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The Factory Powering Toyota’s American Success Toyota continues to battle Ford for the top spot on the list of best-selling brands in America, and one factor helping sustain that momentum is its massive manufacturing footprint in Georgetown, Kentucky. Thanks to Car Confections, we get a closer look inside the facility, which plays a central role in producing two of Toyota’s best-selling models in the U.S. – the Camry Hybrid and the RAV4 Hybrid. Spanning roughly 1,300 acres and encompassing aroun

Built for the Extreme Arizona is known for its extreme heat, making it an ideal place to push vehicles to their limits. AZ Family recently visited Toyota’s proving grounds in the Grand Canyon State, where the Japanese automaker has invested $50 million in upgrades to test cars under harsh conditions and identify potential issues ahead of time. The investment includes a 5.5-mile oval track and new technology upgrades for its R&D program. These enhancements are aimed at testing the cars’ noise

Installing a front subframe on a car is not usually considered a super straight forward and simple project, and there are times when it can be more difficult than others. If you have a running and driving project, and decide to do a front subframe swap, it is going to require more work to remove the engine and all the underhood components. If you are starting from the ground up however, doing a subframe swap can be really simple, with the right parts. In the case of this TCI front subframe for e

I bought my first Two Post lift from a friend of a friend in Southern California for just $800 but it had to be taken down, transported to my shop, and then installed again. I called a couple of lift companies to find out what it would cost for the removal, transport, and reinstallation and decided that just wasn’t going to be in the budget. So Crosby and I went over with my open car trailer, unbolted the arms, chain, and hydraulics and then unbolted the posts themselves. My two post had posts t

Hyundai’s Button Promise, Then This Buttons, as simple as they are, have become a surprisingly heated topic in the auto industry. As touchscreen infotainment systems grew more advanced, many automakers steadily removed tactile physical controls in favor of glass panels. That naturally backfired, with customers arguing that burying key functions inside menus made cars harder to use on the move. In response, several automakers publicly walked back their all-screen approach, and Hyundai was among t

The Iron Trap crew are getting back at it, working on the 1938 Ford Convertible. This custom car has seen some action over the years and needs some sheet metal love in a variety of places. The hood sides are one of them that stands out, because there is a huge gap around the bottome edge of the hood, where it meets the sides, and in order to fix it there is some cutting and welding that is going to have to happen. Check out the process, which is more involved than you might think, and how that p

The Iron Trap Garage crew are at it, getting some work done and prepping for the upcoming Carlisle swap meet. The big job in this one is doing a Cummins swap on a cool 1947 Ford Flatbed pickup. This thing looks completely restored, so the Cummins swap surprised me on this one, but it sure is cool and it will be a hell of a runner with the Cummins under the hood. It isn’t just a bolt in though, and the boys have to do some cutting and welding to make this thing work. Check it out.   The post

I’ve owned a lot of air ride equipped rides in my day and that means always having on board air, at least as long as you plumb yourself a fitting for an air hose and chuck. But what if you don’t have onboard air? Tons and tons of drag and drive folks don’t, and I’ve seen them using all kinds of inflators to air their drag radials back up and such. So how good are these things? And is it best to just buy a cheap one and not worry about it, or do the high dollar name brand units really perform bet

Hyundai Wasn’t Always Cool, Now It Is Demanding Attention Hyundai was not known for standout design in the past. The brand built its reputation on value and reliability. That approach worked, but it rarely created excitement. Over the last few years, that has changed. Hyundai’s latest models are sharper, more expressive, and harder to ignore. The company is now producing vehicles that generate conversation rather than blend into traffic. Much of that shift can be linked to Brad Arnold, now offic

A Today.com segment looks at a risk many drivers underestimate, the morning after. Reporter Vicky Nguyen goes to a test track to see how hangover symptoms can affect driving even when a person feels mostly normal, and the takeaway is that hangover effects can linger for much of the next day and quietly erode the skills that keep routine driving safe.

For the most part, GMC products are slightly fancier versions of Chevrolet vehicles, sharing the same tech and powertrains, but for 2027, could that be about to change? According to Car and Driver, General Motors submitted new Vehicle Identification Number Standards documents to the federal government, and these included mention of four engine options for the Yukon for the 2027 model year, up from the three offered in Chevrolet Tahoe and Suburban SUVs. As before, GM's L84 5.3-liter V8, L87 6.2-l

A Legacy Wagon, But Taller The idea of a wagon on stilts isn't exactly new. One just has to look at the AMG Eagle 4x4 Wagon to see where it all began. Still, Subaru was inspired by that, hence why it built the Outback. It made its home market debut in 1994, around the same time as the RAV4. The rest of the world followed in 1996. The formula was simple: take a Legacy Wagon, add a couple more inches of ground clearance, and give it more rugged styling. For the next six generations, Subaru didn't

Toyota might be laying the groundwork for one of its most exciting comebacks yet. The Supra has already proven that the brand knows how to revive a legend, and now a short teaser video posted by Toyota Gazoo Racing on X has reignited long-running rumors about a next-generation MR2. With chairman Akio Toyoda directly involved in the tease and the Tokyo Auto Salon just days away, fans are once again daring to believe that Toyota’s mid-engined icon could be heading back to showrooms. Nothing is off

