k0710 The final hours of Thomas J. Grasso unfolded with the quiet precision of a man who had long ago stopped fighting the clock, trading legal battles for television listings and a final meal he would describe, in his last public words, as incomplete. At 5:58 p. m. on March 19, 1995, inside the H unit … Read more
A rust-caked, engine-less Nissan S15 Silvia that had sat abandoned for 15 years has been dragged back from the dead in a marathon garage session that pushed a four-man crew to the brink of exhaustion and came within striking distance of a jaw-dropping 24-hour turnaround. The iconic Japanese drift machine, arguably the most desirable JDM … Read more
Not everyone shows up to Roadkill Nights Powered by Dodge expecting to become a drag racer. Demi Bagby certainly didn’t. The 2025 event’s Direct Connection Grudge Match introduced the fitness athlete and social media personality to competitive drag racing for the first time. What started as a new experience became something she wanted to pursue. … Read more
Sold here in the States from 1999 until 2005 and originally retailing for the low, low price of $9,995, the Toyota Echo is a mostly forgotten relic of a time when the barrier to entry-level cars was lower, as was, in fairness, the minimum level of equipment that passed for “entry-level.” With a 108-horsepower, 1.5-liter … Read more
The van door slammed shut and 16-year-old Madison Nygard knew instantly she had made a fatal mistake. The man behind the wheel had promised her a phone call home to her worried mother. Instead, she found herself trapped in a predator’s lair, staring down the barrel of a gun in the darkness of rural Michigan … Read more
The van door slammed shut and 16-year-old Madison Nygard knew instantly she had made a fatal mistake. The man behind the wheel had promised her a phone call home to her worried mother. Instead, she found herself trapped in a predator’s lair, staring down the barrel of a gun in the darkness of rural Michigan … Read more
The last time Carol Bonnet’s name filled a police report, Jimmy Carter was in the White House, the internet was a military experiment, and the fingerprints on his bathroom door belonged to a killer no machine on earth could identify. On October 17th, 2011, exactly 33 years to the day after Bonnet’s body was discovered … Read more
The silence inside the federal penitentiary at Terre Haute, Indiana, was broken only by the low hum of a television set tuned to cable news, a cold flicker of light casting shadows across the face of a man the world had been waiting six years to see die. On the night of June 10, 2001, … Read more
A rust-ridden S14 Nissan 240SX hauled out of a desert wasteland has clawed its way back from the dead to deliver a staggering 513 horsepower to the rear wheels, and the owner says the year-long grind to get there was absolutely worth every agonizing night in the garage. The car, once a derelict shell that … Read more
A routine restoration at a Southern California classic car facility has 𝓮𝔁𝓹𝓸𝓼𝓮𝓭 a terrifying safety defect hiding beneath the floorboards of one of Japan’s most revered sports cars, and experts warn that thousands of Datsun 240Z owners might be driving with the same silent time bomb. The discovery came late Tuesday afternoon when technicians at … Read more