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Wrecked Rebuild, New Alliance, and R/T

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August 06, 2024

Build of the Week

Buying cars new is too expensive and too easy. So what does Mat Armstrong do? Constantly buys destroyed cars, and fixes them up for himself. Mat does a great job detailing issues he runs into and even shows that with a lot of work, and not a ton of knowledge, all cars can be achievable.

Article of the Week

Earlier this Year, Nissan and Honda agreed to join forces in the goal of electrification, zero-emissions, and paving the future with software. They agree to coordinate with each other to combat the growing Chinese auto manufacturing market. Mitsubishi saw this and recently jumped into the fold to get a piece of the pie. In addition to electrification, self driving/autonomous vehicles is high on the trio’s priority list.

Fun Fact of the Week

The Dodge Charger was first released in the fall of 1965 to compete with the Mustang, Camaro, GTO and other muscle cars of the era. The R/T emblem (Standing for Road and Track) was first shown on the 1967 Dodge Coronet before being brought to the Dodge Charger in 1068. A 1970 Dodge Charger R/T was featured in Fast and Furious with a few hidden secrets.

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