Category: Features

The latest feature articles about the automotive aftermarket from THE SHOP.

Avery Dennison Names Top Five Wraps of 2017

*See the photo gallery above for Avery Dennison’s top five vehicle wraps, as well as the top 10 non-vehicle wraps. Avery Dennison Graphics Solutions has named the top 15 vinyl wraps from 2017, including five vehicles. The fourth annual list of vehicle and non-vehicle wraps features Avery Dennison vinyl used in unique and creative ways.… Continue reading Avery Dennison Names Top Five Wraps of 2017

‘The Martin Special’ Named America’s Most Beautiful Roadster

*See images in the gallery above A 1931 Ford Roadster owned by Dave Martin and built by Signal Hill, California-based Hot Rods & Hobbies earned the coveted America’s Most Beautiful Roadster at the 69th annual Grand National Roadster Show (GNRS) at the Fairplex in Pomona. The event also included the presentation of the Al Slonaker Memorial… Continue reading ‘The Martin Special’ Named America’s Most Beautiful Roadster

Car Sells for $8 Million During Auction Week

ClassicCars.com analysts studied data from half a dozen major sales during Arizona Auction Week and found mixed results, according to the company. Top-flight European classics failed to hit estimates, while muscle cars and entry-level collector cars continued to climb to new highs. All the while, huge crowds attended Auction Week as a testimony to the… Continue reading Car Sells for $8 Million During Auction Week

MINI Dealers 3D-Printing Custom Accessories

MINI has reached a new level of customization with the addition of MINI Yours Customized. The new offering allows MINI customers to design personalized inlays for the side scuttles, trims for the passenger side in the interior, LED door sills and LED door projectors. Customers looking to take the personalization of their MINI to the… Continue reading MINI Dealers 3D-Printing Custom Accessories

Prototype Previews Honda Insight

Launching nationwide later this year and positioned as a premium compact above Civic in the Honda passenger car lineup, Insight features a sleek sedan design, five-passenger cabin, and refined driving performance, along with high fuel efficiency, according to Honda. The Insight Prototype has a low and wide stance, highlighted by Honda’s signature flying wing grille… Continue reading Prototype Previews Honda Insight

Mullin Museum Expands Citroën Exhibit

The Mullin Automotive Museum has expanded its internationally-acclaimed Citroën exhibit with the addition of three vehicles from the French automaker: a 1931 C4G, a 1975 CX2200 Berline, and a 1971 SM Bonneville Racecar. The cars represent the newest component of the museum’s “Citroën: The Man, The Marque, The Mystique” exhibit, which celebrates the quirky yet… Continue reading Mullin Museum Expands Citroën Exhibit

Taking Back the Streets

EDITOR’S NOTE: The following editorial was written by Marcy Klevorn, Ford executive vice president and president of mobility From subway systems and bus lines to taxi fleets, ride-hailing services and personal vehicles, cities offer lots of ways to get around. This abundance of choice must make life easier, right? Unfortunately, no. And that’s because each… Continue reading Taking Back the Streets

The Bentley Bentayga V-8

The Bentley Bentayga is now available in its most sporting guise to date: the Bentayga V-8. At the heart of the latest Bentayga model is a new-generation 4-liter, twin-turbocharged V-8 petrol engine, which combines immense power with impressive fuel efficiency. The addition of a characteristic V-8 burble, stylish twin-quad exhaust pipes and optional carbon-ceramic brakes,… Continue reading The Bentley Bentayga V-8

Paying Tribute to Bondurant with Limited-Production Race Cars

Superformance, doing business as Shelby Legendary Cars, has collaborated with Shelby American Inc. to build a limited production series of Cobra Roadsters and Daytona Coupes honoring racing legend Bob Bondurant. Superformance manufactures 1960s-era continuation sports cars. The race cars are based on the cars Bondurant raced in the mid-1960s and possess an official CSX2000 Shelby serial number Bondurant… Continue reading Paying Tribute to Bondurant with Limited-Production Race Cars

Land Rover Restoring a Prototype Gone Missing in 1948

*See images of the recovered Land Rover in the gallery above Land Rover will mark its 70th anniversary this year with a series of events and celebrations, beginning with the restoration of the vehicle that started it all: one of the three pre-production Land Rovers shown at the 1948 Amsterdam Motor Show launch. This original… Continue reading Land Rover Restoring a Prototype Gone Missing in 1948

Jeep Reveals New-Look Cherokee

The new 2019 Jeep Cherokee features a new design to go along with a 2-liter direct-injection inline four-cylinder engine. Jeep Cherokee’s evolution offers more interior comfort and convenience, delivering everyday practicality with outstanding ride and handling characteristics, independent front- and rear-suspension systems with world-class body torsional stiffness, a choice of three different engine offerings mated to… Continue reading Jeep Reveals New-Look Cherokee

2018 Motor State Distributing Engine Parts & Accessories Catalog

Motor State Distributing’s Engine Parts & Accessories catalog is the one parts sourcebook for any engine builder. The 2018 catalog offers the latest in stock replacement and high-performance engine parts, components, hardware, lubricants and engine assembly tools to build an early to late model competitive engine. Built by engine builders for engine builders, this catalog… Continue reading 2018 Motor State Distributing Engine Parts & Accessories Catalog