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  • Look Who’s Driving that Evolution

    The Sussex Police decided to go undercover with their traffic patrol cars and now have unmarked Mitsubishi Evolutions in the mix. http://www.sussex.police.uk/features/roadsPolicing/we_never_went_away.asp Continue reading

  • Carbon-dioxide Emissions – an approach taken by Axel Friedrich

     Today’s Wall Street Journal had an interesting article on how Alex Friedrich hired some university engineers to see how carbon-dioxide emissions could be reduced in a VW Golf, their best selling model.  They were able to reduce the emissions from… Continue reading

  • Evolution FQ400 Video

    Evo MR FQ400 vs Lambo Murcielago For those of you who have not gotten familiar with the current version of the Mitsubishi Lancer Evolution and what it is capable of you need to check out this video. Granted, this a… Continue reading

  • Car Commercials

    Honda Accord Commercial This has been around a while, but it certainly is fun to watch and very impressive! Continue reading

  • Coming Soon – Mistubishi Evolution X

    Evolution X They have been spotted in Germany, chased down California streets, and spied on test tracks from here to Japan.  It won’t be long and the promise will be fulfilled. The last Mistubishi Lancer Evolution was the 2006 IX. … Continue reading

  • Aerodynamics, Downforce, Ground Effects

    In the early days of cars racing you raced with whatever could be bought and didn’t care much how it looked.  Everything was about the engine and how fast you could get rolling.  Aircraft were also being developed in the… Continue reading

  • Great Garages – Times are Changing

    Service garages today fall into two basic classes: the dealership and the independent.  The dealerships keep the sales floor full of new vehicles for sale and a service writer between you and the tech that does the actual work on… Continue reading

  • Road Trip – Penske Racing

     I have been following Roger Penske’s career for a long time now and after visiting his race car museum in Scottsdale, AZ, this summer it made sense to take the two and a half hour drive to Mooresville, NC and… Continue reading

  • This Lone wolf Knows What Its Doing

    Have you ever dreamed of taking a Lotus Elise around a world famous road racing track?  Have you ever dreamed of letting the car drive itself? On July 26, 2007 a Lotus Elise did just that when it circled Virginia International… Continue reading

  • An Accident in 1973

    It was in 1973 on a hot August day on Cape Cod when I got the word that Pam Kelley had been in an accident. We frequently drove to Hyannis Port to hang out with her brother John, but the fact… Continue reading