The practice of badge engineering another company’s cars can have some unexpected consequences…

Back in 1996, Toyota sold their own Toyota-branded version of the Chevrolet Cavalier (above) to the Japanese domestic market. The Cavalier was a major flop in Japan and most people forgot about it, but now the auto-sleuths over at Automobile have discovered that [...]

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We’ve seen the JDM style of car customization grow from unknown to played out to solidly ingrained in automotive culture. We’ve also seen bizarre reversals of the trend in which Japanese owners buy a Japanese car only to trick it out USDM style (more on this in a later post). Now, to really twist your [...]

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…well technically that’s not true, as a single horse actually has around 15 horsepower (weird huh?). Still, that doesn’t make ROUSH’s latest creation any less bizarre for an automaker that’s more well known for pumping out 300+kW modified Mustangs.

Built for Turkish company Kurt Systems, the fibreglass-bodied contraption is designed to allow a trainer, vet or [...]

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