by Fast Machines | Aug 31, 2013 | Formula One Blog
Not that he coughs up this little nugget of information all that readily. “Well, umm, to be honest I have started to look into …” he begins when asked what it is like to be one of the few Formula One drivers to base himself within reach of Her Majesty’s Revenue and...
by Fast Machines | Aug 31, 2013 | Exterior
Remember BMW’s insane triple-turbocharged inline-six, which it reserved for the M Performance versions of its European-market X5, X6, and 5-series? Of course you do! How could you forget 381 horsepower and 546 lb-ft of torque, squeezed from just three liters of...
by Fast Machines | Aug 31, 2013 | Auto News
Automotive industry jargon is rarely interesting. ATF means automatic transmission fluid, and an ICE engine actually makes an awful lot of heat. But what about the Monroney sticker? As you can probably guess, the name belongs to someone in history. For example, we...
by Fast Machines | Aug 30, 2013 | Fast And Dangerous
Instrumented Testarrow VIEW PHOTOS (46) | COMMENTS Searching for nuance in truckville. You don’t need to be an automotive expert to realize that the pickup trucks from GMC and Chevrolet share more than just a parent company. In fact, the GMC Sierra 1500 SLT Crew Cab...
by Fast Machines | Aug 30, 2013 | Exterior
Automakers are losing money on EVs, so why are they suddenly so cheap? If patience was a cashier’s check instead of a virtue, it’d be worth more than a quarter-billion dollars. Conceivably, that’s how much Chevrolet Volt and Nissan Leaf owners, who snapped up more...