I don’t know that most frame shops would even want to repair this thing, or that the condition of the wrecked truck would be worth saving. But that’s what is happening in this video here as ten days of work goes into getting this frame back into shape. Yep, 10 days. It seems kind of impossible to think that it was repaired at all, but when you see the techniques that go into this one you’ll be impressed. This is some old school fix greatness and it’s going down in Russia.   The post Is This

This could be yours! Mortske sells most of the cars and trucks he finds and features on the channel, which is good news for you because you get to see, and hear, what he thinks about these rides as he’s working on them. This 1968 Dodge Coronet R/T is a pretty cool looking muscle car, that’s for sure. It’s a real deal R/T, and although it doesn’t have the original 440 and 727 combo, it does have A 440/727 combo. This car is faded as can be, but it’s there and straighter than you might think. Chec

My dad’s toolbox has always been a mix of Snap-On, Craftsman, some Mac and some other random stuff. He was a mechanic when I was little and then a service advisor, etc, etc. When he was making his living working on cars, he would shop the tool truck here and there, but he was never a single brand guy. So when I started collecting tools early on in life I got whatever anyone gifted me or that I could find cheap. And when we built our first shop, I went shopping for more tools and landed on a larg

When Kyle and the crew at 1320Video see a Fox Body Mustang and are blown away, you know it is something special. And this one is uniqe, that’s for sure. How about an R35 GTR engine swap? I’d say that is pretty cool and interesting for sure. They think it might be the only interesting Fox Body in existence at this point. I’ll agree it pretty cool, but you’ll have to watch the video to see just how interesting. The post Is This The Most Interesting Fox Body Ever Built? This 2500hp, 6 second Qu

Is this the new version of the most extreme Range Rover Sport, the SVR, or simply the most aggressively styled Range Rover Sport SV yet? Whatever it is, somebody has curbed the wheels good and proper. But let's not get hung up on that - this is a development vehicle, after all, and it's built to sustain all sorts of abuse. This prototype was spotted on the Nürburgring with a current-gen Range Rover Sport SV following closely behind, and while no camouflage has come off since the last time we spi

I know that some of you are screaming already, but the reality is that it’s not like you can’t replace the Chevy with a Ford in this F100 if you buy it and want to “save” it from a fate worse than Chevrolet. It never ceases to amaze me that people think an engine or wheels and tires can completely ruin a vehicle FOREVER. It’s weird that someone put a small block Chevrolet in it, but whatever. Derek at Vice Grip Garage is going to dive into this one and get it out of the field and into the shop.

I’m a fan of a good beater or sleeper. I’ve always liked them, but since my budget never allows for a high end “pretty” car, I tend to gravitate toward fast without flash. And nothing is cooler than taking your underdog beater out and beating up on someone in a fancy high dollar machine. Tony Angelo thinks the same way, so when he had the chance to put together this low buck beater Dart, and then put it up against his really nice 6.4 Hemi swapped ground up build, he took it. Watch the video bel

The VW Onsabrück Saga A few months ago, it was reported that a state-owned Israeli defense company had set its sights on Volkswagen’s assembly plant in Osnabrück, Germany. The firm in question was Rafael Advanced Defense Systems, and it’s responsible for building components for the Iron Dome, among other things. The previous report stated that the plant will build vehicles used to transport artillery and power systems for the Iron Dome. However, an update from Reuters has claimed there are now a

Seeing It in the Metal I remember seeing the Nissan Formula E car and the Leaf Nismo RC up close back in 2023. Both felt completely detached from their road-going counterparts – low, wide, and clearly engineered for nothing but lap times. Carbon fiber everywhere, purpose-built everything. That was exactly the impression I had when I stood in front of the Isuzu Challenge D-Max at the 47th Bangkok International Motor Show. This is Isuzu, a brand most people know for their work trucks, now showing

As average gas prices across the United States have topped $4.00 per gallon for the first time since August 2022 and continue to trend upward reaching $4.08 on April 2, Americans are starting to really feel it at the pump. Since late February 2026, gas prices surged over 30%—a rise of more than $1 per gallon—as a consequence of the US and Israel’s war on Iran, which has led to a volatile oil market with prices exceeding $110 a barrel on April 3. US Drivers Paid $8.4 Billion More for Gas Since th

Say hello to the 412 Superfast, a nearly $2 million 1987 Ferrari 412 with the 6.5-liter V12 from a 30-year-younger 812 Superfast. You're probably wondering why anyone would offer a restomod based on one of the ugliest, least-loved Ferraris ever made, and why they would spend a whopping $1.8 million in the process. The answer is simple: because the person who commissioned it loves the car and others of the era. It's as simple as that - each of us probably has a car we like that our friends don't,

The Lamborghini Revuelto is already arguably the most alien-looking machine on the road (perhaps with the exception of the unparalleled Czinger 21C), but that didn't stop the mad modifiers at RDB LA from taking things a step further with a new widebody kit. Over the course of just one week, RDB LA applied a 1016 Industries carbon fiber Vision Widebody upgrade, along with several other bits and pieces from the prolific designers of aesthetic enhancements for supercars. The Revuelto costs over $60