Back in the 1960s, Bob Riley was working as a young design engineer at Kar-Kraft, the super-secret Ford skunkworks that built the Ford GT40 Mk IV race cars. Now 89 but still working daily, Riley, his son, Bill, and racer Jim Matthews have acquired the Kar-Kraft assets and plan to […]
FDA approves new saliva test for COVID-19 that’s simple, cheap and available now
The test will cost about $10, the researchers estimate.
Hellcat-Swapped 1989 Jeep Grand Wagoneer Is The Ultimate SUV Sleeper
In the automotive world, the term sleeper can mean different things to different people. At the end of the day, it all boils down to the same theme – a fast car that doesn’t look fast. However, this innocent-looking 1989 Jeep Grand Wagoneer could well be the purest definition of […]
You May Not Get The Car Color You Want As Inventories Fall To New Low
In 2019, a study shows that the most popular car colors in the world are white, black, and gray. That’s how it has been for almost the past decade. While red and blue are becoming more popular in the U.S. according to the same study, it looks like American car […]
The Last Supernovae
A supernova is a powerful event. For a brief moment in time, a star shines as bright as a galaxy, ripping itself apart in a last, desperate attempt to fight against its gravity. While we see supernovae as rare and wondrous things, they are quite common. Based on observations of […]
Nikola Tesla: The extraordinary life of a modern Prometheus
Match the following figures – Albert Einstein, Thomas Edison, Guglielmo Marconi, Alfred Nobel and Nikola Tesla – with these biographical facts:
Classified’s Wireless Internally-Geared Hub Increases 1x Drivetrain Range by 45%, Doubles the Number of Gears
Inside, the two planetary gears offer 1:1 and 1:0.7 ratios, giving you a lower (easier) range than what your traditional setup might suggest. For example, if you have an 11-34T cassette on your gravel bike, you would expect to have a 309% gearing range, but the Classified hub will increase […]
The Ram TRX Proves Our Truck Fantasies Are All Off-Road
Our vision of performance-pickup utopia no longer involves a racetrack. Or pavement.