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  • Autonomous race car laps Berlin ePrix

    The future is shaping up to be an interesting place. For example, self-driving cars are starting to come of age and there's even a sanctioned form of motorsport dedicated to electric cars known as the Formula E Championship. Now, self-driving cars and electric motorsports has been combined the result is a tad freaky to watch. The result is the still-in-the-works Roborace series which in February unveiled its first self-driving race car. Video from Roborace shows a prototype version lapping the circuit of the recent Formula E Berlin ePrix without a driver. No input from humans is...

  • Divergent Blade at Jay Leno’s Garage
    Divergent Blade 3D-printed supercar visits Jay Leno’s Garage

    It was in 2015 that we first learned of Divergent 3D and its 3D-printed supercar, the Blade. Although strictly a technology demonstrator, the 700-horsepower, tandem two-seater is fascinating in that it uses a new approach to manufacturing that could revolutionize the ways cars are built. The...

  • Why does Volkswagen have a water-cooled exhaust?
    Why does Volkswagen have a water-cooled exhaust?

    The Volkswagen Group loves its EA888 engine, found in popular models such as the Volkswagen Golf and Audi A3. This is the turbocharged inline-4 available as a 1.8-liter or a 2.0-liter and with power outputs ranging from about 170 to a bit over 300 horsepower. It also has a unique exhaust manifold...

  • 2000 Acura Integra shipped from California to Ohio
    I bought an Acura Integra GS-R from across the country and it was hardly a simple process

    I live in Ohio, specifically, Northeast Ohio. It's not easy to find nice things in this part of the country. That should be all you need to know about why I didn't start looking for cars in my home state—salty roads mean rusty cars. It's a shame. I was stupid a few years ago and sold my...

  • This is how your fuel pump works
    This is how your fuel pump works

    Are you curious about the bits and pieces that make your car do its thing? Sure you are, and today is a good day for you. That's because we've got a video here that will take you on a deep dive of your fuel pump. We're talking abyss levels of deep here. The fuel pump gets removed for your viewing...

  • Lamborghini Diablo owner learning how to drift his car
    A Lamborghini Diablo owner learns how to drift his supercar

    Right off the bat, we want to congratulate the owner of this Lamborghini Diablo. He's taking his valuable Italian supercar out and learning a bit about car control in a mostly controlled environment. During an event called the Petrolhead Spring Event, it seems that a course was set up and then made...

  • World's fastest Nissan GT-R with 3,000 HP

    The Nissan GT-R has become a beloved vehicle by many performance shops to push big horsepower numbers and break records. On June 19, another GT-R claimed yet another record. In fact, it became the world's fastest Nissan GT-R in the process. With 3,000 horsepower, the Extreme Turbo Systems Nissan GT-R was able to clock a 252 mph trap speed in the half-mile at Pikes Peak Airstrip Attack. But, wait, there was more. After the 252 mph run, the team ran the GT-R again—no rest for the wicked, as they say. On its second run, the GT-R moved at lightning speed down the runway after the driver...

  • 2018 Dodge Challenger SRT Demon
    Dodge forbids you to drive the Demon when it’s colder than 15 degrees…using stock tires

    It seems it’s not just dealers that must abide by strict rules regarding the 2018 Dodge Challenger SRT Demon. Customers, too, will need to agree to some rules in order to be allocated a build slot. Jalopnik has a copy of a three-page "Demon Disclosure Form" that Demon customers will have to...

  • Bugatti Chiron first drive
    Bugatti Chiron can't go over 300 MPH because no tire can handle it

    The Bugatti Chiron had big shoes to fill when it arrived to replace the beloved Veyron. So far, it's showed it has the credentials to be a proper follow-up act. However, no one has been able to fully experience the true speeds the 1,480-horsepower hypercar is capable of. That's because no tire is...

  • Explaining the differences between 17, 18, and 19-inch tires
    Finding the difference between 17-, 18- and 19-inch tires

    There's a balance to be found when you're on the hunt for a set of wheels and tires for your vehicle. Do you prioritize comfort over performance? Are you looking to increase the handling capability and feel of your car? Perhaps you want to wind up somewhere in the middle of the two ends of the...

  • Jay Leno drives his 1953 Cunningham C3
    Jay Leno shows off his 1953 Cunningham C3

    Briggs Cunningham is a man who lived his life well. Born in 1907, Cunningham had a family with buckets of money and he used that to fully enjoy the things that mattered to him. This included boats, cars and sports. He was an avid yachtsmen, winning the America's Cup race and also finding a home in...

  • This is the origin story of the McLaren F1
    The origin story of the McLaren F1

    Back in the late 1990s, the McLaren F1 arrived to set the world on fire. It blasted well past the 200-mph mark into unknown territory when it set a production car top-speed record. That figure, which has of course since been beaten, was an impossible 240.1 mph. You know that number well, but do you...

