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Trucks with Epic Custom Flame Paint Jobs

What better way to make your hotrod pickup truck stand out from the pack than a badass, eye-catching, custom flame paint job! The right flames on a custom truck can take it to the next level. Legendary customizers such as Dean Jeffries began painting flames on cars in the early 50’s. Today, flames live on, but the techniques have become more varied. These can range from the ...

Coolest Car Doors Ever

Doors are often an afterthought on most vehicles, even for the people that own them. Like any other element of car design, they can be a boring design that is overlooked, or evidence of impressive technological and design mastery. Here are our picks for the 10 vehicles with the coolest doors. Butterfly McLaren F1 The most awesome car of the 1990s has very slick butterfly doors. ...

Route 66 Museum

Route 66 is arguably the most famous road in the United States. One of the original highways stretching across the country, Route 66 covers eight states and nearly 2,400 miles. Established in 1926, the highway allowed easy travel across most of the country, until it was decertified from the US Highway System in 1985. For most of those decades, small towns along Route 66 thrived. Travelers ...

Are Cars Getting More Reliable?

It’s been a longstanding myth that vehicles are more dependable and reliable every model year. Used car buyers want the newest car they can afford, as public perception says it will be the most reliable. Today, we are going to crunch some numbers and see if it is actually true, what is actually happening out on the road, and what those numbers mean for you. Since the USA is the single ...

U.S. Auto Museums You Need to Visit

If car shows just aren’t getting it done for you anymore, you need to step up your car culture. Museums offer the chance to get up close to a super rare, incredibly expensive, or historically significant machine that you would never find at your local car show. This summer, make a trip to one of these great automotive museums. Muscle Car City, Punta Gorda, FL Muscle City is 100,000 square ...

Cars That Didn’t Survive Carpocalypse, But Should Have

The Great Recession was brutal on the car industry. Annual sales were cut nearly in half, two of the Detroit Three required bankruptcy assistance, and makes and models got the axe despite sometimes being fan favorites. While manufacturers have mostly recovered, 2008 to 2012 was severe enough that the time period is worth a look back at what we lost, and what could have been. Pontiac ...

Cheap Cars That Turn Heads

While a new Ferrari 488 Spyder will certainly turn heads, that supercar is out of reach for many. Lucky for us, there are several great looking choices under $25,000 that offer an engaging drive and turn heads on the street. If you’re looking to get attention on the cheap, consider these new and used cars from the last 10 years. Saturn Sky Redline The Sky was unknowingly Saturn’s swan ...