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ATVs, short for all-terrain vehicles, are awesome machines. However, your average run-of-the-mill ATV can't really conquer all terrain. It can handle dirt, mud, sand, snow, and puddles just fine, we assume. What it absolutely cannot do though, is hold a candle to the Sherp ATV. The product of a...

Way back in 2011, we caught wind of the sad state of one of the world's greatest supercars. A Ferrari [NYSE:RACE] Enzo was snapped sitting in a police impound lot in the Dubai desert. The car was covered in sand. A sad sight of such a supercar, and one that hasn't changed very much over the course...

Volkswagen's Passat sold overseas has an innovative Trailer Assist feature that makes it easy to back up when you're lugging around a trailer thanks to some semi-autonomous systems working in the background. You basically use a controller dial to tell the vehicle where to back up the trailer, and...

A few years back we saw a Gumball 3000 participant navigate his way through about a foot of water in a Lamborghini Murciélago. We thought it was brave though also reckless considering how low the Murciélago—and its engine—sits. ALSO SEE: Jeep Driver Out-Jerks Corvette...

In July, it was reported that the body of famed racing driver Juan Manual Fangio was going to be exhumed two decades after his burial. The reason? There was a paternity claim laid against him by Oscar Espinoza, and a court ruled that Fangio's body would be pulled up in order to extract a bit of DNA...

If you've ever wondered what it'd be like to experience an automatic car wash outside a vehicle, Josh Hood could tell you—and he wouldn't recommend it. While the Louisiana man was cleaning the wash's interior, the hose he was using got wrapped about a moving brush, which bound him to the...

A 2015 Lamborghini Aventador Roadster has been stolen in New York. That's a $440,000 hole in someone's pocket, so they've turned to a detective agency by the name of Pinkerton for help in its recovery. If you have information leading to that recovery you are in for a $100,000 reward. Not exactly...

A supercar from every country? Why not? Let's see what the various nations of the world can produce when it comes to the topic of high-speed, high-attention automobiles. Next up on the list could be India, as a young man named Sarthak Paul has a vision of what that Indian-bred supercar could be...

Apparently, Malaysia's Sultan of Johor is a bit of a semi-truck fan. He commissioned Mack Trucks' Australian division to create a custom Super-Liner fit for, well, a Sultan. The Super-Liner is part of the Australian product lineup, which is comprised of seriously rugged machines designed to tackle...

Normally a car coming to a stop on the side of the road isn’t worth a second look but when said car is a Bugatti Veyron, and there’s video involved, it’s worthy of posting. This clip comes to us by way of Almuraba and depicts a Veyron Grand Sport whose driver futilely attempts to...

You can call him El Chueco. You can call him El Maestro. You should probably just call him Mr. Fangio. Juan Manual Fangio is one of the greatest racing drivers of all time. There are five Formula One Drivers' Championships with his name on them, and 24 wins over the course of his F1 career. Fangio...

In 1972, a Georgia woman got a job in an office and was earning her first real paychecks. She was 19 years old at the time, had started to save up, and she decided to splurge a little bit. Always in love with the Chevrolet Corvette since it debuted in the year of her birth, this young lady decided...

There’s a high-stakes X Prize competition running, and this one’s to the moon—literally. We’re taking, of course, about the Google Lunar X Prize, which has been running since 2007 and pits teams against each other in a race to launch, land, and operate a rover on the...

An Audi dealership in the U.K. was the unfortunate scene of a floor collapse that caused 20 cars to crash through the floor and into the shop area below. The showroom floor started to collapse Monday afternoon but luckily everyone was able evacuate without injury. ALSO SEE: Man Considered "Too...

"If your drunken memory causes you a fit, you must acquit." Okay so we made that line up, but we're not making up any bit of the rest of this seemingly insane story. An Ottawa judge has ruled that volunteer firefighter Trevor Clarke is not guilty of the hit and run charges levied against him...

Move over, Marty McFly. Canadian engineer Catalin Alexandru Duru has set a new world record for the furthest distance traveled on a hoverboard, and unlike McFly’s board in Back to the Future Part II, Duru’s actually works on water. He set the new record during a stunt that took place...

You've been there before... you're in the car with some good friends, and one of your favorite tunes comes on. What do you do? You all sing along and belt out that tune together, of course! That's what four friends were doing, and one of them happened to have a camera on a selfie stick to capture...

Have you ever been so angry that you wanted to smash something? What if that something was your house? The why in this case isn't as important and impressive as the how, which is by way of that wonderful tool known as a pickup truck. WATCH: 2015 Volkswagen GTI Vs. 2015 Subaru WRX: Head To Head...

The idea that California's DMV has Satanic sympathies won't come as a surprise to any residents of the Golden State. But you'd imagine the widely reviled agency would at least be discreet about its allegiance. But you'd be wrong. DON'T MISS: Bugatti Veyron Successor To Do 0-60 MPH In 2.0 Seconds...

What is a mobile cinema? Why should you care? I’ll answer the second question first: because it’s one of just 7 ever built, and it’s awesome. ALSO SEE: Latest LaFerrari Crash Is Worst Yet Built on a Bedford SB3 bus chassis with a Plaxton Panorama cab, the mobile cinema is stunning...