John Coyle

Ram introduced the 2013 Power Wagon at the Texas State Fair last week, and since everything is bigger in Texas, Ma Mopar decided to bring a wicked custom. Personally, I think the red grill inserts provide a wicked contrast to the matte-black finish, and the beefy dula shocks look ready to take some punishment.     

In the very brief YouTube description, it says that Sal Patel’s twin-turbo Viper is the first IRS car to get into the 6s. And while I can’t vouch for that claim, I can say that this video is pretty impressive. hit the jump to watch this vicious snake run 6.98 at 207mph.

I’m of the mind that Rat Fink shifters look ridiculous even on rat rods. So before I saw the video, I thought it’d be exponentially dumber on a Viper. And you know what? I was totally right!

I’ve been looking forward to Saturday’s race at Mid-Ohio since SRT revealed the Viper was going racing again. Sure, the rest of the season will basically be a series of live-fire exercises, but the Viper was a hell of a competitor during its time in American Le Mans–just ask the guys at Corvette Racing–and the […] More »

This weekend marks the 96th running of the Indianapolis 500. And while it’s always an awesome race, after the death of Dan Wheldon at the season finale in Las Vegas, it’s certain to be tinted with sadness. Let’s keep our fingers crossed that all the drivers have a safe race on Sunday. Here’s some of […] More »

First, let me say that I’m not in favor of people getting killed because of “unintended acceleration.” Nobody likes getting killed. But even though the big brains over at NASA weren’t able to find any fault with Toyota in those cases, the NHTSA wants automakers to install Accelerator Control Systems, which would cut the throttle […] More »

This is the kind of thing I really hoped was a joke. I seriously can’t believe that Lamborghini is going to build an SUV. If it was something like the LM002, I might have been able to stomach it. But I almost had a stroke when I saw this piece of crap. I’m depressed about […] More »