Filed under: Aftermarket, Hirings/Firings/Layoffs To borrow a line from the classic Monty Python and the Holy Grail, Crane Cams isn't quite dead yet. The storied aftermarket auto parts company was founded back in 1953 and has since grown into a well-known brand name specializing in camshafts and val...

Filed under: Supercars, Nissan Nissan GT-R SpecV - Click above for high-res gallery At this point, it's clear that a good showing at the Nürburgring is of the utmost importance to any automaker with supercar ambitions. Contestants ranging from Porsche, Nissan, Chevrolet and Dodge have all visit...

Filed under: Time Warp, Sports/GTs, Auction Action, Chevrolet Click above for a gallery of the 1985 Camaro IROC-Z on eBay If you were able to suddenly don a mullet and hop in Doc Brown's time machine to travel back to the year 1985, you'd find that the pinnacle of affordable performance was availabl...

Filed under: Economy, Hatchbacks, Subaru, UK Click above to enlarge At the 2007 Frankfurt Auto Show, Subaru introduced the latest version of its Justy subcompact for the U.K. market. Little more than a rebadged version of the Daihatsu Sirion, the Justy is the Japanese automaker's entry-level model a...

Filed under: Motorcycles It's generally an accepted truth that the big four Japanese motorcycle manufacturers will find some way to incrementally improve the performance of their various 600cc sportbikes year-after-year. At some point, you may begin to wonder just how much more juice can be extracte...

Filed under: Aftermarket, Tuners, Chevrolet, GM Click above for high-res image gallery of the LS9 engine General Motors did power junkies a solid when it announced at this past year's SEMA show that the famed LS9 engine will be offered as a crate motor. Because the LS9 was designed to live within th...

Filed under: Sports/GTs, Supercars, Nissan The internet has been abuzz with chatter ever since it was revealed that Nissan had updated the software that governs the GT-R's launch control and was instructing all of its dealers to reprogram every vehicle in dealer inventory that had yet to be sold wit...

Filed under: Recalls/TSBs, Safety, Suzuki, Motorcycles Suzuki, makers of the GSX line of sportbikes, has issued a recall on 26,082 GSX-R1000 motorcycles from 2005 and 2006. The trouble area is reportedly the bike's frame, specifically behind and below the steering neck near the front triple clamps. ...

Filed under: Trucks/Pickups, Commercial Trucks, Chevrolet, GM Click on the image above for a gallery of MetroKing's new taxi Although the two events seemingly have nothing to do with each other, a new company called MetroKing has sprung up that hopes of manufacturing cabs in America just as former t...

Filed under: Convertibles, Geneva Motor Show, MINI Click above for a gallery of the 2009 MINI Cooper Convertible MINI's going to be busy over the next few months, with new product debuts already scheduled for Geneva (the MINI One Clubman) and Frankfurt (MINI Crossover). If the rumors are correct, yo...