SEMA: Viper-powered 1944 Mack fire truck is one wild ride

Filed under: Aftermarket , SEMA Show , Classics While we generally spend most of our time at SEMA walking through the halls of the convention center, there’s some pretty impressive cars outside, as well. Take this wild 1944 Mack fire truck, for example. Built by Tom Stark of Precision Designs, the truck has been fitted with a 2005 Viper SRT10 V10 engine mated to a Dodge 48RE automatic transmission. The stock Mack axle remains up front, but the rear suspension and axle from a 2008 Ram truck resides out back.

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SEMA: Viper-powered 1944 Mack fire truck is one wild ride

2011 Honda Odyssey – Visiting Kanrocksas

2011 Honda Odyssey – Visiting Kanrocksas The life of the party. Why travel to the Sunflower State during a heat wave? In previous years, there wasn’t a compelling reason to do so. But this summer, road test editor Christopher Nelson and intern Greg Fink drove our Four Seasons Honda Odyssey to the inaugural Kanrocksas music festival at Kansas Speedway in Kansas City, Kansas

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2011 Honda Odyssey – Visiting Kanrocksas

Official: Ford confirms $1.1B investment to build Transit van in Kansas City

Filed under: Minivan/Van , Plants/Manufacturing , Work , Ford Ford has confirmed that its Transit van will be manufactured in Kansas City . The company plans to invest $1.1 billion in facility upgrades and tooling to produce both the next-generation F-150 and the Transit in preparation for the van’s arrival on U.S. soil in 2013. That investment is $700 million more than Ford had previously allocated for its Kansas City facility

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Report: Ford working on all-new small V6

Filed under: Ford In addition to confirming the upcoming Kansas City-built Transit van , a recent UAW release states that Ford will be adding an “industry-leading small V6″ to its powertrain lineup. Car and Driver reports that, while the automaker has yet to confirm the development of such an engine, Ford stated that adding a smaller-displacement V6 would make sense based on its current powertrain strategy. Ford has long said that it plans to offer EcoBoost engines in 90 percent of its North American products by 2013, so the safe bet is that this new V6 will be of the forced-induction type.

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Report: Ford Transit van coming to America as Kansas City-built T-Series

Filed under: Minivan/Van , Plants/Manufacturing , Work , Ford , UAW/Unions When Daimler started selling its Sprinter van in North America – first as a Freightliner , then as a Mercedes-Benz and even a Dodge – it found companies on this side of the Atlantic were as keen to get their hands on a European-style van as, well, European companies are. But the Sprinter is about to get some European competition from… an American automaker.

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Report: Ford Transit van coming to America as Kansas City-built T-Series

NASCAR marks 10-year anniversary of Dale Earnhardt’s death at Daytona 500

Filed under: Motorsports , Etc. , Celebrities It was 10 years ago today that racing legend Dale Earnhardt Senior died while competing at the Daytona 500 . It’s no secret that not every motorsports afficianado is a fan of the NASCAR scene, but there’s no denying the outright skill and presence that racers bring to the game both on and off the track.

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NASCAR marks 10-year anniversary of Dale Earnhardt’s death at Daytona 500