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Promoting movies is, mostly, the business of frippery. Here, it’s nothing but. But it’s badass frippery. Yes, frippery can be badass, if it’s a Lotus F1 car decked out Mad Max: Fury Road style with bladed wheels, giant treaded tires, a dually rear axle, flame throwers, human skulls, and protruding spikes. MUST WATCH: POV Video Of The 1,341-HP Koenigsegg One:1 Hitting 225 MPH And that’s exactly what this is. Hence: frippery, meet badass. Of course, this isn't the only Mad Max-Lotus tie-in: the real race cars are wearing Mad Max livery for their race at this weekend's...
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Power Surge: Watch An All-Electric '68 Mustang Attempt A Record RunSome might think it a sacrilege to swap internal combustion from electric power in an iconic car like a 1968 Ford Mustang Fastback. But that's conventional thinking—and Mitch Medford and the team at Bloodshed Motors don't do conventional. CHECK OUT: Bugatti Veyron Successor To Do 0-60 MPH In...
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Singer Brings A Bit Of Virginia Into North CarolinaSinger Vehicle Design is the team behind those gorgeous Porsche cars that you've been drooling over the last few years. They take an older 911 and, in their words and those of the Porsche Legal Department, re-imagine the car into something a bit... more. It has more performance, more minute...
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Volvo Tuner Polestar Now Offering Dealer-Fitted Drivetrain ModsVolvo’s official motorsport arm and burgeoning tuning division Polestar has come up with a new assortment of dealer-fitted upgrades designed to make your standard Volvo quicker and more fun behind the wheel. Best of all, the upgrades are made with certified emissions and fuel consumption and...
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1,000-HP Nissan GT-R Drift Car: VideoThere are many things the Nissan GT-R excels at—but thanks to its all-wheel drive, drifting typically isn’t one of them. But this is no typical GT-R. It’s a 1,000-hp smoke-belching, rear-wheel drive beast. ALSO SEE: Nissan GT-R Blows A Tire At 200MPH, Driver Keeps It Together...
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Hennessey’s 1,000-Horsepower Corvette Gets Strapped To The Dyno: VideoFor most, the 650 horsepower offered by the Chevrolet Corvette Z06 is more than you’ll ever need in a front-engined, rear-wheel-drive sports car. However, for the rarefied buyer out there that demands even more power—much, much more power in some cases—there are companies like...
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McLaren’s P1 GTR has been designed strictly with track use in mind but some owners may soon be able to drive their cars on public streets thanks to plans to develop a road-legal version. In case you’ve forgotten, the P1 GTR features a more powerful, 986-horsepower version of the regular P1’s hybrid drivetrain as well as a wider body, more extreme suspension settings and some extensive weight-saving mods. But it’s not McLaren that is developing the P1 GTR road car but rather fellow British firm Lanzante. The motorsport and engineering firm is the same group behind the...
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Larte Body Kit Adds Aerodynamic Drag, "Worthy Soundtrack" To Tesla Model SIn the high-end tuning community, there are plenty of companies—we're looking at you Mansory—literally more famous for being hated than for any individual products. MUST SEE: Road Rage Camaro A-Hole Wrecks Himself Into Big Rig: Video And while Larte's Enigma kit for the Tesla Model S...
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Shelby Will Let You Try It Before You Buy It: VideoWhen you think about purchasing a car, you go through a lot of Internet detective work to determine your ultimate vehicle. This is something that you're going to live with for a few years at least. It needs to be the right vehicle for you, and want to be happy when you look back upon your choice...
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Hennessey HPE1000 Camaro Z/28 Roars On The Dyno: VideoAs you know by know, the Hennessey Performance Engineering team likes to take everything out there that's already fast and powerful... and make it faster and more powerful. Such is the case with the Chevrolet Camaro Z/28. This is a highly focused machine with over 500 horsepower and around 470...
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Project Binky Episode 9: The Wait Is OverThat’s right folks. Throw out all hopes of productivity for the next 26 minutes and 47 seconds. Episode 9 of Project Binky is here. ALSO SEE: One Guy Now Owns Two Lamborghini Venenos (Probably) With the frame (essentially) finished, the powertrain fitted (but not yet installed), and the body...
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Startech Turns A Range Rover Into A Truck By Removing UtilityWe feel like it's a safe to say that the average modern Range Rover owner doesn't use his or her vehicle to the full extent of its capabilities. To be fair, you could easily say the same thing about the average sports or exotic car owner. Still, there's something about a pristine Range Rover that...
