Museum Archives

The National Corvette Museum is among the many institutions around the country… Starting August 3, you’ll be able to see 12 of the most… General Motors and Ford are among the most famous automotive rivals. Therefore,… The National Corvette Museum in Bowling Green, Kentucky, is currently one of… The partial shutdown of the United States…

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How to Start a Car Club

Photo: bryc42013 Car clubs are a great way to meet new friends, participate in auto-themed events, and stir the public’s interest in vintage vehicles. But how do you go about forming a car club? With a little forethought and organization, it’s fairly simple to start one in your area. All in the Family: Meet the…

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Weird Old Car Shorts: ‘Design for Dreaming’ (1956)

Be careful to avoid the roadkill of tomorrow! Photo: Radoslaw Drozdzewski via CC In The News Wheel’s ongoing series of “weird old car shorts” reviews, we’ve discussed the strange and wonderful history of theatrical/industrial shorts from the 1940s and 1950s. These odd little films often used full stories to do everything from creating awareness to…

classic car Archives

Some folks have the luck of buying a car that increases in… You’ve saved up money and done your research. You’re finally ready to… According to certain studies, the average life expectancy of a vehicle is… An extremely rare fuel-injected Corvette C2, one of just 771 in the world, was unearthed from a pile of…

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Hennessey “Exorcist” Camaro ZL1 Reaches Top Speed of 217 MPH

The Demon better not “cross” paths with the Exorcist Photo:Hennessey Performance Engineering As far as performance vehicles go, the 2018 Dodge Challenger SRT Demon might be the most ambitious production model ever assembled by an automaker. Yet many after-market models have arisen in the wake of the Demon’s arrival to challenge its supremacy on the drag strip….

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Hill Climb Racing 2 is a Surprisingly Good Mobile Game

Photo: The News Wheel Navigating the rocky waters of free-to-play mobile gaming takes perseverance, to be sure. At worst, you’ll be subjected to an endless parade of unskippable ads and half-baked gameplay. At best, you’ll find an experience that eats up a shameful number of hours and manages to draw you back in day after…

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Jaguar Archives

Jaguar Land Rover has announced that all production of its Land Rover… Autonomous driving technology is still a long way from mainstream production, but… In a previously published article, we discussed vehicles that derive their names… Building high-performance luxury SUVs is no longer enough: we have now reached… For most, the idea of sitting behind…

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3 Games With Incredibly Atmospheric Driving

Photo: ehsanahmadnejad via Pixabay License One of the best things about video games is their ability to transport you to another time and place while giving you a way to interact with a world you’ll never experience in person. In many cases, this idea translates to driving. When handled properly, this mechanic can be enormously…

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Hennessey Chevy SS Does an 11.84 Second Quarter-Mile, is Just Silly

Hennessey Chevy SS Custom tuner Hennessey Performance has done it again, taking an already-stout performance car and taking it up another notch (or twelve). The Houston, Texas-situated tuning shop took the 2014 Chevrolet SS—which already gets 415 horsepower from its 6.2-liter V8—and upgraded it with a TVS2300 Supercharger system, Hennessey Air Induction system, and a…

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convertibles Archives

The word “convertible” comes from the root word “convert,” simply referring to a… If you’ve ever wanted to get into vehicle restoration, but weren’t sure… Throughout automotive history, Buick models have often featured innovative designs. The automaker’s… Top-Down Thrills: Learn more about the Buick Cascada convertible Opel will stop… Back in March, Chevrolet launched its own…

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Cars You Didn't Know Were in “The Godfather”

Photo: Sicnag via CC When you think of “The Godfather,” the first thing that’s likely to pop into your head is Marlon Brando’s Vito Corleone sitting in a dimly lit room, saying something like, “You come into my house, on the day my daughter is to be married…” But if you look a little closer,…

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Chevrolet's Top 5 Best-Selling Vehicles of 2018

The Silverado was Chevy’s best-selling vehicle in 2018 For Chevrolet, the story was simple in 2018: If the vehicle was a truck, sales either stayed flat or grew impressively. If it was a sedan, sales took a nosedive. Overall, Chevrolet’s sales numbers declined slightly for the year — about a 1.4% drop. But gains and…

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