The 1932 Ford V-8 was revolutionary in that the block was cast in one piece; however, it was not without problems, and it produced only 65 bhp.

The Sunbeam Tiger has been the subject of much mis-information since it was introduced at the 1964 New York Auto Show.

Hot rodders were always the bikers of the car world, looked down upon by the elite especially those who raced round and round in their European Ferraris, Jaguars, Maseratis and Porsches.

When we see incredible machines packed with all the best parts and latest technology, we wonder, like many of you, if they perform as good as they look.

Two things caught our eye, well three actually, the two burgers warming on the blower and the attractive lady changing wheels.

There’s nothing that would indicate that The Sharnbrook, a contemporary 42-room hotel in Bedford, UK, is an auto-centric destinations until you meet the CEO Ciro Ciampi.

Drifting is exciting and fun to watch. It’s like replaying the last lap of any race over and over and it’s hard to deny the driver’s skills.

When Jimmy shine took over his new building at 867 N. Commerce St, Orange, CA, the previous tenant Dave Keister left this ’65 C10 Fleetside in a corner saying, “I’m busy, why don’t you finish it off for me?”

On May 12, on their Facebook page, Bill Lattin, President of the Southern California Timing Association (SCTA) announced, “We have GREAT news!

If ever a sexy sports car came out of England it was the Jaguar E-Type known in the US as the XK-E. Designed by Malcolm Sayer and based on the Le Mans-winning D-Type the E-Type was introduced in 1961 with a claimed top speed of 150 mph and a 0 to 60 mph time of 6.9 seconds.

The story of the birth of the muscle car is well documented and needless to say in 1962, under pressure from the U.S. Government, GM backed out of racing, except Pontiac that is.

The Goodwood Festival of Speed has grown like Topsy to be a bit of un mostro with paddocks spread from one side of the Duke of Richmond’s driveway across to the other.

Ford displayed an electric Mustang at the 2019 SEMA Show—it’s first all-electric vehicle but shock, horror it was a generic looking SUV and not at all in the traditional mould of the iconic Mustang.

Evil, wicked, mean and nasty are four words that barely describe Andy and Debra Bond’s ‘Ugly Sister’ and by that we mean their wild ’56 Chevy—the fastest Street Eliminator car in the world.

In 2004, Bill Pitts published a story on oldrace.com about a trip to Italy in search of Roland Leong’s 1965-’66 Championship winning Hawaiian Top Fuel dragster. I was intrigued as I’d seen the forlorn dragster in Turin’s Carlo Biscaretti di Ruffia museum and wondered what it was doing there.

Racetracks are an endangered species, there’s no doubt about it. Even when tracks were built far from existing developments new development has crept ever closer until the townies with their tract homes, strip malls and big box stores are at the very gates of our tracks shouting, “I don’t want that noise and traffic in my back yard.”

If there are two things we like at TorqTalk.com it’s phantom cars: cars that could have been but never were and wagons—we love ’em both so why not combine them into a phantom wagon?

The Ford flathead V8 was designed from the outset to be a performer but I doubt Henry Ford ever envisaged the performance his hastily engineered monobloc would go on to produce almost 100 years after its birth.

Shantal Pont shops in style in her ’64 Lincoln Continental convertible built as a surprise by husband Jeff. The stunning build by MicksPaint.com lead fabrictor Pauly Rivera is powered by a factory supercharged 6.2L Chevrolet LSA delivering 556 hp and 550 lb-ft of toque.

Sometimes it appears as if the vehicles at the annual SEMA Show are on a ‘bling-go-round’ that they can’t jump off, forced to add more and more glitter in the vain hope of attracting attention.