The cart up there was being used on the Pebble Beach grounds themselves and I was told by the drivers that the customization was handled by their boss, who added the fancy lights, grille, windshield, and an eagle/aircraft stylized hood ornament from what I think must have been a 1955-ish Chevy. While these absolutely dress up the utilitarian gold cart made from Cozy Coupé-grade plastics and dramatically change how the cart is perceived, it can’t hold a candle to the best golf cart of the week, which was this one:...

While customers who choose to lease won’t hold any equity in a new car, the simple truth is that a car is a utility for most people, just like electricity and water. Between depreciation, insurance, fuel, registration, and maintenance, there’s a certain monthly cost for private transportation. If you happen to have a paid-off car near the bottom of its depreciation curve, that monthly cost should be fairly low, to the point where a fancy new vehicle is financially unattractive....

Let’s start with the high-voltage bits. In contrast to the litany of Tesla-swapped builds out there, the battery pack is a 65 kWh unit made by Hypercraft specifically for the SCR1. In combination with a 245 kW electric motor and regenerative braking, Scalar Performance says that its EV will last 45 minutes at full race pace on a single charge. To help accomplish this feat, the batteries are cooled by water while the motor uses dry-sump oil cooling, not entirely dissimilar to how 993 Porsches kept cool....

At the auction platform HiBid, you will find the closeout sale for Ontario speed shop Performance Improvements, which is unfortunately going out of business and liquidating its supply. To the folks at Performance Improvements, you have my sincere condolences; the tuner scene ain’t what it used to be. But it can be again for some lucky auction shoppers, and the stuff listed on HiBid is truly a blast from the past....

A post shared by Ford Motor Company (@ford) There’s a video of what’s implied to be the new 2024 Ford Mustang. To me, it sounds a lot like the 5.0-liter V8 in the most recent Bullitt Mustang. This isn’t a bad thing as it confirms we’re probably still getting the same 5.0-liter motor and this is a rad sounding engine. What’s an even radder motor? Why, the Voodoo V8 of course....

What never feels good though is getting nickel and dimed as you round up all the fiddly little replacement parts that an old car inevitably ends up requiring. A car you thought you got a great deal on looks a lot less financially wise when you start realizing you’re going to need a $60 turn signal lever, a $20 dome light cover, two $80 tail light lenses, a piece of door trim for $120, and a couple dozen other things....

1938 Citroen 11 Berline “Gazogene” This Traction Avant is getting ready for the Pebble Beach Concours. The pontoons on top of the front fenders give away that this car has been modified in quite a unique way. During the German occupation of France during World War II, gasoline was scarce, expensive, and often unavailable. Several companies offered systems for a vehicle to be powered by alternative fuels such as wood, coal, or charcoal....

Cadillac knew it needed to make a smaller “international” sized car back in the seventies, and its first attempt was the Seville…a clean, nicely proportioned sedan that was several feet shorter than the next smallest Cadillac. Despite being based heavily on the proletarian compact Chevy Nova, General Motors priced the Seville as the second most expensive Cadillac, and it sold surprisingly well. The sedan had a live axle on leaf springs in back, and you initially had to have a vinyl top to cover the add-on pressings to the Nova roof, but buyers didn’t seem to care....

My word, that is close. After 620 votes, the Sebring won it by just 14 votes. Truthfully, I’d take the E-Class knowing full and well how rarely I saw them booked in for anything other than routine maintenance, brakes, and the odd suspension component, but that wind-in-the-hair experience certainly holds a degree of romance. Anyway, let’s grab a glass of Ribena and see what I found on Gumtree. 1989 Metro 1....

Welcome to The Morning Dump, bite-sized stories corralled into a single article for your morning perusal. If your morning coffee’s working a little too well, pull up a throne and have a gander at the best of the rest of yesterday. Automatic Braking Seems Effective On Trucks The Insurance Institute for Highway Safety (IIHS) has published a press release titled “Autobrake slashes rear-end crash rates for pickups, but few are equipped....

