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  • Sebastian Vettel testing an Infiniti Q50 Eau Rouge prototype

    Infiniti is finally serious about launching a proper performance product, and our first taste of what’s to come is the Q50 Eau Rouge concept. At the concept’s reveal at the 2014 Detroit Auto Show in January, Infiniti boss Johan de Nysschen said that any production version must have the performance to back up the awesome looks, and then at the 2014 Geneva Motor Show last month we learned that the engine in the concept was none other than the twin-turbocharged 3.8-liter V-6 of the Nissan GT-R, delivering a more-than-adequate 560 horsepower and 443 pound-feet of torque. MUST SEE...

  • Woman proves cars can be fun at any age
    Your Grandma Isn't This Cool: Video

    A lot of people think that aging is, somehow, a bad thing. Sure, it beats the alternative, but the fun drains out of life as the time does, right? As this enthusiastic woman proves, that's not the case--or at least it doesn't have to be. DON'T MISS: This Is What A 1,200-HP Hennessey Cadillac CTS-V...

  • Bahrain International Circuit, home of the Formula 1 Bahrain Grand Prix
    2014 Formula One Bahrain Grand Prix Preview

    Despite the ongoing political situation, Bahrain’s annual Grand Prix has managed to morph into a permanent fixture on the Formula One calendar and so far there have been no disruptions to the preparations for this weekend’s event. Having conducted two four-day test sessions at the...

  • Honda Mean Mower
    Honda's Mean Mower Is Officially The World's Fastest Lawnmower At 116 MPH: Video

    The Guinness Book of World Records holds some odd bits of human achievement. World's longest toenails. World's tallest mohawk. World's farthest milk-squirting distance (from the eye!). Now, Honda has one of its own, and while it's not quite as quirky as some, it's unusual: the world's fastest...

  • Racing driver Scott McLaughlin tests the 2015 Volvo S60 Polestar
    Volvo V8 Supercars Drivers Check Out The 2015 S60 Polestar: Video

    Racing drivers Scott McLaughlin and Robert Dahlgren recently headed to northern Sweden to spend some time in the new 2015 Volvo S60 Polestar. The duo race a unique version of the car in Australia’s V8 Supercars touring car series, and Dahlgren thought that it would be a great deal of fun to...

  • 2014 Aston Martin V12 Vantage GT3 race car
    Aston Martin Prepares For 2014 Nürburgring 24 Hours

    Aston Martin is returning to the Nürburgring 24 Hours endurance race this year with a 2014-spec V12 Vantage GT3, which will once again don the blue and yellow livery of suspension giant Bilstein. This will be the historic British automaker’s ninth-consecutive attempt at the gruelling...

  • 2014 Ford Fiesta ST rallycross car winter testing

    This year, America’s Global Rallycross Championship will face stiff competition from the new FIA-sanctioned World Rallycross Championship. A handful of drivers are common to both competitions, as are a number of the cars, such as the Ford Fiesta ST. MUST WATCH: Lamborghini Aventador Goes Airborne In London Crash: Video Here we see the 2014 Ford Fiesta ST rallycross car undergoing pre-season testing in northern Sweden. The car is being developed by Ford Racing together with Swedish motorsport outfit OlsbergsMSE. It will be used by top drivers such as Ken Block and Townsend Bell. Like all...

  • MOMO NGT 991 Porsche 911 GT3 Cup at Sebring
    How To Drive 'The Most Difficult Turn In Racing' - In A Porsche 911 GT3 Cup

    The team at /DRIVE have put together another brilliant little bit of motorsports madness, this time in the form of the MOMO NGT Porsche 911 GT3 Cup piloted by Henrique Cisneros. The challenge? Getting through Turn 17 at Sebring International Raceway, known to many as the most difficult turn in...

  • Mercedes AMG drivers Nico Rosberg and Lewis Hamilton
    Mercedes One-Two Victory At 2014 Formula One Malaysian Grand Prix

    It was a one-two finish for Mercedes AMG drivers Lewis Hamilton and Nico Rosberg at the 2014 Formula One Malaysian Grand Prix yesterday, the first for the German automaker since Juan Manuel Fangio and Piero Taruffi raced at the 1955 Italian Grand Prix. Hamilton took a lights-to-flag victory...

  • Mercedes AMG's Lewis Hamilton at the 2014 Formula One Malaysian Grand Prix
    Mercedes AMG’s Lewis Hamilton Secures Pole At 2014 Formula One Malaysian Grand Prix

    Mercedes AMG’s Lewis Hamilton has managed to secure his second consecutive pole position after a stunning performance during today’s rain-affected qualifying session for the 2014 Formula One Malaysian Grand Prix. Despite some very heavy downpours, Hamilton managed to set a reasonable...

  • Mercedes AMG at the 2014 Formula One Malaysian Grand Prix
    2014 Formula One Malaysian Grand Prix Weather Forecast

    The Formula One Malaysian Grand Prix is a very demanding race, both for the drivers and the cars. Not only is there the humidity and heat to contend with--the drivers lose more than 6 pounds in sweat--but torrential rain can be, and often is, a problem. And there’s a good chance we’ll...

