There's a lot to love about a vintage muscle car. We can swoon over the seductive styling, the purposeful simplicity, and intangible raw element of power that seems to emanate from these classic ...
The last nail in the coffin was technological advancement.
Over the years, the trucks have certainly become more sophisticated. Take transmissions for example. At one time the only choices were "three-on-the-tree" or "four-on-the-floor" manual boxes. When ...
The AOD was not a clean-sheet-of-paper design from Ford-it was based off the venerable three-speed C4 automatic. Now that Ford's automatic overdrive transmission has been around for so long, we ...
When this story was written in 2013, it asked this question about automated and automatic transmissions in over-the-road trucking: "Will they finally be able to make a strong inroads?" According to ...
“The basic question here seems pretty simple,” writes Jack Roberts on the website of CCJ, sister fleet-focused publication to Overdrive. “If you’re running a fleet, which is more important: Your ...
Since the health of our planet became a major societal focus decades ago, automotive engineers have been on a mission to find a balance between performance and efficiency. In the past, the two ...