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Seeing any Bugatti Veyron—heck, any Bugatti—on a public road will induce a double take, but the one-off collaboration between the automaker and the French artist Bernar Venet? Well, that's essentially unheard of. Car spotter Jeroen, a popular YouTuber with an uncanny ability to stumble across the rarest and most unique cars in the world, happened across the outlandish Bugatti Grand Sport Venet while at work, of all places. MUST SEE: Hear the Bugatti Chiron’s monster engine rev Jeroen gives us a lengthy walk around the supercar, a model that Bugatti billed as the "fastest...
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That Subaru rumble? Here's why that happensThere's no doubt that you've heard the distinctive noise that is a Subaru in the distance. It's a rumble and you know what it means. A 2.5-liter "boxer" flat-4 engine is heading your way, and it's eager to spit noise into your ear holes. Why does it sound so different than any other engine on the...
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Woman in China uses car to smash her way out of blocked parking spotA woman in China has been detained for taking her Range Rover Evoque and smashing it into a Jaguar XF in an effort to leave a parking space where she had been blocked in. While the video is entertaining, to say the least, the level of rage it takes to crash one valuable British luxury car into...
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Your tire pressure needs your attentionDavid Wooderson thought it was all about his muscle under the hood. Clint Bruno, however, knew that what he could really use was a set of tires. You see, tires can make or break a good driving experience. To take that a step further, you also need to be aware of what's going on with your tire...
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Lamborghini recreates "The Italian Job" scene with 2 MiurasTo celebrate a major milestone, Lamborghini has taken two of its museum-quality Miuras to the section of Italian highway made famous by the opening of 1969's The Italian Job. The two Miuras came from the official Lamborghini museum located at the automaker's headquarters in Italy and were taken to...
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Aston Martin Zagato cars through the yearsAt this year's Concourso d'Eleganza at Villa d'Este in Northern Italy, design house Zagato celebrated its 60th anniversary of working with British automaker Aston Martin. To mark six decades of collaborations, Zagato debuted its stunning Vanquish Zagato concept, but it is certainly not the first of...
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Horsepower and torque--forever intertwined due to our undying love for all that is internal combustion. Do you really know what the difference between the two is, though, and is one actually "better" than the other? A younger version (no gray hair yet) of Engineering Explained host Jason Fenske sits down to walk us through the difference between the measurements of power. If you're unable to press play at the moment, here are the basics. Torque is a rotational force. Related to an engine, it's produced by the rotating crankshaft. Here in the States, we measure that force by pounds-feet or...
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Koenigsegg One:1 hits 240 mph at Vmax200The Vmax200 is a regular gathering in the United Kingdom where performance enthusiasts get to push their cars to the limit on the safe confines of a runway. Drivers accelerate their cars down a 1.4-mile stretch before having to slam their brakes. A Koenigsegg One:1 with British racing driver Oliver...
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Watch the Mercedes museum turn into a... hungry t-rex?A pair of film students in Germany have taken a bite out of Mercedes-Benz's history by creating a short video that turns the automaker's historical museum into a car-eating tyrannosaurus rex. The film isn't quite as far-fetched as you might think. And one thing's for sure: You'll never look at the...
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Launch a manual gearbox car? Here's what you're doing to itYou have a car with a manual gearbox. It's a fun car, so you want to go actually have fun with it. That means you might want to, on occasion, launch forward aggressively from a stop. You're going to raise your revs, dump your clutch, and enjoy some engaging forward acceleration. Do you know what...
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How the rotary engine worksYou're a master of all things LS. You completely understand the Ford FE big blocks. Those Honda B16 engines are no match for your knowledge base. At their core, these engines all behave the same way. Air and fuel enter the combustion chamber and the pistons and crankshaft work to turn that into...
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Jay Leno looks for perps in '61 Dodge Polara police carIt's the one kind of car you'll see every single day that we guarantee you wouldn't pass up the chance to drive: A police car. There's no question that Jay Leno is living just about every car enthusiast's dream with his Jay Leno's Garage web series. In this latest episode, he checks out a 1961...
