Many people may think that car engines come in a fairly straightforward variety. This may be true for consumer cars, but even in the people's car market there is a surprising amount of choice. Even for the same model of car, many manufactures offer choice between petrol and diesel engines, and some will add a … Continue reading Types of Engines
Professional teams in motor racing often use a standardized color for spectators to easily identify the vehicles in a fast-paced race. Later on, many teams switched to liveries showing sponsors funding their team. Each team would have a specific color to show the country of origin of the team or driver. In the early years … Continue reading International Racing Colors
Touring car racing is a motorsport road racing competition with heavily modified road-going cars. It is popular in Argentina, Australia, Brazil, Britain, Germany, Sweden and Norway. It has both similarities to and significant differences from stock car racing which is popular in the United States. Credit: Wikipedia Touring racing differs from other sports such as Formula One and rallying in that … Continue reading Touring Car Racing
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The perfect car for off-roading has always been the Jeep. Or has it? Originally built by the Hope Motor Company in 1967, before being sold to Suzuki, the Jimny has been marketed as anything from off-roading champion to perfect city car. The first generation was produced from 1970 until 1981. It received modifications to its … Continue reading Car of the Month: Suzuki Jimny
Every since cars have been invented, people has been trying to produce faster and faster vehicles. One way cars have been modified is by lightening the weight, so the engine doesn't have to work as hard to go a certain speed. However, a car can only be so light before the wheels can't transfer the … Continue reading POWAAAAAAHHH: Making Cars Faster
Everybody has seen a sports car (or even something like a Mustang) with a raised flap on the rear of the trunk or the roof. Many of these people will assume that these are all called spoilers however, some of them are actually shaped different and have a slightly different function. What both wings and … Continue reading Myths and Misconceptions: Wing Versus Spoiler
The Honda Civic has been one of the most popular (and most stolen) cars in America for many years. First introduced in 1972 with a two- and a three-door model, it quickly gained reputation for being reliable and economical. After many previous failures, the still young Honda was ready to switch to solely producing motorbikes. … Continue reading Car of the Month: Honda Civic
Rally is a form of motorsport that takes place on public or private roads with modified production or specially built road-legal cars. It is distinguished by running not on a circuit, but instead in a point-to-point format in which participants and their co-drivers drive between set control points (special stages), leaving at regular intervals from … Continue reading Rallying and Its Cars
Many car companies have had an interesting assortment of logos in their years making vehicles (or other products such as weaving looms). Some companies have even ended their car production and switch to something far more profitable - arms dealing (looking at you Saab). Below are several timelines of some of the greatest manufacturers in … Continue reading History of Car Logos
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