What Happens to Tesla When the Sleeping Auto Giants Awake?

The history of automotive production is littered with the fallen badges of car companies that shone brightly but fell by the wayside in the face of competition from the industry’s giants. Whether you pine for an AMC, a Studebaker, or a Saab, it’s a Ford or a Honda you’ll be …read more

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50 fascinating cars going to auction in Monterey for less than $1 million

In addition to more than cars that might sell for more than a million dollars, the Monterey Car Week auctions also throw up some remarkable cars that won’t fetch that mark, but are nonetheless, automotive treasures. This article is designed t… Continue reading 50 fascinating cars going to auction in Monterey for less than $1 million

Obscene mid-mounted V12 is the star of Ecurie Ecosse's magnificent XJ13 tribute

If Ecosse Ecurie had come across the Jaguar XJ13 in 1966, and spent two years developing ...

Scottish race team Ecurie Ecosse has announced it’s building 25 street-legal supercars based on an interesting thought: what if they’d discovered the iconic V12 Jaguar XJ13 and developed it up into an endurance racer back in 1969, to take on the mighty Ford GT40?

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Jaguar XE SV Project 8 breaks its own record to own the Nordschliefe Nurburgring

Jaguar’s most extreme performance car ever has just stamped its authority on the Nurburgring – again – beating its own record and belting out a time a whopping seven seconds faster than any other four-door production car has managed. All hail… Continue reading Jaguar XE SV Project 8 breaks its own record to own the Nordschliefe Nurburgring

Lister lets demoniacal 666-hp Jaguar F-Type convertible out of its cage

Lister has been around for a moderately evil 66 years, best known for making the dastardly Knobbly race cars that owned the British racing scene in the 50s. More recently, these guys have been doing diabolical things to Jaguars, and to celebr… Continue reading Lister lets demoniacal 666-hp Jaguar F-Type convertible out of its cage

1,000-Year-Old Pristine Mayan Artifacts Found in Sealed ‘Jaguar God’ Cave

The cave was first discovered by local farmers in 1966, but was walled off until last year for unknown reasons. Continue reading 1,000-Year-Old Pristine Mayan Artifacts Found in Sealed ‘Jaguar God’ Cave

Why Converting Classic Cars to Electric Drive Is A Thing

A vintage British sportscar is a wonderful thing. Inimitable style and luxury, beautiful curves, and a soundtrack that could make even Vinnie Jones shed a tear. However, even under the most diligent maintenance schedule, they are known, above all, for their unreliability. As the value of such cars is tied heavily to their condition as unmodified examples, owners are typically reluctant to make modifications to remedy these issues.

However, things are starting to change. Cities across the world are enacting measures to ban fossil fuel vehicles from their streets, and sales of such vehicles are similarly going to be banned …read more

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Super Computing with Mini ITX Cluster

[Colin Alston] was able to snag a handful of Mini ITX motherboards for cheap and built a mini super computer he calls TinyJaguar. Named partly after the AMD Sempron 2650 APU, the TinyJaguar boasts four, yes that’s four MSI AM1I Mini-ITX motherboards, each with 4GB of DDR memory.

A Raspberry Pi with custom software manages the cluster, and along with some TTL and relays, controls the power to the four nodes. The mini super computer resides in a custom acrylic case held together by an array of 3D printed parts and fasteners.There’s even a rack-like faceplate near the …read more

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Super Computing with Mini ITX Cluster

[Colin Alston] was able to snag a handful of Mini ITX motherboards for cheap and built a mini super computer he calls TinyJaguar. Named partly after the AMD Sempron 2650 APU, the TinyJaguar boasts four, yes that’s four MSI AM1I Mini-ITX motherboards, each with 4GB of DDR memory.

A Raspberry Pi with custom software manages the cluster, and along with some TTL and relays, controls the power to the four nodes. The mini super computer resides in a custom acrylic case held together by an array of 3D printed parts and fasteners.There’s even a rack-like faceplate near the …read more

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How To Put A Jag On Your School Roof

Did you ever commit any pranks in your time at high school, college, or university? Maybe you moss-painted a rude word on the wall somewhere, or put a design in a sports field with herbicide, or even worse, slow-release fertiliser. [Roman Kozak] and his friends went far further than that last summer when they replicated some of the most famous student pranks; they put a Jaguar S type car on the roof of their school. And now the dust has settled, he’s posted an account of how they did it.

Of course, putting a car on the roof is a …read more

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