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  • 1971 Lamborghini Miura SV pre-production restored by Polo Storico

    It's one of the greatest rivalries of the automotive industry: Ferrari vs. Lamborghini. Actually, it's not just a rivalry, Lamborghini was a direct result of Ferrari. According to the story, retold by Donut Media, company founder Ferruccio Lamborghini didn't just want to build a better sports car, he wanted to basically shame Enzo Ferrari. Lamborghini himself built an empire assembling and selling tractors, and he spent quite a bit of money purchasing Ferraris. But after numerous mechanical failures, Lamborghini confronted Ferrari over quality concerns. So the story goes, Ferrari dismissed...

  • Will you use less fuel during engine braking or simply by coasting?
    What uses less gas: coasting or engine braking?

    Getting the most of your vehicle, with regards to fuel economy, is to play a game of efficiency. You have to find the most efficient manner of driving in a given situation. That leads some to put a vehicle in neutral and team up with gravity for a bit of downhill acceleration. Modern cars, however...

  • How Koenigsegg destroyed the Bugatti Chiron
    Here's how Koenigsegg destroyed Bugatti's 0-248-0 mph world record

    The name of the game here is power-to-weight ratio. That's how you can have one car out perform another. As you climb to higher and higher speeds, you're going to need more and more power. That's why a car like the Bugatti Chiron packs a W-16 engine producing 1,480 horsepower. It needs that...

  • The Barn Find Hunter unearths a C1 Corvette
    Yes, there are still amazing barn finds out there

    Tom Cotter is hard at work on the hunt. That hunt is for rare old cars, and he's often poking his nose into overgrown yards, dust-filled sheds, and yes, into the odd barn here and there. You'd think in this day and age that the idea of a barn find car would be something from a past era devoid of...

  • Watch a drawing of a Porsche 911 GT2 RS come to life
    Sit back and watch this Porsche 911 GT2 RS drawing timelapse

    Porsche's high-intensity 911 GT2 RS is a 700-horsepower rear-drive sports car that recently lit the Nürburgring on fire. Now, thanks to artist Ronan Miah, it can light up your walls, too. Miah is skilled at capturing the exacting details of an automobile. He's also savvy when it comes time to...

  • Bugatti Chiron Scale Engine and Gearbox
    Make any office cool with this 1:4 scale Bugatti Chiron engine

    Allow me a moment to speak to the Bugatti Chiron owners currently reading this. I hope you're enjoying your hypercar. You've made a delightful choice in deciding to add this amazing piece of automotive technology to your already outstanding garage. Amalgam has a lovely scale version of the very...

  • Why engines lose power over time

    Ever driven a brand new car and then the same model but one with much higher mileage? They don't often feel the same. In fact, the older car might even feel like it has less performance. The scenario isn't an odd one, as there are quite a few ways that a car with more mileage can lose performance, particularly from its engine. In the latest video from Engineering Explained, host Jason looks at 10 common reasons why engines lose performance over time and what you can do about it. We've noted some of the reasons here. Check your air filter. It could be clogged and this means less air is getting...

  • Dodge Demon vs Jeep Grand Cherokee Trackhawk
    Why is the Jeep Grand Cherokee Trackhawk faster than the Dodge Demon?

    Dodge has unleashed a mighty machine upon the world. It's not the 707-horsepower Challenger or Charger SRT Hellcat siblings, but rather the more powerful Challenger SRT Demon street-legal drag car that comes complete with its 840-horsepower 6.2-liter supercharged V-8 engine. It has so much power...

  • Jay Leno welcomes Jonathon Ward and his 1958 Rolls-Royce Silver Cloud Derelict
    Sleeper 1958 Rolls-Royce Silver Cloud stops by Leno's Garage

    Icon turns out fantastic works of automotive art. The company revisits classic cars and gives them a modern spin, though mostly under the sheet metal. You're most likely familiar with the Land Cruisers, Broncos, and other off-road machines built in the shop owned by Jonathan Ward. His company...

  • A homemade water trike that can hit 160 mph in four seconds
    Homemade water-powered trike can do 0-160 in under 4 seconds

    Water is an incredibly powerful thing. Most of the time we observe it still, be it sitting in your drinking glass or while staring at a vast calm ocean. When put to work, however, water is a mighty tool. It can be used for cutting. The ocean can rise up and ruin entire cities. It can be used to...

  • Wyatt Knox explains how to setup your suspension
    Here's how you set up your racecar's suspension

    A racecar is never just a set it and forget it type of machine. Each circuit determines the sort of setup a driver and a car might prefer, as it might have a tight, corner heavy layout or one that's more open and filled with high-speed sweeping sections. Now, you make this about rally racing and...

  • Off-road Mazda Miata Photo: Alex Bellus Photography
    This wild off-road Mazda Miata isn't afraid to get dirty

    The Mazda Miata has traditionally been tasked with one duty: to provide a pure driving experience. However, someone decided to get a little dirty to create the cutest, angriest off-roader we've ever seen. This off-road Miata was spotted at a recent Cars and Coffee event in Minneapolis and...

