Lamborghini COO Does Italian in Brooklyn with Huracan Performante
When it comes to Lamborghinis, it’s always good to have Alessandro Farmeschi around—even if it’s to translate stuff like Aerodinamica Lamborghini Attiva, or “ALA” for short. Farmeschi, the company’s...
View ArticleFor 2017, the Honda Civic Si Is a Driver's Car Once Again
If one were to edit the Honda Civic recipe down to only its most essential ingredients—a pantry-dinner version of Honda's classic compact car—what would make the cut? First to hand would be quality....
View ArticleWatch This Pedestrian Get Blasted by a Bus and Walk Away
There is a saying that goes along the lines of, "I feel like I just got hit by a bus" to describe the pain someone is feeling from working out, falling down, or some other adventure that would result...
View ArticleNew Ferrari 488 Track Edition Could Feature Hybrid Powertrain
Buzz about the new Ferrari 488 variant has been steady since April, and now, we may have learned a bit of info before the boys at Maranello intended us to. After seeing the prototype whirl around the...
View ArticleDubai Police To Add Self-Driving, Drone-Deploying Robotic Patrol Cars
Living in Dubai these days must feel a bit like Detroit circa 2043, minus the shadowy megacorporation turning murdered cops into baddie-slaying cyborgs. Fresh off the oil kingdom's plans to create an...
View ArticleHow Ducati Helped Keep Motorcycle Racing Alive at the Pikes Peak Hill Climb
Motorcycle racer Bobby Goodin was killed in 2014 at the Pikes Peak International Hill Climb after he crashed his Triumph Daytona 675R at the mountain's 14,115-foot summit. The next year, Carl Sorensen...
View ArticleLegislators Want To Know Fate Of Navy's Reserve F/A-18 Aggressor Squadrons
The U.S. Navy has already announced plans buy more F/A-18E/F Super Hornets and upgrade others to a new, even more capable Block III configuration. Now Congress wants to know what the service plans to...
View ArticleBMW Teams With Specialized for Special Edition E-Mountain Bike
To coincide with the recently unveiled, redesigned X3, BMW has teamed up with bike maker Specialized for an even more specialized version (see what I did there?) of the Turbo Levo electric mountain...
View ArticleJaguar's 592-HP XE SV Project 8 Will Cost $192,000
Jaguar announced in May that it would be building its most powerful road car yet, the XE SV Project 8. With figures topping even that of the '90s exotic XJ220, we didn't expect it to be cheap, and the...
View ArticleBuick Regal TourX Wagon Is a Luxury Wagon on a Budget at $29,995
The all-new 2018 Buick Regal TourX will start at just under $30,000 according to CarsDirect. Based on the latest order guides, the base 1SV trim of the new wagon will start at $29,995 including...
View Article2018 Dodge Durango R/T Is Getting an SRT Appearance Package
The Dodge Durango SUV is getting a new snout on the R/T trim. With the introduction of the new SRT model which shares a 6.4-liter Hemi V-8 with the Jeep Grand Cherokee SRT comes an aggressive new...
View ArticleMcLaren Is Live-Building a Lego 720S Supercar at the Goodwood Festival of Speed
If you thought Lego's McLaren 720S kit was a little oversimplified and wanting for detail—and if you do, you're not alone, McLaren has just the thing for you. Weighing in at more than 1.6 tons and...
View ArticleFord Recalls 400,000 Transit Vans
Ford announced a recall of 400,000 Transit vans for a possible driveshaft defect. According to Ford, the flexible driveshaft coupling may deteriorate prematurely and fail, causing the driveshaft to...
View ArticleVolkswagen Jumps on the V2V Bandwagon, Plans to Launch System in 2019
Your next car may not be able to drive itself, but it might be able to "talk" to other cars. Automakers like Cadillac are beginning to deploy vehicle-to-vehicle communication (V2V) systems that allow...
View ArticleHow Auto Manufacturers Suck Up to Trump's America
It's not a good time to be an auto manufacturer with headquarters or factories outside the United States. President Donald Trump has threatened a 20 percent tariff on cars manufactured in Mexico, as...
View ArticleCongress Could Throw Millions Into the Defense Budget for New A-10 Wings
As Congress moves forward crafting the next annual defense budget, the House of Representatives looks set to add more than 100 million more to continue the desperately needed re-winging program for...
View ArticleWatch the 592-HP Jaguar XE SV Project 8 Whip Around the Nurburgring
Yesterday, Jaguar unveiled the insane Jaguar XE SV Project 8. The car will make its first public debut today at GoodWood Festival of Speed in the UK. Only 300 versions of the rare Jaguar sedan will be...
View ArticleThis MIT-Designed Drone Can Fly for Days at a Time
MIT has been taking off in drone-related news lately. Just yesterday we published a story about their recent development of drones that could drive as well as fly, and now it seems they’re ready to...
View ArticleMercury Racing's New 750-HP Corvette-Based Crate Engine Is One Mean, Green...
With its 505 horsepower, 470 pound-feet of torque, and 7,100 rpm redline, the 7.0-liter naturally-aspirated hunk of all-American iron known as the LS7 smallblock V-8 found beneath the hood of the...
View ArticleWatch the 505-HP Alfa Romeo Stelvio Quadrifoglio Go Around the Nurburgring
A video uploaded to YouTube Wednesday shows Alfa Romeo testing its 505-horsepower Alfa Romeo Stelvio Quadrifoglio at the Nurburgring in both wet and dry conditions. From the looks of things, the car...
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