What's the Deal With China's Surface Skimming Anti-Ship Drone-Missile Hybrid?
The news that China is working on an anti-ship drone-missile hybrid of sorts has been bouncing around social media as of late, after a photo and details about the weapon surfaced recently. The system...
View ArticleTesla Semi Truck to Use "a Bunch" of Model 3 Motors
It has been a busy week for Tesla after they released their 2017 first quarter earnings report on Wednesday showing record earnings during the time period in question. One of the most interesting...
View ArticleRumors Swirl About Possible Force India Sale to Brabham
It has been reported that David Brabham, backed by a group of U.S. based investors, is making a serious move to buy the Force India Formula One team. Their business model would be similar to that of...
View ArticleWatch This Subaru Impreza 2.5 RS Hoon Across a Construction Site, Gymkhana Style
Ken Block has had his Gymkhana videos on lock for years....but Tyler Witte and his Subaru 2.5 RS sure know how to make a solid video in his style. Based at a construction site, Witte blasts his old...
View ArticleWatch a Lamborghini Sales Specialist Deliver Your New Huracan Spyder
Despite what your ambitious 15-year-old self might've thought, you-along with the vast majority of people-will likely never own a Lamborghini. To alleviate this, most car enthusiasts have probably...
View ArticleWatch a Sneak Peek of a Private Ferrari Corse Clienti Event
It is no secret that Ferrari, one of the world's oldest and most esteemed car makes, has their favorite customers. Their halo cars that come around once per decade can't be just bought by anyone who...
View ArticleSelf-Driving EVs Will Mean 200 Million Fewer Cars in U.S. by 2030, Study Claims
The next time you're stuck in traffic, be sure to take a good look around you-because America's roadways might look very different before you know it. A new study suggests that the advent of...
View ArticleThe Shoei RF-1200 Helmet Does Everything You Want and Need, and Then Adds...
The first helmet I ever owned when I started riding my Suzuki Bandit 400 in 1992 was a black Shoei, and I've been a big fan of the brand ever since. And yet I realized, surprisingly, I hadn’t tried one...
View ArticleF-22 Raptors Have Intercepted Russian Su-35s Near Alaska For the First Time
Underscoring ongoing tensions between the two countries, American F-22 Raptor stealth fighters have intercepted Russian Su-35S Flanker-E fighter jets as they escorted heavy bombers on mission near...
View ArticleWatch Matt Farah Enjoy This Honda N600 More Than Anything
The Smoking Tire covers plenty of cars-four per week with one video being posted Monday-Thursday. Farah drives exotics and tuners alike, and to be honest, there isn't a whole lot that he hasn't done a...
View ArticlePorsche to Open New Digital Center in Silicon Valley
Proving it's no longer enough just to make a great car if you're not wheeling and dealing in the technology sector as well, Porsche has announced that it will open a new digital office in Silicon...
View ArticleVolkswagen Beetle, Scirocco Likely Axed Due to Dieselgate Costs
Despite being the sole sales winner last month, Volkswagen still struggles with costs related to the Dieselgate emissions scandal. In an effort to cut costs, two of the German automaker's most famous...
View ArticleJustice Department Opens Criminal Probe Into Uber
2017 has not been a good year for Uber. While the company got a reprieve of sorts this week in its ongoing legal battle with Waymo over self-driving car tech, it now faces a Justice Department criminal...
View ArticleMcLaren's F1 Team Using Video Games to Choose a New Simulator Driver
If you want to prove to your friends and family that those countless hours spent on the couch playing Gran Turismo weren't a waste of time, now might be your chance. The McLaren Formula One team is...
View ArticleFord Wants to Add Biometric Sensors to Its Cars
For a lot of people, the first sign of the arrival of a mythical "future," where the incremental changes taking place around us every day finally add up to flying cars and interstellar travel, will be...
View ArticleWatch This Motorcyclist Cling to a Car After Falling Off Bike on a Highway
All too often, car drivers ignore the possibility that there could be a motorcyclist in their blind spot, thus leading to a dangerous collision. A clip uploaded to YouTube shows what happens when a...
View ArticleSilicon Valley's DeepMap Aims to Make Better Maps for Self-Driving Cars
If self-driving cars really are the future, then Silicon Valley could turn into the next Detroit. It's full of tech companies that aim to use the copious software needs of autonomous vehicles to elbow...
View ArticleBMW Going All In on Electric Cars After EV Sales Jump 50 Percent
In announcing its sales data for 2017’s first quarter, BMW has shown substantial growth in its electric car department. Sales for BMW’s i3 and i8 plug-ins doubled from 2016’s report, totaling...
View Article'Kraken' Is the U.S. Navy's Monster Motion-Based Research Simulator
One of the features most elaborate motion-based simulators lack are the sustained gravitational forces that can have severe effects on a vehicle's crew. That is not the case for the Navy's GL-6000...
View ArticleWatch a Guardrail Barely Save a Ford Fiesta RS Rally Car from Certain Doom
There are times in a man's life where it is totally acceptable to lose bladder (or bowel) control. This is one of those instances. As you can see in the video below, rally driver Thomasz Kasperczyk is...
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