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The plan for the day was simple. My brother Josh and I would take the extraordinary opportunity of being loaned a Dodge Viper and turn it into an epic driving day trip. We would leave our small office in central New Hampshire on an early September morning and barnstorm north towards the White Mountains. During our mission we’d hit two key attractions well known to the northeast motorist; the Kancamagus Highway and the Mt. Washington auto road.

Just when you thought you’d heard the last word on Toyota’s acceleration problems, the company is fighting back. Today the company stated that it had comprehensively tested claims made by ABC News andProfessor David Gilbert of Southern Illinois University and found those claims not only wrong, but “artificially manipulated” and “unrealistic”. Read on for a link to the original testing by ABC and Toyota’s full statement.

Today Pennzoil unveiled their new synthetic line of oil – Pennzoil Ultra. Pennzoil Ultra motor oil with Hyper Cleansing Technology promises that “Nothing keeps an engine closer to factory clean.” Pennzoil claims it can clean over 35 percent better than the brand’s next best oil – Pennzoil Platinum.

Awards handed out in the automotive industry are as easy to come by as penny on the sidewalk. Some, such as Car and Driver’s “10-Best” and Motor Trends “Car and Truck of the Year” are merely automaker sponsored advertising packages passed off as reputable achievements. That’s why when an actual honest award comes around, we think you should know about it.

It’s a classic David vs. Goliath type of battle, but Factory Five Racing, Inc., of Wareham, Mass., won its second battle against legendary car builder Carroll Shelby who sought to stop the firm from producing vintage replicas of his 1960s era cars.