The Moon Landing Astronauts Had a Tough Time Back on Earth

When Commanders Buzz Aldrin, Neil Armstrong and Michael Collins (yes there was a third guy, look it up!) left Earth, they were engineers, test pilots, and property of the U.S. government. When they returned to Earth, they were heroes, and they were totally unprepared for the stardom that followed....

May 11, 2025

Do Production Car Lap Records Matter?

Porsche has been on a tear lately setting production car lap records in the 991.2 generation GT2 RS at tracks all over the world. The GT2 RS is incredibly fast, that much is obvious, but that’s a known quantity at this point. Beyond just the bragging rights for Porsche...

May 11, 2025

Your Ridiculously Awesome, Previously On Fire Mazda RX-7 Wallpapers Are Here

It’s pretty hot this weekend, but not as hot as this Mazda RX-7 used to be. From shooter comes this charming blue rotary sports car that’s one hell of a comeback story. It looks great today, but was badly damaged in a fire. “The owner didn’t want to let...

May 11, 2025

The Weeknd, Kendrick Lamar -- 'Pray For Me'

Traffic sucks, so why not start your morning off with some music? You provide the toast and we’ll provide the jams. This, from the still-very good Black Panther soundtrack, was stuck in my head when I woke up so it is your jam of the day. Enjoy. ...

May 11, 2025

BMW's New CEO Is Doubling Down on the Strategy That Got the Last CEO Ousted

Good luck with that BMW, good luck with that Mini, and wow, a Mitsubishi dealer is going to need a hell of a lot of luck with that. All that and more in the Morning Shift for July 22, 2019. In what is declaring a “bold way forward,” new...

May 11, 2025

BMW's Funny New Steering Wheel Might Solve One of the Many Problems with Self-Driving Cars

The upcoming 2021 crossover isn’t just the future of BMW’s electric cars, it’s also meant to be the flagship for BMW’s self-driving system. Because of that, BMW claims it needs a funny-looking polygonal steering wheel. The iNext’s steering wheel, pictured above in a dark, moody teaser image, is shaped...

May 11, 2025

This Chinese Company Is Bringing Back The Saleen S7 (UPDATED)

If there’s one thing Saleen seems to be really good at, it’s never quite giving up on their 19-year-old S7 design. The original year-2000 model S7 was (one kilohorsepower?), and Saleen planned on building a massive seven of them. Then, the Chinese company Jiangsu Secco Automobile Technology Corporation ,...

May 11, 2025

We Are Baffled By This Corvette Revving Until It Spews Flames and Becomes a Bonfire

A video making rounds on the internet appears to show a Virginia man revving the crap out of his in the middle of the night until the vehicle catches fire. For some reason, even with the car ablaze, the man continues revving the V8 until the car becomes an...

May 11, 2025

Half a Million Diesel Volvos Were Just Recalled for Risk of Fire

Even super stylish Swedish cars obsessed with safety get recalled once in a while. If you drive a four-cylinder diesel that was produced within the last five years, then listen up. There’s a global recall over some faulty parts that could lead to a fire. Volvo is recalling 507,000...

May 11, 2025

Next-Gen Cadillac Escalade to Get V Performance Model and Go Electric: Report

The new is eating the aging ’slunch, but a new report suggests the next generation of GM’s luxury bruiser could get much more appetizing with a V performance model and an all-electric trim. The big news, or rumor in this case, comes from ,which reports that the fifth-generationCadillac Escalade...

May 11, 2025

Is an Add-On Hardtop with Gullwing Doors a Good Idea or a Bad Idea?

As many of you may already know, I’m an idea man. You also may know that sometimes, maybe, I’m not so great at deciding what’s a good idea and what’s a bad idea. This time I’m appealing to you wise people for help in hopes of maybe seeming like less...

May 11, 2025

This Fake 1989 Jeep Cherokee Trackhawk Is a Blasphemous Beauty

A 20-year-old marketing student from Mexico who dabbles in car renderings has created an internet sensation. It’s a 1989 Trackhawk; a hot-rodded XJ that never existed, but perhaps should have? You decide. I’ll begin by saying that this young designer, Abimelec Arellano from Hermosillo Sonora, Mexico did a solid...

May 11, 2025

This Ferrari-Based One-Off Conciso Gets the Most Out of Being the Bare Minimum

Back in 1993, German designer Bernd Michalak decided to build a one-off Ferrari-based concept to portray an “athletic with not an extra ounce” ideal. Starting with a nice low-mile 328 GTS, the car was stripped down to its most bare component parts. Once the lightweight body was developed, it...

May 11, 2025

RJD2 -- 'Work It Out'

Traffic sucks, so why not start your morning off with some music? You provide the toast and we’ll provide the jams. I want to be able to dance. ...

May 11, 2025

The New Nissan Juke Might Be Great But It's Not Coming Here

The is dead here in the United States because , but that doesn’t mean it’s dead everywhere else. The Juke is alive and well in Nissan’s European markets and it’s about to get a revamp. Nissan posted this shadowy teaser on its with the launch date of Sept. 3,...

May 11, 2025