Car buyers want the vehicle they purchase to be “just right.” Much like the fairytale character Goldilocks, they want what they buy to be just the right size and output the amount of speed, torque, and mileage that is perfect for their specifications. When it comes to off-roading enthusiasts, many agree that the Land Rover Defender is the car that fits this bill, but which of the sub-models is right for them? The Defender 90 may prove to be too small, while the 130 might appear overly spacious f...

Medium-well: The History of the Land Rover Defender 110

Land Rover’s Defender series is its most famous and beloved model line, providing off-road superiority to its owners while not compromising on style, practicality, or comfortability. There are deserts, mountain ranges, swamps, and other rough-terrain areas all over the world that aren’t simply preferable to traverse with a Land Rover–they are impossible to traverse without one. However, since the people who live in these areas are not always looking to carry the most people or supplies around, s...

Compact Off-Roading: The History of the Land Rover 90

Land Rovers have a reputation as some of the world’s best consumer vehicles for off-roading and exploration. Their rugged exteriors, spacious interiors, and advanced suspension systems make them a great option on multiple terrains. Today, Land Rovers are driven on six continents (with some concept material for a special Antarctic model), and are great for tackling African deserts, North American mountain ranges, or the Australian Outback. However, the models that most people think of when the na...

The History of the Classic Land Rover

NASCAR is the American motorsport, pulling in more fans and showcasing better racing talent than any other organization in the country. Over the course of its 77-year history, every season has been a stage for drivers to prove their ability to endure, outpace, and win. For almost as long as NASCAR has been around, the greatest of those stages, the place where a win can transform a driver from an up-and-comer into a household name, is the Daytona 500. This race has its roots not just in NASCAR, b...

The History of the Daytona 500

The 24 Hours at Le Mans is the oldest and most prestigious day-long endurance race on the planet. What began as an experiment to try to change the future of racing in 1923 has done almost exactly that; today, Le Mans is largely considered the most prestigious race in the world, acting as the anchor for both the Triple Crown of Endurance Racing (alongside the 24hr Daytona and 12hr Sebring races) and the Triple Crown of Motorsport in general (alongside the Daytona 500 and Monaco Grand Prix).&nbsp;...

Porsche at Le Mans: How the German Manufacturer Conquered Endurance Ra

In the world of racing, there are tracks and then there are race tracks. There are circuits that are used to conduct local competitions or low-level professional-grade motorsport, and then there are tracks whose difficulty and decades-long reputation act as a stage to show the world racing excellence largely unparalleled anywhere else. When it comes to the latter, there are few tracks more prestigious, lengthy, and downright challenging than the Nürburgring, Germany’s premier racing location and...

The Nürburgring: A Near-Century of the “Green Hell”

Over the course of its history, NASCAR has been the world’s showcase for two different types of stock car racing. One of these types is the original understanding of a “stock car:” a production vehicle that receives little to no upgrades or modifications before hitting the track. Then, as the sport grew and the focus shifted away from testing the limits of production cars and towards pushing their limits, “stock car” became a more honorary term that no longer accurately described the highly modi...

The Most Important Cars in NASCAR History

Auto racing is, more often than not, about intensity. Some of the world’s most famous races, such as the Indy 500, the 24 Hours at Le Mans, and the Monaco Grand Prix, were conceived in order to push the endurance, focus, technical skills, or risk-taking capabilities of drivers to the limit, with injury or death always looming as a penalty for error. However, not every race needs to be pulse-pounding, death-defying, or a showcase of professional racing pedigree to be exciting. Races that honor th...

The History and Legacy of the Mille Miglia

The story of Pete Brock and the Shelby Daytona Coupe is one of engineering brilliance, innovation, and perseverance in the face of overwhelming skepticism. In the early 1960s, Ferrari dominated the racing world with its sleek, aerodynamic designs, while the American Shelby Cobra, despite its raw power, lacked the refinement needed to excel on high-speed circuits like Le Mans. This challenge set the stage for a young engineer, Pete Brock, to create a car that would not just compete but dominate.A...