Playmate of the Year AMX returns to its original pink

Posted on Mar 31, 2016 in Featured | 2 comments

Photos courtesy Mark Melvin. For decades, the pink AMX that AMC gave away in 1968 wore one coat of different colored paint after another to hide its factory-original hue. The coverup, however, came not from an overabundance of testosterone on the part of the car’s owner, rather on the part of its pursuers—longtime owner and Playboy Playmate of the Year Victoria...

Nitrous: Everything You Need to Know

Posted on Mar 23, 2016 in Technology | 2 comments

If you want to upgrade your car into a supercar, then adding nitrous oxide seems to be the way to go. But rather than going by hearsay, you should probably get familiar with what the hell it is, how it can benefit your motor and, most of all, is it what you need? What? Well it’s a gas, or a chemical or something. Do you really care what it actually is? Either...

12 Best Cars for Villains

Posted on Mar 22, 2016 in Antique | Comments Off on 12 Best Cars for Villains

“Neither love nor evil conquers all, but evil cheats more.” – Laurell K. Hamilton, Cerulean Sins Halloween may be gone, but it has left me with four pounds of stale Butterfingers and this article. In the spirit of all things macabre, I decided to make a list of the perfect villain cars. Whether you are a local scoundrel with a taste for whiskey and bad...

Reminder: Be safe out there in the garage

Posted on Mar 20, 2016 in Featured | 2 comments

There are jackstands under Jeff Koch’s Dart, he informs us. Springtime is upon us here in the Northeast (finally!). The salt is slowly dissolving off the highways, and that means—unless you’re one of those lucky souls who has a heated garage with heated floors and heated underwear—it’s time to get back to wrenching on our project cars and other collector...

Toyota Yaris: It’s a Car. That Texts!?

Posted on Mar 18, 2016 in Safety | 3 comments

2012 Toyota Yaris Even the most basic automobile is about to succumb to the stigma of added technology. The Toyota Yaris has thrived as one of the few remaining examples of basic transportation, free from touchscreens, integrated GPS and complicated user interfaces. Some of us just want to drive and not be distracted by unnecessary technology inside our cars,...

Bentley Assures Entire Line-up Equipped with Hybrid by 2020

Posted on Mar 5, 2016 in Concept | Comments Off on Bentley Assures Entire Line-up Equipped with Hybrid by 2020

The Bentley automaker is certain to change its politics around a hybrid oriented one, since it has already introduced the first plug-in hybrid Mulsanne Hybrid Concept at the 2014 Beijing Auto Show. Thus, the British company is planning to change the entire model lineup, as all cars will be coming full plug-in hybrid by 2020. Bentley Mulsanne Hybrid Concept...

A Very Special Feature

Posted on Mar 3, 2016 in Editorials | Comments Off on A Very Special Feature

Supposedly, there’s a Powerball ticket somewhere in this house. It’s Wednesday night as I write this, a few hours before the drawing. By the time you read this, you will know that I did not win the Powerball, and neither did you. I feel mathematically justified in believing that not a single TTAC reader is in any danger of actually winning the Powerball....