The Drive

Work Begins for Real on World’s First Hellcat V8-Powered Chrysler Minivan

Rich Benoit of Rich Rebuilds is running an arc of YouTube videos about Hellcat-swapping a minivan. But he’s not so much engine swapping as he is hacking up a Dodge Charger Hellcat and a Chrysler Town ...
Jalopnik

Broken Fisker Ocean Lures In Buyer With Its $10,000 Price Tag

YouTube's Rich Rebuilds has been taking electric vehicles apart to see what makes them tick for years, so when a bargain-priced Fisker Ocean came on his radar, he had to buy it. Even if it was totally ...
Jalopnik

Body-Swapping A Hellcat With A Town And Country Is As Hard As It Sounds

When you think of a "Hellcat swap," what do you picture? Probably someone pulling the engine out of a car and replacing it with a V8 out of a Hellcat, right? Well, what if there was a far more ...
WBUR

How Boston-born Rich Benoit went from Harvard to hustling as a DIY car expert

If you loved the show "Car Talk", then you might love something called "Rich Rebuilds." It's a YouTube channel started by Mattapan-born Rich Benoit, who chose his love of tinkering with technology and ...
NPR

Rich Rebuilds' journey from Harvard drop-out to YouTube sensation

Rich Benoit of Rich Rebuilds posts popular do-it-yourself car repair videos on YouTube. He talks about his new memoir. Then, some drivers will soon have to pay $9 to bring their cars into the most ...