Author: staff@jalopnik.com (Charles Krome)
The primary Iron Age flickered out a millennium or two ago, but its automotive equivalent continues to be going strong. Well, if not strong, it’s at the very least still going. Dodge, Ram, and other automakers still feature iron blocks because the foundations for his or her engines — despite a growing trend toward putting more aluminum in today’s cars and trucks. Aluminum actually began getting used within the auto industry way back to 1899, when Heinrich Durkopp showed an aluminum-bodied sports automotive on the Berlin Motor Show. And it has been utilized in many other ways through the years…
Lots of automobile enthusiasts hold a special place of their hearts for semi trucks, whether or not they’re obsessive about big-rig reviews or, like noted automobile collector Beyonce, singing on top of a Dekotora. If you’ve got it really bad, you would possibly even start wondering what the large spikes on semi-truck wheels are for, or why truck drivers still thump their tires. Well, you obviously got here to the suitable place, and we’ll extend your knowledge today by letting you recognize about those chrome tubes — perhaps higher described as cylinders or canisters — which might be often mounted…
An iconic name from GM’s former Excitement Division, the Pontiac Grand Prix had a 46-year production run that only ended when the brand itself finally ran out of gas in the course of the financial crisis that began in 2008. Now, the Grand Prix went through its share of changes over time, starting life as a premium coupe to rival the Ford Thunderbird and ending as a family-focused sedan, and making some interesting stops along the best way. But one thing that remained constant was the Grand Prix’s ability to supply a few of GM’s strongest engines. After all, none was rated…
