Fun Stuff

Audi's quattro Experience is an interactive installation that lets you control a slot car through an iPad--with the aim of giving you something of the feel for Audi's motorsports legacy. In this video, entitled "Painting Coconuts," you'll see how David Beattie, a slot car track maker from Slot Mods...

If you had any doubt that Aston Martin's over-the-top cars were a direct reflection of the brand itself, all you need to do is watch the party it threw for its 100th birthday. British and classy it may be, but this is no dusty old geezer. Held in Dubai, the Aston Martin centenary celebration...

To be honest, no one aspires to a career in the fast-food-drive-through-window-food-delivery industry. The hours are long, the pay is lacking and customers can be less than appreciative of your efforts. It’s a great place to start a career, though, since you gain valuable lessons on hard...

So-called "extreme" sports--whether on skateboards, bicycles, or motorcycles--have made the backflip so commonplace we expect them to throw in a twist or some other flourish just to hold our interest. Not so with backflipping cars. In fact, not many have ever been done in any form. Here, MINI...

Like the rest of us, a few of General Motors’ 25,000 manufacturing robots are taking a break from their daily tasks, in this case welding, fastening and painting chores, to spread some holiday cheer. They’re featured here in this Christmas video, helping Santa Claus and his elves by...

If you know your Italian sports car history, you probably know that Lamborghini built farm tractors long before a falling out between Feruccio Lamborghini and Enzo Ferrari led to the creation of Lamborghini’s automobile business. In fact, Lamborghini’s tractor business began to take off...

Ken Block’s resume contains things like "actor," “shoe company CEO” and “part-time World Rally Championship competitor,” but let’s be honest here - he’s probably best known for his series of Gymkhana videos, featuring Block hooning in whatever car...

This summer, we brought you Chris Harris's last go around with the Porsche 911 GT2 RS and the Ducati 1199 Panigale superbike on the drag strip. As you'll remember, the Ducati destroyed the Porsche. But would things be different if the strip were a bit longer, the speeds higher? Perhaps. That's the...

Big engine, little car: it's a classic formula. Sometimes it is taken to extremes. Sometimes it's taken to ludicrous extremes. And sometimes, someone shoehorns a 7.0-liter LS7 from a Corvette Z06 into a Chevy Spark. The car, which appears to also wear extensive track-focused modifications like a...

There are many things wrong with America today, but foremost among those things are the abhorrently low speed limits on our streets and highways. You want to speed up the economy? Speed up its arteries! Vote for Prop 130, a new national speed limit of 130 mph. OK, so this is just a clever video...

If you'd like to see the new McLaren MP4-12C Spider in action, look no further: Chris Harris and Drive have you covered. From the slick folding hardtop in action to full-on sideways hoonage, Harris delivers his usual goods--though in a somewhat drier, lower-key style than usual. For our money...

Last August we brought you news that Domino’s Pizza was collaborating with Local Motors, creator of the Rally Fighter, to crowdsource the “Ultimate Delivery Vehicle” for Domino’s wheel-shaped, tasty edible wares. Besides 15 minutes of fame, the contest promised to pay...

We're not generally in the business of promoting other media outlets around here. It's not that we're mean-spirited or threatened by such activity; it's just not good business. But for now, we're setting that aside and helping get the word out in the interests of enthusiasts everywhere: Subiesport...

The Nissan Juke-R was once just a funky project for an arm of Nissan's global operations. Now it has completed its progression to limited-production customer car, with chassis #001 complete and on its way to its new owner. Only a handful will be built. Ford is planning five tuned Focus ST...

It’s hard to believe it’s been 50 years since the release of the first James Bond movie, 1962’s Dr. No, though admittedly the fictitious secret agent is somewhat older, with writer Ian Fleming having published the first James Bond book (Casino Royale) back in 1953. Nevertheless...

Porsche's latest 911 Carrera S, the 991, has lapped the 'Ring on video--and set a quick, but not blistering, time of 7:37.9. That's not supercar territory, but the Carrera S is only the second rung up the 911 ladder. The Stinger 609 is the world's smallest supercharged V-8, and it's absolutely...

Unless you're into model cars (like, really into them) you may not have heard of Conley Precision Engines. That's a shame. Why? Because they build the Stinger 609, the world's smallest supercharged four-stroke V-8 engine, which has finally entered production. At just 6.09 cubic inches (hence the...

Meet Fidget. According to his nametag, he's "one of NASA’s best kept secrets, a key player in nearly all of the Apollo missions and the bot behind the lens of the moon landing pics." He's also the incredibly clever creation of Tom Simpson, a metal artist who came to this weekend's Goodwood...

In case you were wondering, the world record for the longest corkscrew jump (where the car launches from an angled ramp and rotates 360-degrees in mid air) used to be less than 92 feet. We know this for a fact, since Hot Wheels just set a new world record at a distance of 92 feet. We’re not...

In five decades worth of movies, Bond, James Bond has driven everything from a heavily armed (and equally armored) Aston Martin DB5 to a Lotus Esprit that doubles as a submarine. If you’re only familiar with more recent Bond films, you’ll probably recognize his Aston Martin DBS, which...