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Cars today have never been faster but also friendlier to drive around town. Technology plays a huge part in this, as manufacturers try to squeeze more power, better driving dynamics, and friendlier tailpipe emissions out of their vehicles, and a big piece of this has been the uptake in the move from port fuel-injection to direct-injection. Both Marty's GR Yaris (CLICK HERE) and MOOG's Mk8 Golf R (CLICK HERE) feature direct-injection (DI) engines, though there are some key differences in how they apply the technology. At its heart, direct-injection (DI) is simple: fuel injectors are moved from above the intake...

There is no such thing as one "car enthusiast". We all like different sorts of cars, modified or stock, exotic or nugget, new or old, race or street. But we also work on cars and drive them for different reasons. In our younger days we often buy cheaper daily drivers that need constant work to be reliable, and to reflect our own personal tastes. As we get older and the daily drivers get nicer (like MOOG's new daily, SEEN HERE), many of us find we're still modifying them to suit our tastes but no matter what type of cars we find...

In case you haven't seen THE LATEST EPISODE (CLICK HERE) MOOG has gone mad and started modifying a brand new car he literally took straight from the dealership into Super Garage. But why is he now doing a Mk8 after having such an absolute cracker of a Mk7 Golf R? The new model Golf R is just a tickle and fiddle of the award-winning late-model hot hatch recipe at first glance... well, if you aren’t a Das Auto nerd like MOOG (see his videos on the Mk8 Golf R HERE and also HERE). However, the turbo all-wheel-drive (AWD) pocket rocket...

Ok, ok, a lot of Mighty Car Mods followers aren't interested in supercar life and couldn't give a tofu protein ball for the latest Ferrborghorsche. That's cool and, to be perfectly honest, we're not exactly racing out to buy the latest mid-engined door-stop painted to look like a shredded parrot... but we're nothing if not curious about the ownership experience.  Right back to the very first supercar, the 1936 Bugatti 57S, they have been mystical beasts that command respect for their ferocious performance, the high level of skill they demand of drivers, and their intensive maintenance upkeep. The late 1980s saw the super-fast-car...

The GR Yaris and new GR Corolla have been setting enthusiasts' underpants on fire with excitement for a while now with a return of fun all-wheel-drive performance cars from Toyota. The Japanese giant has a long history with rad all-paw cars, like the Celica GT-Four and Caldina, but the GR Yaris employs a few new tricks.   The GR Yaris and Corolla use a transversely-mounted (ie: sideways) engine with a front diff that is either an open unit or Torsen limited-slip unit depending on the spec of the car. The rear diff is also either open or a Torsen LSD depending...