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For your viewing pleasure, this 1930s instructional video released by Chevrolet tells us all about how suspensions operate in remarkably simple, yet entertaining, terms. The film, dug up by the folks at Road & Track, was intended to be shown to mechanics at Chevrolet dealerships. It appears to have been developed by the automaker's training department to educate either sales people or consumers, although its detail and length mean it may have been meant for internal audiences. DON'T MISS: Your engine also acts like a brake and here's how The Spring Harmony film was no doubt released...
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Your engine also acts like a brake and here's howDear driver in front of me that's constantly tapping your brakes to adjust your speed... you do not need to do that. Simple let off your throttle pedal and let the engine do some of the work for you. You'll save some of the useful life of your brake pads, see better fuel economy, and (most...
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Pagani demonstrates strength of Huayra BC's stability controlWe doubt very many Huayra owners would ever consider driving their supercars in heavy snow, but Pagani and its partners go to great lengths to ensure the car can still handle the tough conditions. This video highlights the strength of the advanced ABS and electronic stability systems fitted to the...
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What happens when you put gas into a diesel tank?When you open your fuel filler door, you may miss that bright green letter D staring you in the face. That D stands for diesel, and it's what your engine craves. If you put regular gasoline in there, you're going to have a bad time. What exactly happens when you put gas into a diesel vehicle's fuel...
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Watch a Ferrari F12 tdf lap Spa-FrancorchampsFerrari’s [NYSE:RACE] F12 tdf is being built in a limited run of 799 cars, and we wouldn’t be surprised if most of these end up locked away and barely driven. That isn’t the case for this red example, whose owner chose to use it exactly how the designers intended. ALSO SEE: Pagani...
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This is what it looks like at the base of a tornadoMost will be familiar with the idea of a tornado and the devastation one can cause. However, few are likely to have ever seen one in person. Now here’s something we’re betting almost no one has seen: the actual base of a tornado. This video from AccuWeather was taken by a couple of...
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Porsche makes some of the world's most advanced and complex vehicles, but the automaker has long prioritized quality over quantity. To illustrate that, the Stuttgart-based automaker has detailed a few elements about its production process. Porsche says it actually decentralizes quality control and that its special "audit areas" at the end of the assembly lines in plants in Zuffenhausen and Leipzig allow close analysis of vehicles well before they make their way to consumers. That's impressive, but quality needs to begin well before the final car rolls off the line. To that end, Porsche...
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Listen up: Dodge Viper ACR with straight pipes is as good as it getsYou should make this into your ring tone. Like, right now. Listening to a Dodge Viper ACR with a straight-pipe exhaust rev its big V-10 engine is probably the reason you're a car enthusiast. We're not entirely sure of the back story on this video, but that doesn't really matter when there's a...
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Five things you should never do with a 4x4 vehicleYou see that switch down by your knee. You can see that it has numbers and letters. You don't fully understand what it all means, but you're itching to test it all out. That's the drive selector, and before you slam it into 4Lo you should watch the video above. Engineering Explained is here to walk...
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The difference between 2Hi, 4Hi, and 4Lo in real-world testsThe 2016 Toyota Tacoma is fitted with the standard setup you'd find in any truck that wants to go play in the dirt. There's two-wheel-drive and both four-wheel-high and four-wheel-drive-low. Additionally, Toyota offers the Tacoma with a number of other bits of tech to make your off-tarmac journey a...
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How electric cars can charge wirelesslyIf you have an electric vehicle, it's a given that you'll have to find an outlet so you can regain those precious electrons. Your car runs on electricity, after all. How else are you going to charge it? Well, there could be a more simple solution to your charging needs in the future, and...
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How turbocharger wastegates workYour turbocharger. It's the snail of mystery attached to your engine, allowing it to breathe in more deeply. With the wonders of forced induction, a smaller engine can create the horsepower and torque of a larger-displacement engine. There are many parts to a turbocharger, which means you might...
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