by Fast Machines | Aug 9, 2013 | Fast And Dangerous
Each week, our German correspondent slices and dices the latest rumblings, news, and quick-hit driving impressions from the other side of the pond. His byline may say Jens Meiners, but we simply call him . . . the Continental. Uwe Bahnsen working on the Capri III. Uwe...
by Fast Machines | Aug 9, 2013 | Exterior
We’re happy to announce the winner of our third Backfires Briefs contest: Pat Daly! We asked members to write up their most terrible dealership experiences in 250 words or less, and then asked the Backfires commentariat to vote on who had it worst. Reading Pat’s...
by Fast Machines | Aug 9, 2013 | Auto News
For most of the 368 drive-in movie theaters currently operating in the U.S., this will be the last summer of business. Honda will keep some of the tradition alive. Hollywood is expected to stop distributing movies on 35 millimeter film because the majority of venues...
by Fast Machines | Aug 9, 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 much-anticipated 2014 Chevrolet Corvette Stingray Z51....
by Fast Machines | Aug 9, 2013 | Exterior
These are do-or-die days for Mitsubishi Motors North America. Sales have cratered over the last decade from 345,111 in ’02 (admittedly inflated by the disastrous “0-0-0” incentive program) to 57,790 in ’12, and dropping the Galant, Endeavor, and Eclipse didn’t...
