A class action lawsuit says the 2021 Dodge Durango SRT Hellcat should have been ‘special’. February 1, 2026 – A lawsuit against Dodge Durango SRT Hellcat has been dismissed after SUV owners alleged Fiat Chrysler lied about the Durango SRT Hellcat never being sold after the 2021 model year. The class action lawsuit against Dodge […]
Ermess/Getty images Have you ever noticed the whips or cords that hang in front of Harleys and other bikes? They’re called get-back whips, and old-fashioned riders often hang those braided leather cords from the handlebars (or brake lever or clutch lever) for self-defense, hence the name “get-back.” […]
Zuumy/Shutterstock In August 2019, Andy Wallace, Bugatti’s factory test driver, managed to break the 500 km/h speed record by driving a Bugatti Chiron Super Sport at 504.77 km/h with reinforced Michelin tires. This wasn’t the first Bugatti to claim a world top speed record, as the modern […]
Kurt Cobain, born in 1967, was a musician best known as the frontman of the Seattle-born grunge band Nirvana. The band quickly became entrenched in American pop culture, and singles like “Smells Like Teen Spirit” are as moving today as they were when they were released in the 1990s. […]
Atitaya Pimpa/Getty Images There are many different types of spark plugs, but they all do one job: igniting the air-fuel mixture in the cylinders. A shiny new spark plug does that consistently at the right intervals. The problems start when spark plugs start to wear out over […]
Jorge Villalba/Getty Images When an air-fuel charge burns in the cylinder of an engine, some of the heat produced is absorbed by the spark plug. The heat is transferred to the engine coolant and works its way through the insulator nose, metal shell and cylinder head. How […]
Pathompong Thongsan/Getty Images For most cars and trucks, gasoline and diesel engines follow the same four basic steps to generate power: intake, to get a mixture of fuel and air into the cylinders; compression, to compress that mixture; combustion, when the fuel is ignited and burns; and […]
Within the touring motorcycle category, sport touring motorcycles have seen significant growth, especially among riders who want the performance of sport bikes without sacrificing touring comfort. You get engines tuned for speed and responsive handling that makes twisty back roads a blast, while the chassis and suspension remain firm and predictable even when you’re cruising […]
Although the price for the first model year of the C5 Corvette is almost $15,000 more than the original MSRP for the first model year of the C4, the difference is actually much smaller when adjusted for inflation. For reference, the original MSRP for a Corvette in 1997 was $37,495, which would be $75,210.30 today. […]
Tran Girlismo Podcast The automotive world is full of podcasts, and those podcasts overwhelmingly consist of just two or three guys sitting around the Shure SM7B microphones talking about the latest and greatest in high-end automotive innovation. But for most car enthusiasts this is not exactly recognizable; […]