By on January 31, 2012

Now that I’m scouring eBay Australia for crazy Detroit Down Under cars— maybe even as crazy as a 4-71-blown six-cylinder Torana— I’ve been dragged once again into the Whirlpool Of Arcane Internet Car Knowledge. You know how that goes: you go to look up the Australian Falcon on Wikipedia, a reference to the Valiant Charger leads you to the mother of all Chrysler-related online time-sucks, and then your whole day is used up. This time, Allpar sent me to Valiant.org, and that’s where I found the page on the Chrysler Hemi-Six engine. There you’ll find a description by a Chrysler engineer of how his Australian counterparts tested their new (American-designed) engine: (Read More…)

Recent Comments

  • Re: Tips for Driving in a Roundabout

    myheadhertz - A suburban housing development near Milwaukee had to rip out its roundabouts when they discovered that fire trucks and large moving vans could not negotiate...
  • Re: The Truth About Brazilian Cars Being “Unsafe”

    nomandamarinero - yes, it’s exactly like Marcello said, in the local forums it’s referenced like Mk6 but you are right, it’s a...
  • Re: Homeland Security’s New Job: Seizing Land Rover Defenders

    Rental Man - The Petition against 25-year import rule died for no good reason. Shame on us all for letting that one drop. I did my share....
  • Re: New or Used? : The Brass Ring Edition

    burgersandbeer - jeffzekas – It seems to me the people who are the most consistently vocal in complaining about BMW running costs are the ones that have never...
  • Re: Tips for Driving in a Roundabout

    KixStart - In Minnesota, they’re too damned small. When traffic isn’t too heavy, the circle should be big enough and the approaches fixed so that can breeze...
  • Re: GM Stock In Plus Territory

    highdesertcat - What’s rubbish to you could very well be someone else’s strongly held beliefs. Hey, you’re entitled to your beliefs as I am to mine. I’m...
  • Re: Tips for Driving in a Roundabout

    CJinSD - Why blame the engineer? Roundabouts deployed to clog traffic are the work of misanthropic bureaucrats.
  • Re: Tips for Driving in a Roundabout

    Japanese Buick - We have those too but in NC they are called “superstreets”. No one knows why. It’s not because we refuse to give Michigan its...
  • Re: Tips for Driving in a Roundabout

    Kendahl - We have a few roundabouts here in Omaha. Invariably, they are installed on long stretches of straight streets in residential areas. There purpose appears to be...
  • Re: Tips for Driving in a Roundabout

    Japanese Buick - That’s funny I just posted above that US roundabouts are too small. Different perspectives! But you’re right that Europe has small ones...

New Car Research

Get a Free Dealer Quote

Staff

  • Authors

  • Brendan McAleer, Canada
  • Marcelo De Vasconcellos, Brazil
  • Matthias Gasnier, Australia
  • J & J Sutherland, Canada
  • Tycho de Feyter, China
  • W. Christian 'Mental' Ward, Abu Dhabi
  • Mark Stevenson, Canada
  • Clemens Gleich, Germany
  • Doug DeMuro, Atlanta
  • Phil Coconis, Los Angeles
  • Faisal Ali Khan, India
  • Michael Karesh, Detroit