General Motors had a funny rule limiting cubic-inches on particular platforms. That meant cars like the Oldsmobile 4-4-2 were limited to 400cid. The 455-powered Hurst/Olds was an awesome way around the edict, but it was pricey. Things fell into place when GM removed the edict and the 1970 4-4-2 came equipped with the...
Curious on how they found the problem? The 2022-2023 Toyota Tundra engine recall investigation spanned over two years and involved numerous good and bad engines.
In case you haven’t heard of this recall, it affects more than 100,000 2022-2023 Toyota Tundra and Lexus LX 600 all with gas engines, not hybrid. These engines were...
GM created the Geo brand in order to sell vehicles built and/or designed by its Japanese partners: Suzuki, Isuzu and Toyota. The Geo Prizm was sibling to Toyota's E90 Sprinter and built at the NUMMI plant in California from the 1990 through 1997 model years (after which it became a Chevrolet through 2002)....
You’re not about to get bombarded with the usual recitation of specs or features on the 2024 Toyota Tacoma Hybrid which is plastered everywhere else on the web. In this article I’ll walk you through the 7 ‘different’ features that I spotted on Toyota’s mid-size truck. I’ve seen the truck in the Trailhunter,...
Imagine you’re Pontiac 20 years ago, give or take. It’s been a rough couple of years, with the Aztek being the butt of jokes and the discontinuation of the Firebird. There was a new GTO, its G8 brother, and the spectacularly styled Solstice roadster. Then, a global recession hit, just as Pontiac was...
