Carroll Shelby, 1923-2012

Filed under: Motorsports, Classics, Performance, Chrysler, Dodge, Ford, Celebrities, Racing It’s darn near impossible to overemphasize the impact that Carroll Shelby has had on the automotive world as we know it today. Born in 1923, Shelby took part in his very first race, a quarter-mile drag, in 1952. Later that year, he’d go on to [...]

Carroll Shelby, 1923-2012

Filed under: Motorsports, Classics, Performance, Chrysler, Dodge, Ford, Celebrities, Racing It’s darn near impossible to overemphasize the impact that Carroll Shelby has had on the automotive world as we know it today. Born in 1923, Shelby took part in his very first race, a quarter-mile drag, in 1952. Later that year, he’d go on to [...]

Digging Deeper: April 2012 sales figures

Filed under: Car Buying, Earnings/Financials April showers may result in May’s flowers, but it didn’t result in great car sales numbers. Overall, sales in April only climbed 2.3 percent compared to April 2011, leaving some carmakers and observers scratching their head. Of course, the raw numbers, as provided by AutoData Corp., also note that there [...]

Rendered Speculation: SRT Viper Roadster

Filed under: Convertible, Performance, Chrysler, Dodge When our man Scott Burgess asked SRT CEO Ralph Gilles about the Dodge SRT Viper Roadster, Gilles naturally demurred. The Internet, however, always provides an answer to every question, and German magazine Auto Bild has rendered its take on the droptop snake. Unlike previously, when the coupe and roadster [...]

Rendered Speculation: SRT Viper Roadster

Filed under: Convertible, Performance, Chrysler, Dodge When our man Scott Burgess asked SRT CEO Ralph Gilles about the Dodge SRT Viper Roadster, Gilles naturally demurred. The Internet, however, always provides an answer to every question, and German magazine Auto Bild has rendered its take on the droptop snake. Unlike previously, when the coupe and roadster [...]