Original Article Sourced From: SonicInsider.com Let’s get to it. The Sonic has been praised by the media as an all-around performer, but the real performance all stems from one place – right under the hood. For those new to the ECOtec school, get ready for a crash course because we have some engine talk to get to. The ECOtec is an inline four cylinder motor family that has heritage all the way back to the ‘70s but with all of the fuel saving and performance benefits of today. It’s quite…

As any warm-blooded creature knows, Forza Motorsport brings some of the most realistic, awe-inspiring and ultimately fun driving action available to any set-top video game box. Introduce the new Kinect for Xbox 360, formerly known as “Project Natal”, into the racing equation and you have an experience that could borderline on the unreal. Thanks to the seemingly magical team behind the Xbox, that’s exactly what is going to happen come next year. Controller-less racing action that makes you as much of a part of the car as the faux Corvette…

Nowadays there’s an app for everything. Whether it’s remembering where you parked your car, wanting to know what that DTC code that just popped up on your dash is or even keeping up to date with the latest LOLCat, there seems to be an app for anything you could ever need. The General thinks they can add a little icing to the app cake though and have announced that the Chevy Volt will have an app of its very own. Developed by the always ingenuitive OnStar team, the app dubbed…

Streetfire.net faithful can rejoice as the automotive world’s premier video sharing site has officially joined the iPhone. This means no more constantly searching through YouTube to find that video of that nasty 60’ you dropped at the track last weekend. Just launch your trusty Streetfire.net app and login to your video channel and there they are, all your accomplishments recorded on video for you to brag to the world about. If you aren’t already a Streetfire.net member, here’s your chance to get with the program. You can register for a…

If you have an internet connection and a thing for cars, chances are you’ve heard about, played or are currently mindlessly addicted to the Nitto Legends 1320 online drag racing game. The unfair thing about Legends is that it’s completely free to play so getting started takes all of five seconds to do until you can brag to your friends that they can’t out tree you. The reason we’re covering Legends, beside a past obsession some of us personally have with the game, is that the folks at Legends have…