâs a small Chinese van)
After analyzing the new Polk vehicle registration data, Jalopnik happened upon a pretty surprising discovery: General Motorsâ best-selling vehicle is not only not an American car or truck, itâs not a car or truck period. Itâs a van. A tiny, three-cylinder, rear-wheel drive Chinese van called Zhiguang, or âSunshine.â A van with 80 horsepower. The Sunshine is the [âŚ]
April 17, 2013
Home
Vintage Mercedes joy ride turns into $830K wreck for mechanic
So youâre a mechanic, and life is sometimes dull. But youâve just finished up a big job on a really sweet car and hey, you think, how about taking this bad boy out for a test drive? For one German mechanic, that thought process turned into a $830,000 wreck when he ran off the road [âŚ]
April 3, 2013
Equipment
ExxonMobil: Diesel will surpass gasoline as top transportation fuel by 2020
As more and more consumers become aware of the greater gas efficiency of diesel, interest in and demand for the fuel has surged as of late. In fact, ExxonMobil expects diesel to jump gasoline as the number one choice for transportation fuel by 2020. The company predicts light duty vehicles will continue to see much [âŚ]
March 12, 2013
Gear
GEAR: Ferrari LaFerrari is a hybrid youâll actually want
Love the idea of a hybrid, but hate the performance and, letâs be honest, look, of the current field of available options? Ferrari has a car for you. Well, at least 499 of you. The recently unveiled Ferrari LaFerrari (a bit redundant but we wonât fault them too much) combines an 800-hp 6.3-liter V12 with [âŚ]
March 11, 2013
Home
Ford Transit van gets a diesel
This just in: Ford is going to add a five-cylinder diesel engine to the powerplant choices in its 2014 Transit van. The 3.2 liter Power Stoke diesel engine has been in use in Europe and elsewhere around the globe for some time. There it is rated at 197 horsepower and 347 foot-pounds of torque (however [âŚ]
December 10, 2012
Page 1 of 2
Next Page