Remembering the Famous Red Sow with the Mercedes-Benz S63 AMG by Janelle Elizabeth
It's been nearly forty years since the initial surprise debut of the 4-door AMG saloon. Today, history repeats itself. This time, it is with an off track special which is based on the wonderful 420kW S63 Red Sow.

The four door 300SEL 6.8 was known as the Red Sow because of its colour, which was red. During the 1971 24 heures de Spa-Francorchamps race, it was the heaviest and fastest monster by a good margin, and it eventually finished in 2nd place. To commemorate the comeback of the Red Sow, Mercedes-Benz invited the prime car lovers and media to Bernie Ecclestone's Le Castellet circuit at the southern region of France. The main attraction of the pit were the re-engine 2011 S63 AMG that was liveried up to match up the 1971 racer, along with seasoned time travelers Hans Heyer and the driver of the first Red Sow, Clemens Schickentanz.

Even though the 2011 vehicle basically uti ... Read more »

Radial Tires by Mykalanne Gutierrez
Radial Tires are also known as Steel-Belted Tires or Radial-Ply Tires; but let�s start out with the history of Radial Tires, shall we?

Radial Tires were launched by Michelin in 1946, but were first designed in 1915 by Arthur W. Savage; who was a very fortunate tire producer & creator in San Diego, CA. A lot of people think that Radial Tires are only meant for Passenger Cars; but the truth is, they can be used for Passenger Cars and regular Non-Passenger Vehicles. Since it has become so successful since it first came out, Radial Tires are now the standard tires for mostly all models that you see on the street today.

The way a Radial Tire is manufactured is by having polyester cords that are ran vertically from bead to bead, rather than placing diagonal nylon plies that run across the centerline. If you were to �reanalyze� it, I guess you can say that it�s �wrapped� in the same way the tread of the tire is facing. Th ... Read more »