Runway Acceleration Testing A Techart GT Street R
We, as an automotive culture, are reaching the zenith of possible acceleration figures. Between Tesla's insane four-wheel electric launches, Dodge's demonic wrinkle-wall rear slick tires, and Porsche's...
View Article2017 Mini Countryman Goes Big and Wins
Bigger-is-better has rarely been a winning formula for Mini, whose entire ethos springs from molecular smallness. Even BMW's reborn Mini Cooper of 2002, though it dwarfed the seminal 1959 Mini designed...
View ArticleMazda Profits Down 44.6 Percent From Previous Year
Mazda's latest fiscal year report is out and the numbers don't look good. Operating profit was down 44.6 percent compared to the previous fiscal year, which ended up being 4.3 percent lower than the...
View ArticleWatch Hennessey's "Exorcist" 1,000-HP Chevy Camaro ZL1 Scream On the Dyno
Hennessey Performance's new 1,000-horsepower Chevy Camaro ZL1 known as "The Exorcist" is, at least on one level, a publicity stunt designed to capitalize on the tsunami of attention being attracted by...
View ArticleNASA Is Running Out of Space Suits for Space Walks
In spite of President Donald Trump's Mars-shot desires to the contrary, NASA isn't quite at the top of its game these days. America's space agency has been dependent upon the Russians to run personnel...
View ArticleApple's Self-Driving Test Car Has Been Spotted in Silicon Valley
A Lexus fitted with Apple's self-driving car hardware and presumably belonging to the technology titan has been captured on camera driving around Silicon Valley, Bloomberg reports. The pictures show...
View ArticleMichigan State Police to Use Unmarked Cars to Catch Distracted Drivers
The Michigan State Police has kicked off a new campaign called "Operation Ghostrider," which the law enforcement agency will be using to try and combat distracted driving on highways across the state,...
View ArticleWatch the Chevy Corvette ZR1 Run the Nurburgring in 7:30...With Traffic
We may not know the exact specs of General Motors's forthcoming super sports car just yet, but if even half the rumors about the upcoming Chevrolet Corvette ZR1 are true, the C7-generation 'Vette's...
View ArticleWatch the $3.7 Million McLaren P1 LM Conquer the Nurburgring
When an automaker engineers a track version of an already-extreme hypercar, you know there's a good chance that whatever that company concocts is going to be completely balls to the wall. The McLaren...
View ArticleHere's Your First Look at Elon Musk's Tunnel Dreams
Tesla CEO and founder of The Boring Company, Elon Musk, unveiled new details of his plan to develop a massive series of tunnels beneath cities at a TED Talk Friday, while also showing off a video on...
View ArticleWatch a Ferrari LaFerrari Drift and Blast Through an Australian Suburb
Life behind the wheel of a hypercar must be a constant exercise in frustration. Even the world's greatest tracks and roads only offer limited opportunities to fully open the taps when you're driving a...
View ArticleBMW, Shell Unveil Fashion-Forward Hydrogen Fueling Station
A joint collaboration between BMW-owned Designworks and Shell has given us the hydrogen refueling station of the future. Commissioned by Shell, Designworks has created a sleek filling station design...
View ArticleAuto Manufacturers Want to Influence How VW Spends its Dieselgate Money
Volkswagen has been through a lot of controversy since the Dieselgate scandal first hit the public in September of 2015. On top of the $4.3 billion in fines and civil penalties that Volkswagen paid out...
View ArticleFormula One: For Now, Ferrari Has The Edge Over Mercedes In Russia
After the first two practice session for the Russian Grand Prix, Ferrari seems to have the advantage over Mercedes. Kimi Raikkonen went quickest in his Ferrari during the morning practice, while...
View ArticleIs It Smart To Buy A Smart?
I purchased this 2015 Smart ForTwo Passion with only 5,000 miles on it for $5700 last week.Rarely am I shocked when the hammer goes down on a good deal at wholesale auction. But to leave this...
View ArticleMore U.S. Strykers Appear in Syria as Tensions With Turkey Flare
Images and videos have appeared on social media showing American special operations forces riding in Stryker armored vehicles in northern Syria for the second time in as many months. The very visible...
View ArticlePreparing A 40-Year-Old Porsche For A 20-Day Road Trip
Earlier this week I mentioned that I'd be taking my 1976 Porsche 912E on a nice long road trip across the country, and being that I'm leaving on Tuesday morning it's time to get a little pre-trip...
View ArticleTennis Pros Take A Few Laps With Porsche Ace Mark Webber
The first Porsche Tennis Grand Prix in Stuttgart was held in 1978 and was won by USA tennis legend Tracy Austin. Austin and current Australian tennis great Samantha Stosur were given the red carpet...
View ArticleThis Is What a 1750-HP Nissan GT-R Sounds Like
If you're going to show up to a car show in Monaco, you better be riding in something rare, expensive, or uncontrollably fast-or something that's a combination of all three. At last weekend's Top...
View ArticleNissan Skyline Driver Attempts and Fails to Outsmart Australian Cops on TV
An Australian driver with a provisional license was caught illegally driving a turbocharged Nissan Skyline R32 on the police television show Highway Patrol Australia in 2016, and the way he tries to...
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