Today, Bentley is among the world’s most esteemed luxury automakers, on par with brands like Maybach and former sibling Rolls-Royce. In the early days of the company, however, the brand was better known for its racing success than for its prestige. Bentley took wins at Le Mans in 1924, and...
As chief driving consultant for Porsche’s Experience Center at Silverstone, England, Gordon Robertson knows a thing or two about Porsche’s products and how to... December 23, 2011 by Kurt Ernst
Driving an F1 car at competitive speeds is a delicate ballet, danced upon a knife edge at triple digit speeds. Devotees of drifting would argue that their sport requires... December 20, 2011 by Kurt Ernst 5
Let’s face it: traveling for the holidays, whether by plane or by automobile, is often as enjoyable as a root canal. You can usually expect higher gas prices, traffic... November 23, 2011 by Kurt Ernst
Car commercials are chock full of powerful imagery. Most feature scenes of the open road, or of endless sweepers through a mountain canyon with nary another car in sight... November 18, 2011 by Kurt Ernst
If you don’t believe in things like karma or divine intervention, ponder the following story. It starts when Victor Giesbrecht stopped by the side of the road to help a... November 9, 2011 by Kurt Ernst 1
NASCAR, like most other sports, still hasn’t rebounded from the 2009 U.S. economic collapse. While race attendance is creeping back up, its still not approaching 2007... November 8, 2011 by Kurt Ernst
There are, it appears apps for just about everything these days. Want to find speed traps, learn the price of gas at the nearest station, find the best driving roads in your... November 3, 2011 by Kurt Ernst
Automated toll transponder systems, like EZ Pass used in the Northeast, make life easier for those who commute on toll roads, across bridges and through tunnels. Despite... October 14, 2011 by Kurt Ernst 2
Ten years ago, the decision to drive or fly was usually pretty simple. Airfares were cheap, relatively speaking, and it seemed like multiple carriers flew the same route... October 11, 2011 by Kurt Ernst
For the rest of the details on the Skip Barber High Performance Driving School, visit part one and part two of this review. We pick up with the last two elements, the slalom... August 24, 2011 by Nelson Ireson
We're back for part two of our review of the Skip Barber Racing School two-day High Performance Driving School, and this time we cover the threshold braking exercises and... August 23, 2011 by Nelson Ireson 2
Today's supercars, sports cars, and performance sedans are without doubt some of the most impressive bits of machinery humans have ever built, capable of feats of speed and... August 22, 2011 by Nelson Ireson
Some carmakers would have you believe that it's no longer enough to simply drive around in their product, that driving is now a connected experience and one to share with a... August 11, 2011 by Antony Ingram
How long will a journey take from point A to point B? To get the answer, many of us will punch the destination into our GPS satellite navigation devices which give us an... July 29, 2011 by Antony Ingram
Yesterday we brought you a peek inside the curriculum of the AMG Driving Academy. Today, the Porsche Sport Driving School shows its stuff. Hosted at Barber Motorsports Park... July 12, 2011 by Nelson Ireson 1
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