Chapman General Sales Manager Lawrence Ennis prepares for his re-grand opening this weekend at Chapman Warm Springs, 1100 W. Warm Springs Road in Henderson. This Memorial Day weekend, Chapman Warm Springs wants to welcome all locals to its re-grand opening. The dealership located at 1100 W. Warm Springs Road is the Certified Used Car Center and largest pre-owned Jeep outlet in Nevada. Chapman Warm Springs’ inventory has a wide variety of used cars available for sale. Its unique selection starts with executive pre-owned vehicles such as Porsche, Mercedes, Lexus and BMW, and includes the most popular models on the road like Toyota, Honda, Nissan and Volkswagen. Chapmanwarmsprings.com has a complete listing of pre-owned vehicles and includes Carfax reports, videos, photos and detailed vehicle descriptions for added assurance when looking to purchase. The newly staffed sales support and management are trained and qualified to help customers choose from hundreds of vehicles, and … [Read more...] about Chapman Warm Springs holds re-grand opening
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Toyota Tacoma TRD Off Road essentials: Easy to drive, but this ain’t no ‘compact’ pickup
What is it: A compact truck only by today’s standards, the Tacoma TRD comes with some factory added off-road chops. The TRD Off-Road models are mid-grade among the Tacoma trim lines, above the SR, SR5, and TRD Sport, but below the Limited and TRD Pro. Under the hood lies a 3.5-liter V6, which is good for 278 hp and 265 lb-ft of torque.Key Competitors: Chevrolet Colorado/GMC Canyon, Honda Ridgeline, Nissan FrontierBase Price: $36,475 As Tested Price: $40,617Highlights: Toyota introduced a new Tacoma in 2016. 2017 brings a fresh batch of TRD Pro models replete with lift and a skidplate, as well as off-road springs, shocks and tires. This being a TRD Off-Road model, it has Bilstein shocks but not the other flashy bits. All 4x4 Tacoma models come with an electronicallty controlled transfer case and an open differential with software to use the brakes to mimic a mechanical limited-slip diff. Toyota calls it an automatic limited-slip. This Tacoma came equipped with the Premium & … [Read more...] about Toyota Tacoma TRD Off Road essentials: Easy to drive, but this ain’t no ‘compact’ pickup
2018 Ford Focus spotted completely uncovered ahead of spring reveal
The upcoming Ford Focus isn't due on UK roads until July - but it's already been seen completely uncovered thanks to this latest spy picture.Posted on Hungarian website Vezess, the image, which appears to capture the future hatchback as it is filmed for an advert, shows that the future model will take influence from the smaller Fiesta.Like the Fiesta, the all-new Focus will be launched in multiple variants to create a staggered line-up arrival. The Focus programme’s similarity to the Fiesta’s is no surprise since the project is now under the management of Ford’s small-car guru, Darren Palmer, whose team recently delivered the new Fiesta, Ka+ and a dramatically improved Ecosport B-segment SUV. New cars 2018: what's coming soon? The Focus, a rival to the Vauxhall Astra, will be built on Ford's global C-class platform, which is also shared with the Fiesta. It … [Read more...] about 2018 Ford Focus spotted completely uncovered ahead of spring reveal
A Palm Springs Weekend in a Dodge Challenger T/A
How’s the weather? Chances are things are probably a bit frosty if you aren’t stationed in the southeast or southwest tips of the U.S. After freezing our posteriors asunder in Detroit during this year’s Detroit auto show, I’m reminiscing back to a sweltering July weekend in Palm Springs, when I explored the mid-century modern California city in a Go Green Dodge Challenger T/A.Almost ten years on from its introduction, the modern Dodge Challenger remains an impossibly ostentatious car. It’s a slab-sided brute often adorned with loud exhausts, bright paint, and big wheels, offered as a rolling tribute to the thunder-filled machismo summer days of the 1960s and 1970s. More so than Chevrolet or Ford, Dodge embraces this exuberance, offering enthusiasts an unprecedented lineup of vintage-inspired packages for every palate and penchant.For the majority of the Challenger’s time on the market, those who couldn’t afford to cross the sizable price gulch … [Read more...] about A Palm Springs Weekend in a Dodge Challenger T/A
The Wonder of Off-Roading
I call him my brother, but we share no blood. We’ve just known each other long enough to matter. We spent our young days trying to kill ourselves together by feat or dare, ripping around the county I now call home in a pair of hand-me-down sedans with the throttles welded to the floor and our collective sense of self-preservation somewhere behind us. Neither Sam nor I expected to live much past 18. By luck or grace, we did.Our lives have wandered far. Me banging around the southeast, building a family, chasing work, and him settling on Florida’s Gulf Coast to be near his father and pursue a nursing degree. It’s been long, arduous years of study and internship, and while we were never farther than a phone call away, we’d go months between sitting down at a table together or raising a little hell.He passed the last of his exams this month, landed a job up north, and celebrated by finally putting his ragged Accord out to pasture, replacing it with a 2009 Nissan … [Read more...] about The Wonder of Off-Roading
2019 Toyota TRD Pro Off-Road Lineup Brings the Tundra Back Into the Fold
