By Rob Einaudi

Editor-in-Chief

Robert’s Cadillac DeVille is the final winner of the Unlock Your Performance Contest presented by Castrol Edge. Robert drove big rigs for 26 years and now is happily retired with his cool Caddy! Matt Farah went out to Pontiac, IL to talk to Robert about his ride:

By Jen Dunnaway

Editor

Former Showoff of the Week Tyler scored the win for the latest round of the Castrol Unlock Your Performance contest, and got a case of Castrol Edge and a 500-dollar gift card to blow on his car. He also got to make an awesome video about his ride with Matt Farrah. Check it out below, and don’t forget to head over to the Castrol Unlock Your Performance contest page to vote on the next winner.

By Rob Einaudi

Editor-in-Chief

Smoothdub’s 2003 VW GTI 20th Anniversary Edition is the third winner of the Unlock Your Performance Contest presented by Castrol Edge. Matt Farah went to Arizona to Rob about his ride:

By Jen Dunnaway

Editor

Our second Castrol Unlock Your Performance winner’s video is now live: it’s VegaVairBob’s incredible all-original Vega GT. Take a cruise with Bob and Matt Farrah below, and don’t forget to check out the “Contest Entries” tab at the Castrol fan page to vote up your favorite rides for our next video!

Unlock Your Performance Winner #2: Robert’s Chevrolet Vega “73GT”

By John Coyle

Deputy Editor

Congrats to Mike, the the latest winner of our “Castrol GTX How Do You Keep Your Car So Clean?” contest! Here’s what he had to say about his ride:

The stresses and loads on oil in a classic Mini is second to none due to the engine and gearbox sharing the same oil. Through the long racing/rallying heritage of the Mini, Castrol GTX has always been the life-blood to these pocket rockets. All of my Minis run Castrol GTX. Granted this Mini, named Minissan, has a nitrous injected 3.0 liter V6 from a Nissan 300ZX, but quality is quality. I’m breaking the engine in with GTX and then going to the Edge. Minissan took over 4,000 hours to build, so taking care of it inside and out has become a passion in itself. While we completed the build for under $8,000, money is no object when it comes to taking care of it. We’ve learned by trial and error what waxes, polishes, and cleaners to use to make it stand out and last. But after using Castrol GTX for the past 30 years the choice for oil was obvious, Castrol. Thanks for all of the years of quality and performance! To truly appreciate Minissan you need to see the rusty shell we started with and how a V6 looks right at home under the hood!

Well said, Mike! Congrats to all the great winners we had in 2009! Stay tuned, because there are more great contests coming for 2010!

By John Coyle

Deputy Editor

Congrats to Cliff, the the latest winner of our “Castrol GTX How Do You Keep Your Car So Clean?” contest! Here’s what he had to say about his ride:

This is a 1991 Trans Am GTA, with a 5.L Tuned Port Injection system on it. The car has 299, 400 miles on the car has went a best of 13.95 at 97 mph, on regular BFG street tire with 32 lbs in them.Also the car has been through a lot of tires, 6 rear ends, 3 transmissions, 4 windshields, 4 bumper covers, but all of this with one motor; the original one in there now. After it turns over 300k, I will race it next spring to go deeper in the 13′s Oh and yes on street tires. The engine had a larger cam and springs installed at 200, 000 miles on the engine, and it will have another cam swap next spring, but that is all, the heads are the original, and the oil pan has never been off. At 75 mph, the oil press is between 32 and 35 psi. I owe everything to Castrol Syntec for making this motor last as long as it has… Thanks Castrol!!! You ROCK!!!

Well said, Cliff! If you haven’t already entered this contest, do it now! It’s easy and free and you could win up to $1,000!

By Rob Einaudi

Editor-in-Chief

Apparently Rolls-Royce is getting ready to jump on the EV bandwagon and will offer an electric Phantom late next year. This will most likely be a lease only program in a few select cities. Via Autoblog Green

By John Coyle

Deputy Editor

Right now, there are automotive engineers all over the world working to give computers more control of our cars. They’re spending billions to figure out how to implement systems that will avoid collisions, alert sleepy drivers, and generally make the roads safer. And then there are the guys from Engineer Awesome, who bought a crappy 1988 Oldsmobile Delta off eBay and rigged it so you can control it with an iPhone. It totally craps all over the other iPhone controlled car we’ve seen. Watch them take it surfing in the clip below, and hit the jump for the complete how-to.

Continue reading "What's Next: Driving a Car via iPhone" »

By Rob Einaudi

Editor-in-Chief

Factory Five is bringing an electric powered ’33 Hot Rod to SEMA. According to Factory Five, the ’33 EV is “powered by UQM technologies electric drive and A123 Systems high-power lithium-ion batteries. It produces 300+ HP and over 660ft/lbs of torque in a 2400lb car and delivers a range of 100+ miles and 0-60 acceleration in an estimated 4 seconds! ” Can’t wait to see it next week, and of course we’ll have a ton of pics of the car right here in the CarDomain Blog!

By Rob Einaudi

Editor-in-Chief

We showed you the electric Duster. Now how about this natural gas-powered Goat? You can read all about their upcoming road trip route66goatgas.com Via Wired