Monthly Archives: February 2014

Rob Ferretti Documents Ferrari 360 Ownership

“Finally! I’ve made it. I’ve got a sweet red Ferrari. No more waiting in stupid lines for this guy. I’m a Ferrari owner, now. I’ve achieved true boss status. At long last, my life is perfect. Wait… It won’t shift out of neutral? I can’t even get it towed? I have to fix the problem [...]

Chris Harris Bids Farewell to the W204 C63 AMG

Ladies and gentlemen, please bow your heads and join Chris Harris in a moment of silence. The introduction of the 2015 C-Class means its W204 iteration is not long for this world. In departing showroom floors, it will also take the naturally aspirated 6.2-liter V8 C63 AMG along with it. Mercedes’s next-generation hot rod is […]

Dog Chews on Owner’s Aston Martin

When I was a teenager, I collected the books of Garfield comic strips. One day, I came home from school to discover that Bear, my family’s Rhodesian Ridgeback dog, had eaten one of my beloved volumes. I was angry. Not as steamed as Royston Grimstead must have been, though. His border collie/spaniel Luce treated the [...]

/DRIVE Hits the Track with the Ford Fiesta ST

/DRIVE’s Mike Musto has it rough. Recently, his grueling job made him go out to the Chuckwalla Valley Raceway in sunny Southern California to zip around in the 2014 Ford Fiesta ST. Poor guy. A Fiesta? Aren’t those the cars that pizza delivery guys used to drive in the ’90s? Perhaps, but they’ve come a [...]

Go for a Ride with Horacio Pagani in His Personal Zonda S 7.3

Giraffes are lovely looking creatures, but I can’t say the sight of them munching on trees would be exhilarating. However, I can watch a Pagani Zonda S 7.3 eat leaves all day. Especially when it’s Horacio Pagani’s personal car, driven by the man himself. XCAR’s Alex Goy went for the world’s coolest ride-along down streets [...]

‘Captain America’ Sequel Will Feature Custom C7

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very great movie hero needs a great hero car. It’s become one of the tools of the trade for anyone charged with fighting villains or saving the world. Obviously, those tasks call for some serious ground transportation. And the cooler the wheels, the better.

Friday Funny: Bates and the Thick Kentucky Mud

Meet Bates and his son, Little Bates. Like any true Friday Funny contestant, Bates shrugs away such things as helmets, safety gear of any kind and common sense to demonstrate to both his camcorder wielding wife and the world at large how not to cross a mud pit. We do give him credit for at [...]