There is a lot of love for Toyota’s TRD Pro lineup, so we welcome the next generation of the off-road variants that use the 2018 Chicago Auto Show to take their bow.For 2019, the engineers at Toyota Racing Development have worked their magic on the Tundra full-size pickup after a year’s hiatus, as well as new renditions of the Tacoma compact pickup and 4Runner SUV.The TRD versions will be available this fall. Pricing has not been announced.The trio get Fox 2.5-inch aluminum-bodied internal bypass shocks to improve damping for everything from rock crawling to high-speed desert running and better on-road performance, as well.Off-road race vehicles traditionally have external bypass tubes, but Toyota went for a Fox shock that incorporates bypass zones inside the shock for a more cushioned ride that gets stiffer through the shock stroke for better bottoming resistance.The suspension was tested and designed by TRD engineers in Plano, Texas. The front shocks are paired with … [Read more...] about 2019 Toyota TRD Pro Off-Road Lineup Brings the Tundra Back Into the Fold
Ford Performance targets off-road enthusiasts with twin-turbo Raptor tough truck
Milk and juice comes in 2-litres, and now too does the new Ranger Raptor which Ford Performance is targeting at the leisure market, such as people who tow jets skis and motor cross bikes, but also like to venture off-road. The covers have just been pulled off the Raptor in Bangkok, Thailand and it features a new unique chassis frame that is specifically designed for the vehicle to travel at high speeds off road and endure the punishment that off road racing provides according to Ford. If you thought this truck was going to be a Wildtrak replacement - it’s not, that vehicle targets a completely different segment of the ute market and will continue. Ford Performance is following Volkswagen’s lead in developing a new twin-turbocharged diesel 2-litre four-cylinder engine producing 157kW/500Nm for it’s F-150-inspired Raptor but the braked towing capacity is 2500kg, which is not going to please everybody. The Ranger Raptor offers a new ten-speed automatic … [Read more...] about Ford Performance targets off-road enthusiasts with twin-turbo Raptor tough truck
America’s Nürburgring: Spring Mountain Motor Resort
Germany’s Nürburgring has for decades seen company after company chase blistering lap times to prove its product is the quickest in the world. Ferrari, Lamborghini, Porsche, and Koenigsegg routinely take cracks at besting the renowned track and each other. Records fall as supercars get better and more like their racing counterparts. Now, Spring Mountain Motor Resort an hour outside Las Vegas is devouring land in an attempt to soon rival Germany’s torture test. Built by motorsports-lovers John Morris and Brad Rambo, the track Koenigsegg used as its base camp during its on-road record runs was founded in 2004. The idea was to not only create a place where the proprietors could unleash their own cars without worry but also to create a world-class facility that would attract likeminded enthusiasts to its circuit layout and beautiful backdrop. Spring Mountain’s track measures an impressive 6.1 miles when all of its layouts are connected to each other. However, the … [Read more...] about America’s Nürburgring: Spring Mountain Motor Resort
Arctic Ice Road: driving this treacherous route in Mercedes-AMG GLE 43
The digital thermometer within the instrument binnacle is showing –21deg C. Factor in the stiff north-westerly wind blowing in off the Arctic Ocean and it is scarily, painfully, life-threateningly cold.But from where I’m sitting, life couldn’t be any more pleasant. Perched high on a heated quilted leather seat with a warming current of air being directed to the footwells of our Mercedes-AMG GLE 43, we’re driving along what, at certain times of year, is the only road that connects the towns of Inuvik and Tuktoyaktuk in northern Canada.Except that it is not a road at all – not in the traditional sense, anyway. In the later spring, summer and early autumn, it is a huge river delta whose vast waterways draw in tourists for kayaking and boating adventures in one of the most remote parts of the North American continent.During the winter months, though, the river freezes to form a layer of ice that is then prepared like a huge meandering skating rink, creating a … [Read more...] about Arctic Ice Road: driving this treacherous route in Mercedes-AMG GLE 43
This record-setting Mustang GT350 with a turbocharged powerplant, leads the way in domestic road racing performance
Greatness doesn’t come quickly. It took years of talent and determination to be the fastest uni-body Mustang in the country. In 2016, Brian Faessler’s Mustang had 22 wins out of 26 NASA races it competed in, three second-place finishes and six track records. In 2017, this car, along with its teammate, a championship-winning 1965 Mustang, set 10 track records. This GT350R Mustang racecar was built with a combination of talented mechanical engineering, experienced racing history and a strong relationship with Ford Performance. The car is only a couple years old, but its composition has been refined for three decades.You may not know Paul Faessler’s name (Brian’s dad), but chances are you’ve seen his work. He and his team, which consists of just father and son, currently hold 13 NASA National Championships. Paul has been building Mustangs for over 30 years, previously working as a Mechanical Engineer building Camaros in a GM plant. His shop, Paul’s … [Read more...] about This record-setting Mustang GT350 with a turbocharged powerplant, leads the way in domestic road racing performance