Game Review – Need For Speed: Shift

We have all found ways to satiate our car lust in the interim time that our supercar of choice is unavailable. Be it a hot wheel collection, a magazine or oft-visited website (made up of handsome, exciting and popular contributors), our greatest automotive fantasies are constructed with the materials available to us. Being just shy of 30 (renew!), I’m fortunate […]

2010 Shelby GT500: Hot Laps

We awaken the supercharged beast from it’s slumber for a spin around the track By Alex K. I remember when I bought my 2007 Shelby GT 500. It was shortly before Christmas, and I was shopping for gifts when I encountered it. Red, with white stripes all across the top, I couldn’t resist the urge to get a little Christmas […]

Review: 2009 Toyota Venza AWD 4-Cylinder

When is a car not a car? When it’s the 2009 Toyota Venza. The latest addition to the brand’s line-up is something of an instigator for semantic arguments. At first look, it’s easy to tell that the Venza, though built on the (shudder) Camry platform, is more towards a small SUV in stature. You’d be in the ballpark if you […]

Vanderbilt Cup Autocross ’09 July 26th

Hello friends, It’s time for another Vanderbilt Cup autocross and concours, and we here at AK are quite excited. It’s a unique opportunity to not only admire some excellent classic and vintage rides, but watch them run a timed lap among modern sports cars. See what you missed last year. Also, you’ve been keeping up with vanderbiltcupraces.com, you’ll know that […]