The V8s were actually all automatics in the US... Then for 94-95 only the CSi was available with the 6-speed.. My dad had an automatic '91 for a couple years, it was awesome, especially when you're only 12.

Was it ever planned for production? Doubtful. The cars were always meant to be high-speed record breakers, not precursors to street cars. The Quad-4 did see duty in various Pontiac, Buick and Olds cars, but clearly not with the kind of insane power seen here.

In every way... From personal experience the 2014 Explorer sport is miles ahead of the 2013 SHO (that didn't even last a year before it was traded in). So similar, but so different.

I've always been a fan of brown cars, but they're hard to pull off correctly. You need to get the shade just right, as it's the difference between "earthy" and "dirty." This highly modified Mitsubishi Lancer Evolution X model uses a matte effect to get the blend down perfectly. Beat that, in your silver Subaru.

Needs more (some?) supercharger whine...

There's a guy who parks over two spots at my work all the time. One day I'd love to get a rental from Hertz across the street and park it in a very inconvenient spot and leave it there for a day.

In my example. The OE tires on the 2014 Explorer Sport (Hankook Optimo H426) are $181 each. The winter tires that are on it right now (Bridgestone Blizzak DM-V1) are $160 each. I will say the wheels I chose were $135 each, but that's a one-time purchase and saves the factory wheels from the torture of winter. That…

Police definitely have them.. They work off the little white (or IR for unmarked) strobe, usually in the center of the light bar. It flashes at a rate of 10Hz (low priority) or 14Hz (high priority)

The 2010-2011 with the 2.8T and XWD should prove to be significantly more reliable than the old V6, not to mention less maintenance cost. If only the SportCombi went into production….

Was it the old 9-5 "9600" with the 3.0 asymmetrically turbocharged 54°V6, not the new (2010-2011) 9-5 "9650 aka NG" with the 2.8T High Feature V6?

Meanwhile I'll just live with my perfectly capable C5 until there's incentives and supplier discounts.

The 2.8T (it's only a single turbo) is a HFV6, Related to the original 2.8 and 3.6 HFV6 that we first got here in the 2004 CTS. The LP9 turbo variant was first used in the US for the 2006 Saab 9-3 Aero. The last US application of this engine in the US in 2011 for the Saab 9-5 Turbo6 and 9-4x Aero The only thing…

Another one of those trim levels that if somebody who isn't paying attention will go "What did you just say"?

As long as it's a Vertu phone, then it's somehow acceptable.

Just think, if Ford still owned Volvo, we'd probably have "My Volvo Touch" which would be another horrible system.. Hopefully the MFT system gets updated with the QNX in existing systems, but I'm not holding my breath.

But AWD with snow tires, now that's glorious right there!

Interestingly enough, in the previous models it told you how to remove that lower air dam in the owners manual if you were going off road..

This! A real Bentley V8 should be a burly ~6 3/4L and made in England.

Coming down through the final turns, Whincup goes outside. The phrase "using all of the track" is thrown around a lot, but it doesn't do Whincup justice. He uses more than the track, seemingly scraping the wall. The crowd is audible over the 16 bellowing cylinders of the Holden and the Volvo, screaming even louder.