  • How 4WD works

    A modern vehicle can do a number of things for its driver. It can regulate traction, keep your braking pressure from locking your stoppers up, and make sure your engine doesn't exceed a given rev limit. Heck, a modern car can keep you in your lane and stop you from hitting the car in front of you. There are some things you still need to know, however, and one such bit of information pertains to four-wheel-drive systems. You have choices in your four-wheel-drive machine. You can run it in two-wheel-drive, 4Hi, or 4Lo. Knowing the differences between the three is important. For most daily...

  • 2017 Chevrolet Tahoe and Suburban Midnight Editions at The Range Complex in Raleigh, North Carolina
    Tour de (special) force: How the Army and Chevy team up on the front lines

    Get off the X. That’s what you do when the shit goes down. And in a vehicle, that means speed can be your friend. That’s just one of the rules that Delta Force operators follow in wartime. The “X,” in this case, is an attack, and if you are in a vehicle that is under attack...

  • 1933 Plymouth hot rod does a burnout
    1933 Plymouth hot rod is a mean burnout machine

    Hot rods are good for a couple of things: looking really cool, making the driver really cool, and doing cool things. They're just downright cool. One of those cool things hot rods do really well is performing incredibly smokey burnouts—this 1933 Plymouth sedan pulls the task off in spades...

  • 1984 Porsche 911 SC/RS Group B rally car
    Witness a Porsche 911 Group B rally car with straight pipes rip around Monza

    Oh, Group B rally racing. There will never be anything like it again. Group B birthed some of the most wicked machines the automotive world at large has ever seen. Porsche was already a force to be reckoned with, but the 911 SC RS of the 1980s is something else entirely. Based on the 911 RS, the SC...

  • This is an F1 car built from matches using no glue to hold it together
    How to build an F1 car using only matchsticks

    You might be good at clicking the bricks of a Lego kit into place. That's child's play, though, because you're presented with clear instructions and the appropriate pieces required to accomplish your goal. What if you were given a different building block of sorts and tasked with crafting something...

  • Lotus Elise with a V-8 is a great example of a wild hillclimb car
    This Lotus Elise hillclimb racer packs a V-8 secret

    In our continuing exploration of the world of hillclimb race cars we present a new mighty, maniacal machine for your enjoyment. This time around we're working with a Lotus Elise. This is a car built on the idea of added lightness, but this one also has a V-8 engine. This particular V-8 isn't a...

  • Porsche 964 911 restoration

    Rust is cancer for cars. For those residing in colder, snowier climates, we know the sight of rust all too well. It's one reason we all can't have nice things year-round. When Larry Kosilla of Ammo, a manufacturer of car cleaning and detailing products, first purchased his Porsche 964-generation (1989-1993) 911, rust was already an issue. However, it seemed to be contained in just one spot. As he dove deeper into the Porsche 911, it became apparent the rust was widespread. So, Kosilla commissioned a total restoration of the car, and that's what we see in the video above. Kosilla says he will...

  • Michelin Visionary Concept is a look at the future of tires
    Michelin Visionary concept foresees 3D-printed treads for changing conditions

    I'm a sucker for forward-looking concept videos. I love the visions that others have for what our world will look like 20, 30, 40, and even 100 years down the line. You know who is great at making these videos? Tire manufacturers. They create worlds that show fantastical vehicles transporting folks...

  • HPE VelociRaptor 600 vs stock F-150 Raptor
    How much quicker is a 2017 Hennessey VelociRaptor 600 vs a stock Raptor?

    Hennessey Performance Engineering unveiled its VelociRaptor 600 this past March as a considerable update to the stock 2017 Ford F-150 Raptor, but how much quicker is it? HPE will answer that question directly. The performance house set up a simple quarter-mile drag race to see how its modifications...

  • BMW M1 Procar spits flames at Spa
    Watch not one, but three, BMW M1 Procars spit flames and make beautiful sounds at Spa

    BMW built approximately 457 M1 super coupes. This production run lasted from 1978 up through 1981, during which time BMW teamed up with Lamborghini to deliver its wedge-shaped machine as a homologation special. To press more cars into the hands of buyers, BMW created the M1 Procar Championship...

  • This is an engine cut in half
    Watch an engine get cut in half

    An engine is a fairly stout piece of machinery. It has to be strong, seeing as it's a container for the explosions that occur constantly when your car is running. It's those explosions that create the power to move your vehicle. Fluids run through your engine to help keep the explosions happening...

  • Hyabusa-powered Seat 600 is a hill climb beast
    This wide-body Hayabusa-powered SEAT is your new hill climb hero

    We've been saying this a lot lately...hillclimb events are an exercise in automotive awesomeness. You have mad geniuses applying their knowledge of go-fast parts to create vicious vehicles bent on pure speed. As mad as the builders are, the drivers are even worse. Take, for example, the pilot of...

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