Filed under: Motorsport , Formula One For the first time in F1, a mandatory weight distribution ratio will apply in 2011. Germany’s Auto Motor und Sport said the front-to-rear ratio must be 46:54 per cent, due to the arrival of Pirelli as the sport’s new exclusive tyre supplier. The teams want to avoid the kinds of surprise problems that arose in 2009, when a pre-season change to the Bridgestone tyre design resulted in the need to make expensive changes to the cars’ weight...
As we get closer to the aptly-named B.F.E. Grand Prix 24 Hours of LeMons in Colorado next weekend, I decided to pay a visit to the team building the first-ever LeMons Marlin. All I can say is: Ho-lee shit! More »
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Another Sensible Daily Driver: Swiss-Cheesed, 454-Powered, Jag-IRS-Equipped AMC Marlin! [Engine...
A capable, well-appointed first step on Chrysler’s long road to recovery. The rocks and desert surrounding Moab, Utah, have seen a lot of things. Dinosaurs hatching, dying, and turning into tar. Mormons fleeing persecution, flourishing, and inspiring a hit HBO show. And Jeeps. Lots and lots and lots of Jeeps. But this is Moab’s first look at the 2011 Jeep Grand Cherokee . Ours, too, at least from behind the wheel. Keep Reading: 2011 Jeep Grand Cherokee – First Drive Review Related posts: 2011...
We celebrate the standouts at the 400-, 500-, and 600-hp milestones. “Horsepower wars” might be the most overused phrase in automotive journalism (aside from “award-winning 3-series”). Like most abused terminology, it’s a little inaccurate, reflecting some laziness on the part of the user. In a war, there are battles; there are strategies, movements, fronts. What we’ve been experiencing since the late 1990s is more of a horsepower revolution, a wholesale overthrow of slow by maniacal...