Kit cars

Here's the thing about kit cars: they look awesome when they're done, and you may even end up with a decent performance car that costs a pittance compared to the real thing. Of course, that's only possible if you assemble it yourself, which involves the kind of free time not many folks are lucky enough...

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The kit car, it's a great idea! You get a cool looking car with a lightweight body on a shoe string budget. The only problem is that you have to assemble it yourself and build quality isn't always the best. They are also hampered by the platform they are built around, which quite often is...

It’s not a Micro-Machine. It’s not a Golf Cart w/ a grill. It’s a Smart Car, with a Body Kit, and it's kinda amazing. Smart car body kits are a clever way to make those eco-friendly cars (that we all love) look just a bit cooler. The upside of smart cars has always been obvious, but the drawbacks lurk right beneath the surface. The largest drag on the potential growth of smart cars is their look. Not all of these are real, obviously - Forced perspective, a little photoshop cropping, a motion…

Here is my list of the Top 10 Vintage Kit Cars. These cars were wildly popular in the 1960s-1980s . Some kit cars were easy to build while others where not.

Hot rodding is about more than just a certain kind of vehicle. It is about culture, enthusiasm and passion. And that’s exactly what the crew at Palatov Motorsports had in mind when they designed their latest creation- the Stiletto Roadster kit car. Inspired by traditional hot rods, the Stiletto comes with a twis

For those of us who can remember it, this Montage Kit Car looks remarkably like the Manta Mirage that was used in the 1983 TV series, Hardcastle and McCormick. There is a good reason for this, and that is because it came from the same company. Where the Mirage was powered by V8 engines of...

Beetle owners now have the chance to future-proof their vehicles by swapping out the internal-combustion engine and replacing it with a battery and el...