What defines success when it comes to a car? There are plenty of ways you can quantify and qualify the merits of a specific make or model. There is price, performance, sales success, and those...
We often tend to think of automotive brands as being free-standing, independent entities with their own very individual characteristics. There's the design language of the exterior, interior, powertrain, and chassis, but also their unique feel and identity. A BMW looks, smells, and drives like a...
The 955 and 957 Porsche Cayenne were available with two different suspension options. First, there was the standard coil-spring and shock setup available on all models, except for the Turbo. Then there is the advanced, self-adjusting Cayenne air suspension that came as standard on the Turbo and...
The first-generation Porsche Cayenne was equipped with a range of engine options over its seven-year production run from 2003 to 2010. These are most easily split into early Porsche 955 Cayenne port-injected engines sold from 2003 to 2006, and late Porsche 957 Cayenne direct-injected engines sold...
Sports cars are wonderful. They allow us to experience the limits of adhesion, intense g-forces, and unending smiles as we motor along. The passions they stir from their race-winning pedigrees, beautiful body lines, and emotion-filled driving characteristics make them life-altering things....
Turbochargers have been in use for a lot longer than many seem to realize. Lockheed’s P-38 Lightning used two turbocharged Allison V12s to power it along back in the 1940s. By the 1970s, turbocharging had become a big focus around race tracks after the Porsche 917/10 and 917/30, utilizing two...
The age of electrification is upon us, folks. The EU has placed a ban on new gasoline-powered cars after 2035, and the manufacturers have already begun to introduce the groundwork for their electric futures. Electric cars are great for what they do, but the extreme weight and size of the...
Car ownership comes in many forms, and for those of us who really love our cars, they’re an extension of ourselves. They represent what we like and carry those ideals every day whether we drive them or not. We let our passions choose what we drive and what modifications we make to have the...
Among the vast number of negatives that the COVID-19 pandemic has brought upon us, the unforeseen jump in enthusiast vehicles is salt in the wound. It wasn’t enough that we had to shelter inside for fear of catching a virus, but we got to watch as the cars we dreamed of appreciated beyond the...
With the dawn of electric and hydrogen-powered cars upon us, mechanically simple cars simply no longer exist. Today, a computer is the best tool for fixing a modern vehicle, when forty years ago it was a box wrench. The current technology has made cars safer, more fuel-efficient, and...