2014 Chevrolet Impala. Dubai, UAE. Leap of Fait...
RoadWednesday, May 22nd, 2013crankandpiston drives the new-for-2014 Chevrolet Impala in Dubai, UAE, and puts the aggressively designed brute through its paces. Judging by its pre-event press drivel, Chevrolet is taking no prisoners with its...
Dubai Police with Lambo, Ferrari, Camaro: Faste...
LifestyleWednesday, May 8th, 2013Rolling with the Police Special Car Unit on the streets of Dubai, United Arab Emirates. There is quite a bit of fuss being made about all these new super cop cars...
Chevrolet Camaro ZL1. Dubai, UAE. Call Of The W...
RoadTuesday, March 12th, 2013This, right here in Dubai, is the Chevrolet Camaro ZL1. And let’s not mess around: it’s a complete animal! Inspired as it is by the short-lived all-aluminium racing engine of the...
Luke Lonberger. C6 Corvette At Thunderhill. Sil...
RaceThursday, February 21st, 2013Luke Lonberger takes his 2005 Blu808 C6 Corvette for a thrash around Thunderhill Raceway Park to explain just why he loves drifting and Formula D. “People are always asking me, ‘why...
1953 Chevrolet Bel-Air. eGarage. Dead End
RoadSaturday, February 16th, 2013eGarage takes a ride in a 1953 Chevrolet Bel-Air that has been restored and given a whole new lease of life thanks to AccuAir Suspension’s E-Level Air Management System. “We wanted...
Worlds longest Drift. Abu Dhabi, UAE. Red Bull ...
RaceSaturday, February 16th, 2013Red Bull-sponsored professional drifter Abdo Feghali brings a Guinness World Record to the Middle East. The Lebanese Red Bull Car Park Drift judge performed a continuous drift around a 260-metre course...
Chevrolet Corvette. 60th Anniversary Celebratio...
Shot of the DayWednesday, January 16th, 2013Chevrolet is celebrating the 60th Anniversary of the Corvette. The birth of the legend was the 1953 Corvette Roadster. Only 300 examples of the hand built, first generation Chevrolet Corvette were...
Beauty is a long nose. Reader poll
LifestyleTuesday, January 8th, 2013We’re preparing a poll, based around a discussion in the crankandpiston office: what’s the sexiest long-nose car ever? That combination of lengthy trunk and short back end is an evocative one,...
1950 Chevrolet. Morrison Farm Truck. Big Muscle
VisionFriday, December 28th, 2012The 1950 Chevrolet 3100 Series pickup is the quintessential American farm truck. However, after Craig Morrison of Art Morrison Enterprises found it languishing in someone’s front yard, this little farm truck...
The Boss. The World’s Fastest Snowplough
VisionWednesday, December 19th, 2012Granted this isn’t a situation that arises much in the Middle East, but when you want your driveway clear of snow in a hurry, then you couldn’t really get any better...
1968 Chevrolet Camaro. Dubai, UAE. From Pony To...
RoadThursday, December 6th, 2012Back in the day, labelling a muscle car was not as cut and dry as perhaps it is today: stick a big shouty engine under a long bonnet and add a...
Shot of the Day. 1959 Lister-Chevrolet
Shot of the DayTuesday, December 4th, 2012I believe the word you’re looking for is “phwooooooaaaaarrrr!” Affectionately christened ‘the knobbly’, the Lister (powered in this 1959 example by a Chevrolet engine) stepped up to the World Sports Car...
