by Fast Machines | Aug 3, 2013 | Fast And Dangerous
On Tuesday, we posted an audio recording of a mystery car’s exhaust note. To hear it again, listen to the recording embedded below. Almost everyone who commented figured out that this week’s sound came from the 2013 SRT Viper GTS‘s ten-cylinder engine, but kudos to...
by Fast Machines | Aug 3, 2013 | Exterior
Just a few weeks before Christmas in 1982, the French government intentionally created a video recorder shortage. High-quality, lower-cost Japanese electronics were killing the French manufacturing industry, but treaties prevented banning the imports outright or...
by Fast Machines | Aug 3, 2013 | Auto News
AutoGuide’s new car shopping section saw a diverse list of searches this week. The sub-compact Smart Fortwo was popular, as was the mid-size Honda Accord. Both are fuel efficient options with small engines, but that wasn’t enough for some of this week’s shoppers. For...
by Fast Machines | Aug 3, 2013 | Fast And Dangerous
According to a recent report in Auto Express, the forthcoming Nissan GT-R NISMO may post a brutally quick 0-60 time of two seconds flat, a detail supposedly sprung from an unnamed source during the recent Goodwood Festival of Speed. An engineer for British firm...
by Fast Machines | Aug 3, 2013 | Exterior
After seeing this commercial on TV, I wasn’t sure what point Toyota was trying to make. So I went online and watched it a bunch of times and came to the conclusion that Toyota itself isn’t sure what point it’s trying to make with the spot. We open on a family driving...