There’s the cover for the issue I was looking through, in case you feel like grabbing your copy and following along. Here’s the first ad that confused me: Okay, Reliance spark plugs SPARK IN WATER. Got it. I know the ad boldly claims THIS IS A FAIR TEST, but a fair test of what? If you have water in your spark plug holes or the cylinders, you have way bigger problems than a misfire....

I mean, look at her! She’s staring it right in the windshield, arms crossed, and a look of what I can only describe as genuine contempt and revulsion on her face. She looks absolutely pissed. I don’t know what that little Lancia did, but I sure as hell don’t want to get in the middle of it. No way. Was this once a way to sell cars? By showing models pissed off at them?...

Perhaps unsurprisingly, the Falcon has smashed it out of the park. Not only does it look much cleaner than the Commodore, it’s in desirable S trim and packs a modern five-speed manual gearbox. Anyway, welcome to Los Angeles, a place where everyone is someone and old cars seem to just keep living. Lack of road salt and moisture means that old cars out here are often structurally sound, making them great choices for fly-and-drive adventures....

First, a bit of exposition: Back in the 1960s, GM-aligned horsepower junkies had a little bit of a problem – a GM corporate mandate forbade really big-cube engines from being installed as regular production options in cars that weren’t so large that you could park a jet between their grilles and windscreens. However, a few enterprising dealerships found a way around this internal barrier. By submitting special orders using the Central Office Purchase Order program more typically used for commercial fleet vehicles, dealers like Don Yenko were able to order low-spec Camaros with potent 427-cube big-block V8s....

But first, let’s go back in time to yesterday and see which Buick wagon you wanted: And so it is. Shamu the Killer Whale wins. I think this is the right call; I like the looks of the old wagon better, but the newer Roadmaster feels like the “sweet spot” of automotive technology to me, and it sounds like a lot of you agree. So let’s go from that sweet spot straight into the modern age, and look at a couple of cars that might as well be X-Wing fighters to some of us, looking under their hoods....

If you’ve been on the internet for a while, chances are you’ve seen the Boaterhome before. It’s been featured on a Little Caesars Pizza commercial, Ridiculous Rides, and Street Muscle Magazine. You’ve probably seen it on Facebook, Reddit, or anywhere else car pictures end up. I remember first seeing it on Opposite-Lock years ago. Thankfully, the creation is still around, and apparently it’s better than ever after a restoration and overhaul....

So what is this thing? And who makes it? Okay, slow down! And let go of my arm! Thank you. Okay, so, it’s made by a German company calledNext.e.GO Mobile SE, and the sorta stupidly-named e.Wave X is a little electric city car hatchback that can seat four, has a 107 horsepower motor, has a range of about 155 miles in city driving or 101 miles city/highway combined in the WLTP cycle, a 30....

The diminutive Mini Moke has been around since the late 1950s. Back then, Sir Alec Issigonis had been working on the idea of a vehicle built from Mini parts and topped with a utility body. The idea was a vehicle that British Motor Corporation could use to compete with Land Rover’s military vehicles. A prototype was presented in 1959, but its low ground clearance and 848cc engine resulted in it failing to pass inspection with the military....

Let’s start with power. The M2 cranks out 453 horsepower in U.S.-spec from BMW’s S58 twin-turbocharged three-liter inline-six. That’s more than the old special edition M2 CS. Peak power hits at 6,250 rpm while redline doesn’t happen until 7,200 rpm, properly good numbers. Even better, a six-speed manual gearbox is on the options list in true M-car tradition, with defeatable automated rev-matching. In theory, it should be the same six-speed manual gearbox as on the M3, which means it should be quite good....

To make a 911 Carrera T, Porsche follows a fairly simple formula. The boffins in Stuttgart take one base-model 911, add performance bits, remove weight, and sell it for less than a Carrera S. Indeed, the new one starts at $118,050 including a $1,450 freight charge and offers quite a lot of kit for the dollar. Let’s start with the big news, a standard seven-speed manual gearbox. You can’t get a standard 992 Carrera with the manual, so a cheaper row-your-own model than the Carrera S is greatly appreciated....