 We love manual transmissions. Unfortunately, over the past few years they have become increasingly less common. This has been the result of a combination of factors: Waning public interest, more efficient automatic transmissions, and fading margins. Purists like us will argue that there’s still something magical about rowing your own gears, and while true, it’s hit a point where automatics can do the job faster, heck a slush-box equipped Corvette is quicker than the stick version. Crazy. While there’s just shy of 100 2018 model year manual-equipped vehicles available on dealer lots, only three of them are pickups and eight are SUVs. It’s a shame, really, but there’s a real chance that we’ll see the manual transmission go extinct in our lifetime. Chevrolet Colorado Nissan Frontier Toyota Tacoma Fiat 500 and 500X Jeep Compass, Renegade, and Wrangler Kia Soul Mini Clubman and Countryman - Trucks-365 Staff
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 You have seen the video of drift legend Vaughn Gittin Jr. drifting a Ford F-150 Raptor around the Nurburgring in Germany right? Wait, you haven’t? Well lucky for you the team that put the original film together has released even more footage. There’s now the original cut, an extended directors edition, and a behind-the-scenes video. Seriously, we can’t get enough of it. The story goes like this… Vaughn travels to Germany with the intent to drift his Ford Mustang RTR around the famous race circuit. Weather had a different idea. With the Mustang shoot rained out the team, instead of scrapping the day, pulled out a Ford F-150 Raptor and sent Vaughn on his merry way. Being ever the skeptics that we are, we can’t help but wonder just what the team was doing with a Raptor in Germany to begin with, and if this wasn’t planned (or at least a back up plan) the entire time. Either way, the video is a fun and fresh take on traditional drift and Ring videos that us truck folks quickly grow tired of watching. It’s just a bummer the Raptor doesn’t sound more like the Mustang… because man that Raptor sounds awful! Check out the videos and a ton of behind-the-scenes photos below! - Trucks-365 Staff Source: Michael Crenshaw and Team RTR
 We love donuts! Glazed, sprinkles, sugar, heck even plain donuts are amazing! What’s even more impressive are donuts made of smoke, dust, and tire rubber. As lovers of all things power, performance, and speed we would never turn down the opportunity to roast rubber. In celebration we’ve scoured the Internet and found a few folks who understand the true meaning of this special day. Whether it’s a high horsepower racecar, a beat up hooptie running on three cylinders, or a daily driver getting down in the dirt we love it all. Now let’s all sit back with some fried dough, bonus points if there’s bacon involved, and enjoy the hilarity that is National Donut Day! - Trucks-365 Staff duPont Regestry gets in on the action... https://blog.dupontregistry.com/features/dozen-exotics-national-doughnut-day-2018/ Car and Driver shares the fun... https://www.caranddriver.com/news/nissan-celebrates-national-doughnut-day-the-right-way The Drive teaches us how to do donuts... http://www.thedrive.com/news/21209/national-donut-day-is-time-to-make-the-donuts-the-gearhead-way AutoGuide gives us the ten best cars to do donuts in... http://www.autoguide.com/auto-news/2016/06/top-10-best-cars-to-do-donuts-in.html Hagerty lays down a history lesson... https://www.hagerty.com/articles-videos/articles/keyword/donut-day And, best of all, LifeHacker shows were to get fat for free... https://lifehacker.com/where-to-get-free-donuts-today-1826482171 |
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