  • Porsche 911 GT1 Evo Strassenversion. Image via Trofeo Cars.
    Rare Porsche 911 GT1 Evo Straßenversion for sale

    Porsche is back in the top tier of Le Mans racing this year, but the company has a rich history in the series, not the least of which involves a limited run of cars in the late 1990s as homologation specials, including the 911 GT1 Evo Strassenversion. The street-going version of the 911 GT1 race...

  • 2014 Gazoo Racing Lexus LFA Code X race car

    Lexus has been competing in the gruelling Nürburgring 24 Hours endurance race with its LFA supercar since 2008, back when it was still a prototype, and even though production ceased in 2012 versions of the car are still being developed for motorsport use. The latest is the Lexus LFA Code X, which was developed together with Gazoo Racing and will compete in this year’s Nürburgring 24 Hours endurance race. As previously reported, the LFA Code X gets a 5.3-liter V-10, up from the 4.8-liter unit in the regular LFA. No output has been stated, but the engine’s peak power and...

  • Carlos Sainz and Cyril Despres to drive for Peugeot in 2015 Dakar Rally
    Peugeot To Make Dakar Rally Comeback In 2015

    After its domination of Pikes Peak last year, Peugeot is set to return to another arena in which it once competed--the famed Dakar rally. The Pikes Peak partnership of Peugeot Sport, Red Bull and Total will join forces once again for the 2015 Dakar rally, hoping to replicate Peugeot's late 1980s...

  • 2014 Acura TLX GT race car
    Acura TLX GT To Make Competition Debut At Fifth Round Of Pirelli World Challenge

    The racing version of Acura’s upcoming TLX sedan will make its competitive debut in the fifth round of the 2014 Pirelli World Challenge, approximately one month after the world debut of the production TLX at the New York Auto Show on April 16. The round is the Detroit Belle Isle Grand Prix...

  • 2014 Toyota TS040 Hybrid Le Mans prototype
    2014 Toyota TS040 Hybrid Le Mans Prototype Revealed: Video

    Just a day out from the start of official testing for the 2014 World Endurance Championship, Toyota has taken the covers off its all-new TS040 Hybrid Le Mans prototype; the car it hopes will see it victorious, not only this season but at the event highlight, the 24 Hours of Le Mans. The major...

  • Red Bull Racing at the Formula One Malaysian Grand Prix
    2014 Formula One Malaysian Grand Prix Preview

    Gloom and doomers were proved wrong at the Australian Grand Prix a fortnight ago, where we witnessed a reasonably interesting Formula One season opener with more finishers than predicted. Now it’s time for a very different scenario as teams head for the heat, humidity and fast straights and...

  • 2014 Audi R18 e-tron quattro
    Audi R18 e-tron quattro Takes To The Streets In Its New Livery

    Audi will field an updated version of its multiple race-winning R18 e-tron quattro Le Mans prototype in the 2014 World Endurance Championship and the series’ highlight, the 24 Hours of Le Mans. The 2014-spec car was shown for the first time late last year but now it’s been revealed in...

  • Dario Franchitti and the 2014 Chevrolet Camaro Z/28 Indy 500 pace car

    Recently retired racing driver Dario Franchitti, a three-time Indianapolis 500 winner and four-time IndyCar champion, will be pacing this year’s ‘Greatest Spectacle in Racing’ from behind the wheel of a 2014 Chevrolet Camaro Z/28. Franchitti’s appearance at the Indy 500 signals a new start after his career-ending crash last year, with the British driver set to embark on a driver development role with Chip Ganassi Racing. MUST SEE: The Camaro Z/28 Is So Fast, It Outran Its Own Tires. Here's How Chevy Fixed It. As for the Camaro, this will be the eighth time the popular...

  • SRT Viper GTS-R at the 2013 24 Hour of Le Mans
    SRT Won't Race Viper In This Year's 24 Hours Of Le Mans

    After making its return to the 24 Hours Of Le Mans last year, the Viper GTS-R race car won’t be among the lineup at this year’s race. The information was revealed by SRT boss Ralph Gilles, though he is yet to give a reason for the decision. “We regretfully and respectfully decline...

  • Mike Ryan jumps the Banks Super-Turbo Castrol Freightliner in Size Matters 2
    Size Matters 2: The Jumping/Drifting Semi Truck Is Back At Work In New Video

    Literally nothing in this video makes logical sense, but it's still 100% perfect. Mike Ryan and the Banks Super-Turbo Castrol Freightliner (which you might know from Pikes Peak) don't bother defying physics with their house-sized antics--they just take physics' lunch money and dump it in the trash...

  • david baldi lotus hill climb
    This Lotus Climbs Hills Better Than Stallone In Cliffhanger: Video

    Have you ever driven a car and left everything out on the course? I mean really pushed both yourself and your machine to the limit? Even if you say yes, you still haven't gone as wild as some of the hill climb racers on this planet. DON'T MISS: LIT Motors C1: The Car-Like Motorcycle That Can't Fall...

  • Red Bull F1 car and F/A-18 Hornet screencap.
    Red Bull Racing's Daniel Ricciardo Takes On An F/A-18 Hornet Fighter Jet: Video

    It's a Down-Under duel between car and plane.

  • Chevrolet Corvette CERV II
    Mid-Engined CERV II Corvette To Be Shown At Corvettes At Carlisle

    The 1964 CERV II was a mid-engined Corvette prototype designed for racing.

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