Pikes Peak
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We're pretty familiar with autonomous cars around here, and we've even been treated to a ride in one of Stanford's robots at their automotive innovation lab, which they launched in partnership with Volkswagen. You might also remember Shelley, their autonomous Audi TTS, which autonomously raced to the top of Pikes Peak last year. Volkswagen's thinking behind all of this high performance autonomous car stuff is that at some point, they'll be able to program your car to be a far, far better driver than you could ever be, and it'll have the ability to pull some crazy maneuvers to save you from...
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Autonomous Audi TTS Completes Pikes Peak Run Successfully
Ask Rhys Millen or Nobuhiro "Monster" Tajima if they'd like a robot to take their place on the Pikes Peak rally course, and you're likely to get punched in the face. But ask the average driver trying to negotiate the tricky pass (or one like it) in winter, and you might just get hugged. Audi...
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Video: Rhys Millen And Hyundai Attack Pikes Peak
The video shows just how many different things must come together for a winning run.
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Video: Porsche Sets New Pikes Peak Class Record With 911 GT3 Cup
The 911 GT3 shaved 38 seconds off the time of the previous record for the 2WD Time Attack Class.
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Video Bonus Pack: Pikes Peak Insanity With Millen, Tajima, Vatanen And Rohrl
Insanity is the only adjective appropriate.
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Hyundai Unveils Pikes Peak Unlimited Class PM580
The PM580 is shooting for thw new world record with Rhys Millen at the wheel.
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The July 11 marks the 20th anniversary of Walter Röhrl’s victory at the Pikes Peak International Hill Climb in his Audi Sport quattro S1. Röhrl, now an official Porsche test driver, was rally world champion in 1980 and 1982 and didn’t join the Audi team until 1984. Of the many victories that would soon follow, the 1987 win at Colorado’s Pikes Peak Hill Climb was one of the most memorable. Following Audi’s withdrawal from the World Rally Championship in the previous year, the success marked the beginning of quattro technology filtering across the production...