With Gas prices at an all time high, the thought on many people’s minds is “what car will give the best gas mileage?” That however, is not the subject that is going to be discussed in this entry. We are going to the opposite end of the spectrum; we are going to talk about what cars get the worst gas mileage.

The Audi S4 Avant makes the list with 21 miles to the gallon on the highway and 14 in the city. That totals out at to $3,352 a year for gas. (The 15,000 miles a year, 55% in the city and 45% on the highway is based off of the EPA’s estimations).

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Once again the guys at Kool April Nites put on an awesome show! Just about every Classic, Vintage, Antique car and truck you can imagine was there. As usual there was also a large showing of highly modified cars and trucks.

The weather was great this year, no clouds, not too cool, for the entire event. We showed up for the cruse and the main show on Saturday and took a ton of shots of some great cars and trucks. Don’t forget to stop by our 2008 Kool April Nites gallery.

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Saturday Morning, adrenalin flowing freely in the veins, technicians busy with last minute adjustments to the buggy.

It’s showtime!!

Competitions starts in a few minutes, around 10 am and Team DP4×4 are ready to win. Here are a few closeups of the buggy prior to the W.E. Rock event in Perris CA. (more…)

NorCalCars is proud to announce its new sponsorship of DP4×4.

Team DP4×4 is a competition “Rock Crawling” team based out of Pleasant Hill California. Rock Crawlers take off road 4×4ing to the extreme. Crevasses, rock walls, boulders and cliffs are just a few of the challenges these specially designed buggies encounter during a competition. National attention has helped this exciting motorsport take its place among the top extreme sports event in the nation.

NorCalCars looks forward to keeping up with the competitions and reporting on the results here on our blog. Team Dp4×4 first event of the year starts today April 11 and runs through April 13th in Perris CA. This first event is part of the W.E Rock Championship Series and looks to be an awesome event. Other competitions will include the Pro Rock Series and the Cal Rocs Series with the season ending on Sept 21 in Cougar Buttes CA.

Each event has several categories of teams Pro-Modified, Unlimited, Stock Modified and others. DP4×4 competes in the highly competitive category of Pro-Modified. Teams consist of a Driver (Jason Willis) and Spotter (Orlando Giannecchini) as well as a team of mechanics to keep these highly modified machines running in top form.

You can get a small taste of the terrain navigated during these competitions at DP4×4’s official site Team DP4×4. Stop by and check out why we feel this is the team to make it to the top this year!

The Toyota Celica was a popular series of coupes made by the Japanese automaker, Toyota. Celica itself is derived from the Latin word coelica meaning “heavenly” or “celestial”.

The Toyota Celica Liftback was introduced to the Japanese market in April 1973 but it was not until 1976 that it started hitting the streets in the American market. The American Liftback in particular, was powered by a 2.2 liter 20R engine and was very similar to the Mustang shape as they both had distinct flat nose designs.

For the 1976-1977 model year, the Liftback was made available with an 18R-GU Twincam engine with a Yamaha head and running gear. The Liftback also debuted in the World Rally Championship in 1972 and along with it’s driver, Ove Anderson, finished in ninth place.

As technology progressed and Celica made its way to the 1990’s, Toyota made the decision to completely revamp the Celica line. (more…)

The Wrangler is produced in Toledo, Ohio by American automaker Chrysler, under the Jeep marquee. This off-road vehicle is a successor the extremely popular World War II Jeep vehicles known as “Willys”. The Wrangler itself was available for purchase in 1987 and has received several overhauls and updates in 1997 and 2007 respectively.

The Wrangler was originally developed in Canada until 1992 and its name there was until 1995, YJ. From 1997 to 2006, they where recognized as TJ. This was due to the fact that Chrysler had a pickup for sale on the Canadian market by the same name.

The Jeep YJ began its existence in Ontario, Canada and featured a galvanized body, wider wheelbase, and a lot more comfort than the model it replaced, the Jeep CJ. (more…)