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The Off-Road Recovery Gear You’ll Wish You Packed Before You Got Stuck
Sooner or later, every off-roader gets stuck. It doesn’t matter how capable your rig is or how skilled you are…
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What the Hell Is a Restomod, and Why Is Everyone Building One?
Walk any modern car show and you’ll spot them: classic cars and trucks that look period-perfect on the outside but…
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4WD vs. AWD: What Actually Happens When the Pavement Ends
The terms four-wheel drive and all-wheel drive get tossed around as if they mean the same thing, and marketing departments…
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So You Want to Take Your Car to a Track Day. Here’s How Not to Embarrass Yourself
There’s a moment every enthusiast reaches when public roads stop being enough. You’ve got a car you love, you’ve watched…
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Win a 1963 Split-Window Corvette Fuelie and $20,000 With Double Entries, But Hurry — It Ends 6/14
Let’s cut to it, Backfire News fans: there’s a chance to put a genuine 1963 Chevrolet Corvette Split-Window Fuelie Coupe…
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Naturally Aspirated, Turbo, or Supercharged: Which One Actually Wins?
Ask a room full of car enthusiasts which is better, a turbo, a supercharger, or a big naturally aspirated engine,…
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This Jensen Once Belonged to a Led Zeppelin Legend, and Its Owner Is About to Eat a $44K Loss
Here is a rule that almost always holds in the classic car world. Find a rare British coupe, attach a…
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Kimi Antonelli Dunked on Kim Kardashian Over the Monaco Towel Fiasco, and Mercedes Loved Every Second
Most teams would have wanted the whole thing to disappear quietly. Mercedes did the opposite. After a clip from the…
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This Singer-Style Classic Ford Screams To 10,000 RPM And Will Set You Back Nearly $400,000
Somebody finally built the Mk1 Ford Escort that the original deserved, and it does not whisper. It screams to 10,000…
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A YouTuber’s Fake Cop Car Was Doing 130 MPH When Colorado Finally Caught Up With Him
A black Ford sedan tearing down Interstate 25 at 130 mph sounds like the setup for one of those late-night…
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Why Diesel Trucks Still Dominate Towing: The Case for Compression Ignition
When the trailer is loaded and the grade gets steep, a certain kind of truck owner reaches for diesel. Despite…
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$630K Truck-Theft Ring Update: SBI Vows To Keep Hunting As Similar Busts Hit California And Florida
Two men in North Carolina are accused of running a scheme that turned stolen trucks into a rental business, and…