With so many wide body Porsche 911 projects taking over the internet these days, it’s refreshing to find a functionally detailed build that's true to the design of the original 911 Super Carrera...
Over its long history, the Volkswagen Type 2 bus has played an instrumental role in the early stages of many startup companies, including the humble beginnings of one of the largest sportswear brands in the world - Nike. To celebrate the rich history of both companies, VW and Nike have decided...
Not every project starts pristine or even how we expected it to. This story involves three different Mercedes-Benz vehicles, three different engines, and a whole lot of work.Many times, when magazines and blogs feature a car, we only see the end result of the build. Often times, we don't get to...
Direct injection is one of the most prevalent automotive technologies still in use today. It's so popular, that if your car was manufactured in the last 10-15 years, chances are high you have it under your hood. It provides better fuel economy with more power, but as with any automotive...
The Volkswagen Corrado VR6 was the successor to the Scirocco and just as awesome of a car, but it was missing another set of 12 valves and some extra displacement. “I bought the car two days after my daughter was born,” recalled Steven Davila, the owner of this amazing transformation of a 1992...
It has been a few months since our last update on the BMW E36 M3 rally car and in that time, a ton of stuff has happened! We went from a bare shell in our last blog to a running, driving, and log-booked rally car that is ready to take whatever abuse we can throw at it. From day one, we knew that...
The Volkswagen Golf Country was VW’s original all-wheel drive CUV and at the time, was exclusive to Europe. So, how did this one end up here and what’s it like owning one? We randomly spotted a Golf Country at night in a parking lot in San Diego, so we had to take a closer look. The VW Golf...
It's not every day you see a Renault Dauphine - especially one on a custom chassis with Volkswagen MK4 Golf GTI parts, including a mid-mounted VR6 engine.It won’t be a shock if you’ve never even heard of the Renault Dauphine, like this one owned by Justin Cashmore of Simi Valley, California. It...
Here at FCP Euro, we get asked questions every day about common automotive maintenance. Some of the questions are relatively straightforward: "What's a coilover suspension? Who should run coilovers?" And we're happy to answer them. But sometimes, we get some really specific, controversial...
Just because you start a family doesn’t mean you must resort to a pedestrian minivan. Just look at what Tim Tranquill did with his 2014 Audi SQ5. The B8 SQ5 is a handsome SUV to start, but with a modest drop, wheels to fill the arches, and the right touches, it goes to supercharged and...
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