Classics
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0Video: Motor Trend does the Cuban classic car thing 1366934400
As car enthusiasts, we all know the little gem about classic American cars driving around the streets of Cuba, but few of us will ever be able to see these sites first hand. Fortunately, Motor Trend recently spent some time in the land of cigars, mojitos and Yank Tanks to create this incredible ...
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Video: Dodge Li'l Red Express drag truck packs 100 PSI, 1,000 horsepower 1366932000
The Dodge Li'l Red Express is one awesome quandary of the late '70s. Back then, Dodge had taken to building all sorts of oddball trucks and vans with strange equipment packages, but the Li'l Red Express was something entirely different. Engineers crammed a honkin' 360 V8 yanked from the ...
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Video: Shelby Cobra driver says 'Hey, y'all, watch this!' 1366916400
A burnout is like a boast, the rubber-shredding equivalent of Babe Ruth pointing his fingers at the center-field bleachers. And everyone knows once you've boasted, you've got to back it up. If The Babe had grounded out to first, the "Called Shot" would be a laugh, not a legend. After doing a ...
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Video: Jay Leno's Garage features funnyman's 1963 Jaguar E-Type 1366908300
Jay Leno looks inward on this episode of his eponymous garage, checking out a 1963 Jaguar XKE that he bought earlier this year. It is an example of his favorite kind of car, that being original and unrestored. He bought the E-Type from its first owner, a woman who purchased it new, held on to it ...
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Auctions: eBay Find of the Day: Supercharged MG TC with five-speed 1366891200
As the story goes, it was United States GIs, stationed in Great Britain during World War II, who first fell in love with the MG marque. There they saw, drove and were smitten by the MG T-Series roadsters. After the war, thousands of enthusiasts drove and raced cars like this 1948 MG TC here in ...
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Official: Rolls-Royce Alpine Trial Centenary Collection celebrates century-old Austrian race 1366720080
Among the harvest of premieres at the Shanghai Motor Show was a special-edition Rolls-Royce Ghost to celebrate the 1913 Austrian Alpine Trials. Four Rolls-Royce Silver Ghosts entered the race a century ago, and in completing the 1,820-mile challenge flawlessly earned the sobriquet "The Best Car ...
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Featured: Help a couple drive their 1984 Vanagon around the world 1366675080
Meet Brad, Sheena and Nacho Driving through China is a pricey proposition. The couple will need to pony up a staggering $19,514 just to cover the fees. Brad and Sheena Van Orden are in the midst of a life-defining campaign to travel around the world, and they're doing it in a 1984 ...
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Buick picks top 11 highlights from first 11 decades 1366581480
Buick has taken the time to highlight some of the company's personal points of pride from the past 110 years. Those include everything from the automaker's very first vehicle, the 1904 Model B, to what Buick claims is the world's first concept car: The 1938 Y Job (above). That one also walked ...
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Video: Ferrari Lusso ownership will add some time to your morning commute 1366416060
If you've ever driven a vintage vehicle on a regular basis, you know the process from getting from point A to point B is a bit more convoluted than simply hopping in and going. There are rituals to observe, checklists to run through and processes to address before ever touching the ignition. ...
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Video: BMW M2 created by marrying 2002 with M3 drivetrain 1366400520
Marc Norris, owner of the Bavarian Workshop in Southern California, recently built a lucky customer their very own BMW "M2" by combining the chassis of an iconic mid-1970s BMW 2002 with BMW's celebrated race-bred S14 engine from a late-1980s BMW E30 M3. Dropping the high-revving 2.3-liter ...

