How I May Have Helped Create the Saturn Red Line Badge
To this day, the internet still makes fun of Al Gore claiming to invent the Internet (which, by the way, isn't true). With that in mind, I'm not claiming to have invented the Saturn Sky Red Line. But...
View ArticleMexico's Richest Man Developing Electric Taxis to Help Fight Air Pollution
An automotive startup belonging to Mexican billionaire Carlos Slim is working to develop a new electric taxi in order to hekp battle the lung-clogging pollution that plagues Mexico City, according to...
View ArticleHow Does An Indy 500 Champion Prep For The Big Race?
How does a former Indy 500 champ prepare for the big race? Does having won make racing in the 500 easier? What's it like to be a huge Indy fan and have your face on the hallowed back wall of the...
View ArticleTesla Model X Registration Lower Than Elon Musk Predicted in 2017
With SUVs eclipsing every other car sales category in America, it's a shock to see anything but an upward trend among crossovers—but such is the case with the Tesla Model X. Reports from Bloomberg...
View ArticleLyft Introduces High-End Service to Battle Uber Black
Lyft aims to challenge Uber for ride-sharing dominance, and to do that, it's taking aim at an area of the market dominated by the larger company: luxury rides. Uber started out dispatching...
View ArticleValentino Rossi Hospitalized After Motocross Accident
Living MotoGP legend Valentino Rossi has been checked into Rimini hospital after a motocross training accident at the Crossodromo Cavallara circuit in Italy. We don’t know much about the crash itself,...
View ArticleKTM Fuel-Injected 2-Stroke Engines for Off-Road Motorcycles Coming Soon
For the very first time, fuel-injected two-stroke engines are coming to mass-produced off-road motorcycles in the form of KTM’s patented TPI (Transfer Port Injection) system. TPI will be available on...
View ArticleThis Dry-Carbon R35 Nissan GT-R Is the Pinnacle of Godzilla Lightness
When the Nissan GT-R bowed in 2007, the industry was stunned at how nonchalant it was about breaking the laws of physics: posting jaw-dropping acceleration from 0-60 mph in just 2.7 seconds and...
View ArticleSelf-Driving Cars Are Tripping Balls On Lidar, Basically
With the near-ceaseless talk about the onset of self-driving cars, it's easy to shorthand the extremely complicated technology underpinning this promised future. We speak of these cars using "cameras"...
View ArticleProtests Mount Against USAF Plan to Replace Aging Jamming Planes
The Air Force may be facing significant delays in replacing its aging fleet of EC-130H jamming planes. As the service tries to replace the specialized aircraft, which have been especially valuable in...
View ArticleHonda's Reliability May Be Their Undoing at the Indy 500
"Hi. My name in Honda and I have a problem." Hi, Honda. We know. While we are all painfully aware of Honda's struggles in Formula One over the last several seasons. Honda has a reliability problem...
View ArticleWatch This Time Lapse Of A Porsche 917 Engine Being Restored
Did you know that a 917 engine funnels all of its power through the center of the crankshaft down to an output shaft that runs under the rear half of the engine to the clutch housing? Did you know...
View ArticleThe Best of Luftgekühlt 4, in One Beautiful Video
Now in its fourth year, Luftgekühlt has become one of the most hyped single-make car shows out there. They don't just restrict their show to Porsches, either. That would be too simple. This show is...
View ArticleRussian Fighter Intercepted Then Barrel Rolled Atop A KC-10 Flying Over Syria
Two weeks ago, a KC-10A Extender was flying over Syria when a Russian fighter aircraft, presumably a Flanker derivative (Su-30, Su-34 or Su-35), intercepted it. The fighter then executed a barrel roll...
View ArticleWatch the McLaren P1 LM Set a Nurburgring Record
Another day, another Nurburgring record broken. The cold war between the world's auto manufacturers, waged at said German racetrack, has just been escalated by McLaren, whose P1 LM just dropped a new...
View ArticleThis Guy Is Driving a McLaren F1 from London to Spa
Traveling across Europe is a dream for many. Key points from the New and Old World are trickled across the mountainous landscape, providing the ideal scenery for a day or week's journey. While most...
View ArticleBMW M8 Teased, More to Be Revealed Saturday
Well, that was fast. Not even two days after officially taking the wraps off of the Concept 8 Series, BMW is already teasing an M8. Perhaps this is them trying to get ahead of any leaks this time...
View ArticleFollowing Colorado's Lead, Maryland Also Bans Rolling Coal
Coal rollers of America, gather and weep, because your stupid practice has been banned in a third state: Maryland. According to The Washington Post, Republican Governor Larry Hogan signed a bill...
View ArticleBMW Concept Link Scooter Promises to Reinvent Urban Mobility
While a concept scooter might not sound like anything to get excited about, the smart electric Concept Link that BMW unveiled at the Concorso d’Eleganza Villa d’Este in Lake Como, Italy is the moped...
View ArticleBMW Z4 Concept May Be Revealed at Pebble Beach in August
If you're a regular reader of this site—or any other automotive publication, for that matter—you're likely aware that BMW is coming out with a new Z5 Z4 next year co-developed with Toyota. So far, all...
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