Articles by Kyle Ashdown
27/02/18
Our monthly round-up of the Car Throttle Garage continues with these 10 awesome additions!
01/02/18
2018 is off to a great start with some amazing new cars added to the Car Throttle Garage! Here are 10 of our favourites
27/01/18
The idea of a front-mounted, transverse V8 is beautifully lacking in common sense, but these eight cars made it happen anyway
19/01/18
“Sophomore slump” is a term often used in sports to describe a decrease in the performance of an athlete after their rookie season. As you’ll see with the following list of cars, the sophomore slump is a very real phenomenon in the auto world, too. These cars were awesome when they first came on the market, but failed to repeat the magic after being redesigned.
12/01/18
This is the story of how a paper factory played a perceived role in a devastating 99-car pileup in southeastern Tennessee
08/01/18
After a long wait, the V6 diesel-powered Ford F-150 arrives to do some serious battle with its petrol competitors
03/01/18
You might have noticed that I haven’t been particularly active on Car Throttle over the holidays. Why not? Well, I was lucky enough to spend Christmas in Mexico, meaning that I didn’t have to suffer through -40 degree wind chills back home. This came at the expense of reliable WiFi, and since roaming charges would exceed my life’s savings, I was forced to disconnect for a week. However, this allowed me to experience a car culture unlike anywhere else in the world.
30/12/17
It's the end of another month, and the end of 2017 as well. Here's 10 new additions to the Car Throttle Garage to ring-in the new year
22/12/17
Less than two months after opening to traffic, one of the most important bridges on the Trans-Canada Highway failed. Here's how a state-of-the-art design succumbed to a basic engineering blunder
08/12/17
Someone was busted doing just 25mph on the Ontario Highway 401
03/12/17
Think about the most iconic and successful vehicles of all time, and there’s a good chance that the Jeep Wrangler will cross your mind. Ironically, there are very few things that it won’t cross. Despite being in production for over 70 years, the Jeep is arguably still the best 4x4 ever made. Considering all of the Land Cruisers, Land Rovers and Hiluxes that have followed in its tracks, the Jeep’s accomplishments only seem that much more incredible.
01/12/17
Another month has come to an end, and that means it's time to round up the most awesome rides added to the Car Throttle Garage in the last few weeks!
24/11/17
After Aston Martin launched the configurator for its all-new, AMG-powered Vantage, we asked you to share your coolest designs with us. Here are a few of our favourites
17/11/17
I, for one, welcome our electric semi-truck overlords.
14/11/17
Just days after Chevrolet introduced us to the 745bhp Corvette ZR1, someone's used Photoshop to turn it into a monster raving convertible with a really big rear wing
09/11/17
For every new automotive invention, there's a car that gets to be the first to use it. Take this quiz to find out just how well you know your automotive 'firsts'!
03/11/17
With the number of turbocharged vehicles on the road these days, it's hard to believe that turbos were almost unheard of 50 years ago. Here's a boosted history lesson on forced induction
31/10/17
It's the start of another new month, which means it's time to round up the coolest new rides added to the Garage by Car Throttle users
21/10/17
You can always improve on a good thing, and these two renditions of the Polestar 1 prove exactly that
17/10/17
If you haven’t been paying attention to the Kobe Steel scandal, I’d recommend doing so. History is being made as we speak.
12/10/17
Throughout its life, Ford's heavy-duty diesel pickup engine has created its share of loyal fans and avowed haters. Here's everything you need to know about the history of the Power Stroke Diesel
04/10/17
Twenty years ago, Toyota's groundbreaking automotive production system was put to the ultimate test. The end result would influence automotive manufacturing forever after