Dodge Hurricrate engines are finally here: Cat 3 has 550 hp and 531 lb-ft
Tuesday, 20 August 2024
The first thing to follow a crate engine announcement seems to be a long wait. Dodge announced a range of Hurricrate inline-six engines and four Hellephants in November 2022. The Hurricates are finally here. They start with the Cat 1 (as in hurricane category, ba-dum bump) making 420 horsepower and 468 pound-feet of torque with
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1970 Porsche 917K from Steve McQueen’s ‘Le Mans’ headed to auction
Monday, 19 August 2024
Spoiler alert: If you haven’t seen the Steve McQueen’s movie Le Mans and don’t want to know how it ends, might we interest you in clicking to another Autoblog post? Monterey Car Week gathers the perfect audience for a bauble such as this, the 1970 Porsche 917K hero car from the 1971 movie Le Mans.
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Junkyard Gem: 1965 Volvo Amazon Wagon
Sunday, 18 August 2024
Volvo did reasonably well selling the homely PV444/544 in the United States beginning in the middle 1950s, and its better-looking successor first appeared on our shores as a 1960 model. That was the Amazon, which was available here through 1968. Today’s Junkyard Gem is one of those cars, found in a Northern California self-service yard
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2024 Mercedes-AMG GT3 Edition 130Y Motorsport is the GT3 car with no restrictions
Saturday, 17 August 2024
AFFALTERBACH, Germany – Rounding out the Mercedes reveals of Monterey Car Week (even if this one was shown in Germany), is another special version of the Mercedes-AMG GT3 race car. Called the Edition 130Y Motorsport, it’s a special track car based on the competition vehicle, and it celebrates more than a century (130 years) since
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The Integra Type S HRC is the future of Acura’s parts catalog
Friday, 16 August 2024
While Acura’s big-ticket Monterey debut has come and gone, enthusiasts are getting a pleasant surprise in the form of the Integra Type S HRC Prototype. Short for “Honda Racing Corporation,” HRC is a byproduct of the company’s factory racing efforts, and it wants to offer some of the fruits of those efforts to Integra owners. This
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