  • 1970 Chevrolet El Camino

    The Chevrolet El Camino may seem like an oddball today, but it was all the rage during its heyday. Although the El Camino was conceived to emulate the Ford Ranchero, the Chevy captured the limelight. So, let's take a look back on the model's history with Donut Media. The Ranchero came to market in 1957 and Chevrolet quickly responded with its El Camino in 1959. However, sales tanked shortly after the first model year and the truck was quickly discontinued. Chevrolet gave the segment one more go, and this time, the El Camino shared its underpinnings with the Chevelle. That's good because the...

  • Mazda NA Miata Restoration Program
    Evolution of virtue: How Mazda Miata became purist's sports car

    The Mazda Miata remains a go-to choice for those seeking a no-frills driving experience today. Over four generations, the Miata may have gained and lost various facets of itself, but it's always been a fun-to-drive sports car on a budget. But, where did it all begin? Thanks to Donut Media, we have...

  • What a self-driving car sees
    Say, what can you see? How self-driving cars view roads

    When a self-driving car boots up and takes in the world around it, its vision is nothing like what a human driver finds familiar. Instead, a self-driving car uses data collection via radar, cameras, and lidar to "see" the world around it. How can humans begin to understand what the machine sees?...

  • A Ferrari 330 P4 RCR kit car
    Would you daily that? RCR-built Ferrari 330 P4 replica

    Let's get this out of the way first: Yes, we know it's a kit car. This Ferrari 330 P4 RCR is a pretty good kit though, and it looks like it would be a lot of fun to thrash thing on a good road or a racetrack. It's produced by a company called RCR, which makes some top-notch vintage race car...

  • Engineering Explained walks us through self-healing paint protection
    How protective car film works

    Most people aren't willing to grab a brass brush and drag it across a body panel on their fresh, clean car. Jason Fenske from Engineering Explained is here to do just that to show off a bit of science. That science involves the protective film he recently applied to his cars, and it's the reason...

  • McLaren P1 GTR vs Ferrari FXX K
    It's McLaren P1 GTR and Ferrari FXX K track time

    When two hypercars take to the track to stretch their legs, it's time to put down everything and strap in for the ride. Today, it's the McLaren P1 GTR and the Ferrari FXX K, which arrived at Monza for a few hot laps. The video shows the two hypercars during different sessions, so it's not an actual...

  • First-generation Dodge Viper

    The Dodge Viper has once again departed the automotive landscape, but it won't be forgotten anytime soon. Why? Because it represented one of the purest sports cars a Detroit automaker ever built—and actually built in Detroit, Michigan, at that. Donut Media is back to help us get up to speed on the Dodge Viper, but here's a factoid: Lamborghini was paramount to the Viper project. Yes, at the time Chrysler owned Lamborghini and it tasked the Italian supercar maker with creating the Viper's V-10 engine. Dodge handed over its cast-iron block V-10, which was designed for trucks, and told...

  • What is a Hot V turbo engine?
    What is a "hot inside V" turbo engine?

    Have you ever heard of a "hot inside V"? It's not a sandwich. Our friend Jason Fenske from Engineering Explained is here for a quick lesson on this en vouge turbocharging setup for today's engines. A hot inside V turbocharger layout places the turbo or turbos inside the valley between the engine...

  • Lamborghini LM002
    Before the Urus, there was the LM002

    Lamborghini is set to unveil the Urus SUV on December 4, but the vehicle is by no means the supercar marque’s first off-roader. Lamborghini was a pioneer when it comes to high-performance SUVs, though it never enjoyed the success of Porsche with the Cayenne. Lamborghini’s first SUV was...

  • Aston Martin CC100 Speedster Concept
    Aston Martin operates a bespoke secret club and it costs at least $2.6M to join

    It's not much of a secret now, but Aston Martin has, for some time, run a secret car-building operation inside its Prototype Operations. The team will build one-off vehicles for very special, private customers. But the price of entry isn't cheap. Aston Martin CEO Andy Palmer recently told Road and...

  • Scene from Ken Block’s Climbkhana Pikes Peak
    Go behind the scenes of Ken Block's "Climbkhana" video

    Ken Block's "Gymkhana" videos are always a spectacle of insane driving maneuvers, stunts, and loads of horsepower. Capturing that footage is no easy task. Now, you can get a behind-the-scenes look at what went into making "Climbkhana," Block's recent stunt-laden video. The production work included...

  • 12-year-old completes oil change
    This 12-year-old can show you how to change your oil

    There are a handful of automotive skills that are fading as time marches forward. Less people know how to drive a manual gearbox. Changing a tire is a mystery to those with their magical AAA card. Swapping out brake pads is akin to open-heart surgery for some. However, for one father and his...

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