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We can’t decide where to land on this bug-eyed Audi R8. It’s just too much to take in all at once. But it’s very well done. If converting an R8 to look like a Skoda (the 130 RS rally car is mentioned as inspiration by the designer) can be considered a job well done. We’re still not sure. CHECK OUT: Startech Turns A Range Rover Into A Truck By Removing Utility It’s called the Hoffman Novague HN R200 Non-Fiction, presumably because it no longer exists only on a page or a screen somewhere. With the familiar graceful arch to the roofline juxtaposed against the new...
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Hellcat Converted To E85 Sees 753 Rear-Wheel Horsepower: VideoIn stock form, you already know what the 2015 Dodge Challenger Hellcat is capable of achieving when it comes to power. That figure of 707 horsepower is burned into the brains of everyone who's ever read anything about the machine. There's always a collection of people out there though for which...
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Jeep Showcases New Performance Parts At Moab Easter SafariThe Moab Easter Jeep Safari has been happening for almost half a century, and the event has developed a deserved reputation for showcasing some incredibly cool Jeep concepts. Past outings have seen appearances from spectacular beasts like 2012's gloriously non-production-appropriate Mighty FC...
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Shelby American Baja 700 Turns Up The Wick On The Ford F-150 SVT RaptorSeven hundred street-legal horsepower. In a pickup truck that’s capable of some Baja 1000-style moves even before it’s modified. That’s what Shelby American has in the Baja 700, an upgraded take on the Ford F-150 SVT Raptor. Just 50 of the Shelby Baja 700s will be built, a limited...
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EcoCar 3 Competition Aims To Turn Chevy's 2016 Camaro Into A Mean, Green, Hybrid Machine: VideoWhen enthusiasts consider Chevrolet's Camaro, classic designs, tire-shredding burnouts, and track-tuned Z/28s spring to readily to mind. Green technology? Not so much. But the Department of Energy and partner General Motors Company [NYSE:GM] have made the iconic piece of American iron the focus of...
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Off-Road Charger Is Our 'Furious 7' Dream Car Come True: VideoI'm in love with the idea of a vehicle that can pretty much go anywhere it wants. On the other hand, a classic muscle car is on my bucket list of "Must Own Before I Go" vehicles. That's why I'm absolutely head over heels for one of the hero cars in the new Furious 7 film. ALSO SEE: Fast And Furious...
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What started in a building that used to produce typewriters has come quite a long way. The Alpina that you know today actually came to be as far back as 1965, when Burkard Bonvensiepen began a business of tuning the BMW products of his era. This involved tinkering with carbs and revising cylinder heads. It quickly turned into a business, and that business quickly produced vehicles that were winning on race tracks. By 1983, Alpina became an officially recognized producer of automobiles and both BMW and Alpina have enjoyed a lasting relationship centered on the creation of potent Bavarian...
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Extreme Turbo Systems Breaks GT-R 1/4-Mile World Record: VideoEven in stock trim, Nissan's GT-R can deliver zero-to-60 times in the sub-three second range, putting it the territory of luminaries like the McLaren 12C, Ferrari 458, and Lamborghini Huracan. ALSO SEE: Fast And Furious Crew Show Love For The $3.4 Million Lykan Hypersport: Video For drivers...
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Akrapovic Develops Exhaust System You Can Control With Your PhoneAkrapovic makes exhaust systems for supercars and scaldingly-hot hatchbacks like the Abarth 695 Biposto, but its latest product takes a more high-tech approach to great car sounds. The Slovenian company will launch a new system that allows a driver or passenger to control the exhaust sound using a...
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Unfortunately, This Particular Mid-Engine Corvette Is More Than A RumorLast week, Corvette Chief Engineer Tadge Juechter attempted to slam the door on whispers Chevrolet is working on a mid-engine version of the Corvette. Of course, it's going take more than reasoned argument and denial from anyone—even automotive royalty like Juechter—to extinguish one...
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Jay Leno Takes A Look At The Fab Fours Legend Jeep: VideoSEMA is the showcase for all things insane in the automotive world. Jay Leno's Garage is the place to see pretty much everything in the automotive world, so it should be no surprise that these worlds can occasionally collide. That's what happened recently when the Fab Fours crew brought their...
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John Hennessey Talks Details, Drives The Wheels Off Of HPE700 2015 Ford Mustang: VideoIf you’re a fan of the new Mustang—or really, cars in general—you’ll find something to love in John Hennessey’s latest video featuring the 646-wheel-horsepower 2015 Ford Mustang HPE700. DON'T MISS: 2015 Hennessey Ford Mustang Hits 195.2 MPH: Video In a very...
Nelson Ireson