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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 […]
April 9, 2014
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Amazing footage from the 1946 Indy 500
Here’s a pretty great way to get the Memorial Day weekend started: how about amazing vintage footage from one of the holiday’s 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 […]
May 24, 2013
Gear
GEAR: Detroit Electric SP:01 is the rebirth of a century-old brand in world’s fastest electric car (PHOTOS)
There’s a very good chance you’ve 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 […]
April 18, 2013
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Vintage Mercedes joy ride turns into $830K wreck for mechanic
So you’re a mechanic, and life is sometimes dull. But you’ve 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 […]
April 3, 2013
Gear
GEAR: Ferrari LaFerrari is a hybrid you’ll actually want
Love the idea of a hybrid, but hate the performance and, let’s 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 won’t fault them too much) combines an 800-hp 6.3-liter V12 with […]
March 11, 2013
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