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Popular Mechanics
August 18, 2008
Warren Barbee, Jr. |
10 Hot Cars From Bonneville Speed Week 2008: Day 1 Gallery It's the legendary setting for falling speed records and road testing of alt-fuel super vehicles. Get a sneak peek at some of the world's top next-generation cars.   |
Popular Mechanics
August 21, 2008
Warren Barbee, Jr. |
10 More Blazing Fast Cars From Bonneville Speed Week '08 Yesterday brought us some fast Bonneville eye candy. Today brings some older cars that can still leave most cars in their dust (or sand). |
Popular Mechanics
August 19, 2008
Warren Barbee, Jr. |
10 Mega-Speed Cars @ Bonneville Speed Week: Monday's Best From a rubber-band-powered racer to a 200-mph ethanol ride the races at the Bonneville Salt Flats are getting hot after Day One. |
Popular Mechanics
August 20, 2008
Warren Barbee, Jr. |
10 More 200+ MPH Record Setters From Bonneville Speed Week '08 Showing off record setting cars |
Popular Mechanics
December 2007 |
Ford's Hydrogen Record Setter: How It Works (with Video) In 2005, students at the Ohio State University Center for Automotive Research approached Ford Motor Company about collaborating on a hydrogen fuel cell car capable of setting a land speed record. The automaker jumped at the opportunity. |
Popular Mechanics
January 2006
Wise & Sherman |
Salt Flat Dreams During Speed Week, grass-roots racers hit Utah's Bonneville salt flats, where land speed records are made to be broken... Behind the wheel of the Ecotec Lakester used during Speed Week... |
Smithsonian
August 2005
Preston Lerner |
Points of Interest - In The Fast Lane Drivers gear up to set speed records at Utah's desolate Bonneville Salt Flats. |
Popular Mechanics
September 10, 2009
Ben Stewart |
4 Retro Cars Boost Power and MPG With Diesel and EV Upgrades Duramax Diesel 1994 Ford Mustang... Electric 1981 Chevrolet El Camino... Electric 1978 Ford Pinto... Duramax Diesel 1981 Buick... |
PC Magazine
August 16, 2006
Errol Pierre-Louis |
Tesla Unveils The Electric Roadster The feeling, and drivetrain, was electric when Tesla Motors unveiled the Tesla Roadster in July. |
Inc.
October 2005
Allen P. Roberts Jr. |
So You Want to Burn Rubber Get the family car out to the racetrack at one of the 1,300 amateur races held every year. |
Popular Mechanics
December 2006
Emily Masamitsu |
Tech Watch: Diesel Redefined This record-breaking diesel car went 350 mph for a mile, after being pushed from behind at 30 mph to hit first gear. |
Entrepreneur
April 2010
Susan Carpenter |
Batteries Included Electric motorcycles are set to take off in 2010, and three West Coast startups are leading the pack. But will the macho motorcycle world accept bikes that run silently - and are sold and serviced at Best Buy? |
Popular Mechanics
March 2009
Jay Leno |
Jay Leno: Duesy Set Bonneville Records in 1930s that Stand Today A look at Ab Jenkins' favorite race car, a custom Duesenberg that's a 750 hp monster that takes some real elbow grease to steer. |
Popular Mechanics
September 2, 2009
Larry Webster |
Top 10 Most Significant Land Speed Records of All Time Auto speed records from the last 100 years. |
Outside
January 2007
Andrew Tilin |
Excuse My Thrust The land-speed record for motorcycles has stood untouched for 16 years. But last summer, California velocity freak Mike "Ack Attack" Akatiff announced that the other guys were doing it wrong. Can he back it up? |
Popular Mechanics
June 12, 2009
Jerry James Stone |
15 Bikes to Watch From the World Electric Grand Prix With twenty-three different electric bikes and sixteen riders, seven different countries will compete in this inaugural race. |
Popular Mechanics
November 6, 2009
Ben Stewart |
12 X-Prize Contenders Show Off Their MPG Tech At SEMA 2009 The Specialty Equipment Market Association convention in Las Vegas was the venue for many advanced engineering designs for electric and hybrid vehicles of the future. |
Outside
September 2007
Dorsey Kindler |
Greased Lightning Sculptor Michael Sturtz's Die Moto chopper runs on veggie oil and is a rogue statement of power and style. At September's Motorcycle Speed Trials, on Utah's Bonneville Salt Flats, Sturtz expects to set the record for a bio-cycle. |
Car and Driver
May 2004
Csaba Csere |
Golden Oldies Racing Vintage racing offers an excellent way to explore the driving challenges posed by such geriatric machines, as I learned last November behind the wheel of a race-prepped Jaguar E-type at the Palm Beach Sports Car Classic at Moroso Motorsports Park in Florida. |
Car and Driver
December 2004
Patrick Bedard |
Honda Accord Hybrid The hybrid that always could have happened finally did. The Honda Accord Hybrid is a performance car that gets excellent mileage, too. |
Car and Driver
January 2006
Tony Quiroga |
Honda Civic Hybrid Toyota's only real competition gets better (and weirder) in its second generation. |
Macworld
March 2, 2005
Peter Cohen |
Ford Racing 2 If you're looking for an arcade-style auto racer, Ford Racing 2 offers enough challenge and variety to keep you driving for a while. |
Car and Driver
December 2003
Aaron Robinson |
Fear and Losing Near Las Vegas Unlimited speed -- for a limited time only -- in this Nevada road race. |
Popular Mechanics
February 2006 |
Hybrids at the Crossroads Sales are growing, but so is the controversy. Do gas/electric hybrid vehicles really deliver on their promises? Hybrid hype is put to the test. |
The Motley Fool
April 18, 2007
Selena Maranjian |
Gas Pump Pain Bad road habits can cost big bucks. Every 5 mph you drive over 60 mph is like paying $0.20 more per gallon. Here are a few driving tips to help you save money. |
Car and Driver
December 2006
Steven Cole Smith |
2006 Ford Mustang FR500GT - Road Tests Test report for Ford's new $225,000 FR500GT -- the King of all Mustangs. |
National Defense
January 2005
Robert Williams |
Diesel Motorcycle Developed for Marines The U.S. Marine Corps has ordered 522 diesel-powered motorcycles for use on rugged terrain. The propulsion technology was developed at Cranfield University, Shrivenham, United Kingdom and Hayes Diversified Technologies, of California. |
Car and Driver
September 2003
Ron Kiino |
Chevrolet SSR Baseball, apple pie, and one flamboyant convertible pickup. |
Car and Driver
July 2004
Ron Kiino |
Chevrolet Monte Carlo Supercharged SS For 2004, Chevy is offering a spiced-up Monte Carlo that it hopes can build some excitement and boost those fourth-place sales. |
Car and Driver
September 2005
Larry Webster |
Specialty File: MRT Interceptor A centrifugal supercharger kit from Paxton can reportedly boost the Mustang's 300-hp V-8 to 470. So, before the GT500 debuts, consider building your own -- at a savings of about ten grand. |
The Motley Fool
August 3, 2006
Selena Maranjian |
Speeding Toward the Poorhouse Driving slower could save you 35% on gas. |
Popular Mechanics
November 1, 2007
James Parchman |
Biofuel Diesel Motorcycle Wins At Bonneville International Speed Trials Despite adverse weather and a limited amount of track time, the Hayes Diversified Technologies' B20-fuel diesel motorcycle race went on to break records. |
