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  • McLaren P1 entering race mode

    There's no doubt the McLaren P1 is a strong contender--perhaps the top contender--for the title of most advanced road-going car on the planet. But what's it like to take it from its mind-bogglingly fast normal mode into race mode? Well, it takes a while. As this video from Shmee150 illustrates, once you press the active button (to engage the active dynamics panel), then select race mode, then press and hold the race mode button to clear the off-road-use-only alert, things start happening. The rear wing climbs from its nook at the rear of the car to a height of 300 mm, the suspension begins...

  • Drift Garage's built drift missile
    Drift Garage Finale: See The Completed Drift Missile In Action

    It's gone by entirely too quickly, but these little romps with Chris Forsberg and Ryan Tuerck have led us to a completed drift beater, built for a tad over $5,000. How much fun can you have for that little money? Quite a lot, it turns out. If you haven't kept up with the series, you can watch them...

  • Front-drive drag car blows a tire on the dyno
    Front-Wheel Drive Drag Car Blows Tire, Self-Destructs On Dyno

    While it might seem like a pretty safe environment, dynos pack a lot of hidden danger. From roasting trunk occupants with flames to blowing engines to shredding tires, the simple task of measuring your car's horsepower can go sideways in a hurry. Case in point: This turbo wrong-wheel drive drag car...

  • McLaren P1 shooting flames from exhaust
    Move Over Aventador, McLaren’s P1 Is The New King Of Flames: Video

    The Lamborghini Aventador is well known for its fire-spitting abilities, with one of the cars recently being used to cook a Christmas turkey. Well, it looks like we can crown a new car with the admittedly made-up title of ‘King Of Flames’, the McLaren P1. The guys at Shmee150 were down...

  • Harman Signal Doctor
    Harman Signal Doctor Can Un-Suck Your Car's Sound System

    Cars are where people listen to music most often--but the digitally compressed music we carry on iPods, USB sticks, CDs, or stream from the Web has turned our cars into lossy echo chambers. It's all in the acoustics. Studio-quality audio files become a source of anger for audiophiles, as the...

  • 2015 Ferrari California T
    Turbocharged Ferrari California T Revealed: Video

    Ferrari has revealed its new, turbocharged California, the California T, which debuts next month at the 2014 Geneva Motor Show and sees the Prancing Horse return to turbocharged power for the first time since the legendary F40 supercar of the 1980s. Yes, 2014 marks a new era for Ferrari, both on...

  • IIHS crash test

    Whether on the race track or on the street, we've all seen it: minor crashes that caused a surprising amount of injury, and big, nasty crashes that let the driver walk away--or at least survive. Why does that happen? It comes down to the way the body responds to the forces in a crash. DON'T MISS: Satan Starts Car Collection With 8 Corvettes As Sinkhole Collapses Under Museum In this video, the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety (IIHS) shows us what exactly happens to the body during a series of typical car crashes. The results are drawn from their own testing and from real-world racing...

  • 2014 BMW 2-Series Coupe
    BMW 2-Series Ad Pays Homage To Classic 2002: Video

    The classic BMW 2002 and its contemporary kin have become iconic cars for diehard Bimmer fans, so the automaker's latest advert should be a real treat. The 2014 BMW 2-Series may not be a direct descendant of the 2002, which was subsequently replaced by the E21-generation 3-Series and every model...

  • Jay Leno and three generations of the Mazda MX-5 Miata
    Jay Leno Looks Back At 25 Years Of The Mazda MX-5 Miata: Video

    The Mazda MX-5 Miata sports car has just turned 25, and Mazda is gearing up for a whole year of celebrations that will culminate with the unveiling of a fourth-generation model, the ND, sometime in the near future. Car aficionado and an MX-5 owner himself Jay Leno decided to host his own...

  • Tom Wayes at King of the Hammers.
    Watch a Truck Drive Up A Rock Face At King Of The Hammers: Video

    Tom Wayes takes his rig vertical at King of the Hammers.

  • Man crashes Kia into Ferrari dealership in Qatar
    Alleged Drunk Driver Crashes Into Ferrari Dealership, Then Flees: Video

    An alleged drunk driver recently crashed his Kia into a Ferrari dealership in an upmarket area of the Qatar capital Doha. The video above, sourced from YouTube user JustinsSupercars (via The Supercar Kids), was taken at the scene just moments after the crash. It shows what’s presumed to be a...

  • Goldfish can drive, thanks to Studio Diip
    You Think Goldfish Can't Drive? Wrong. Fish On Wheels: Video

    Goldfish. They're surprisingly good pets, especially when you're young, but unless you have deceptive and kind-hearted parents, they're also an early lesson in mortality. But they're also surprisingly good at something else: driving. That's right, goldfish can drive--at least, they can with the...

  • 7,000-horsepower dirt dragster launches

    Have you ever wanted to feel the exfoliating joy of a 40-foot-high, 300-foot-long sandblaster of a rooster tail? Then you want to get to know Dennis Rieck and his dirt-loving Top Fuel dragster, Hammerdown. When Rieck drops the hammer, sand flies. Everywhere. Why? Because he's dropping the hammer on a supercharged 500-cubic-inch Hemi V-8 that puts 7,000 horsepower into the dirt through its paddle tires. DON'T MISS: Hear Volvo's New V8 Supercars Engine Road: Video Watch the action--Hammerdown comes to the line at about 2:45 in the video above--to see the fastest dirt dragster in the known...

  • 2014 Volvo V8 Supercars race car engine
    Hear Volvo's New V8 Supercars Engine Roar: Video

    Formula One may be downsizing to turbocharged V-6 engines this year, but it’s good to see there are still some motorsport categories where a good ol’ V-8 remains the engine of choice. One of the most exciting V-8 racing series is Australia’s V8 Supercars, which traditionally has...

  • Frame from 2014 Cadillac ELR video on YouTube, with actor Neil McDonough
    Right-Wing Power Execs Speak Bad French, Buy Cadillac ELRs. Apparently.

    Why do we watch car commercials? For this? For attitude? Other enthusiast hobbies, they do their thing, they meet at the cafe, they take the weekend off--OFF. Why aren't you like that? Why aren't we like that? While there's a lot to be said for the rhetorical construction of the speech delivered in...

  • Chevrolet Corvette Stingray at Goodwood.
    Goodwood Tests The Corvette Stingray Against A Jaguar F-Type, Aston V12 Vantage S: Video

    America's sports car takes on the best of Britain in a hill-climb challenge.

  • 2015 Volvo S60 and V60 Polestar
    First Video Of The Polestar-Enhanced Volvo S60 And V60: Video

    Volvo’s first Polestar-enhanced models have finally landed, and they look particularly tasty in their signature Rebel Blue paint schemes. But with any good performance car, it’s what’s inside that counts most, and in this department the new S60 and V60 Polestar models certainly...

  • BMW M235i Racing
    Building The BMW M235i Racing: Video

    BMW's odds'n'evens naming scheme isn't as logical as it once was, but most gearheads are prepared to forgive the German marque provided it keeps churning out great drivers cars. That includes powerful, focused M performance models. And while the new BMW 2-Series doesn't yet have a dedicated BMW M...

  • First-gen Mazda MX-5 Miata, launched in 1989

    On February 9, 1989, the world was introduced to the very first generation of Mazda’s MX-5 Miata convertible sports car at the Chicago Auto Show. That first MX-5, the NA, then went on to win rave reviews from many of the top magazines and would eventually spawn two successors. Now, a fourth generation of the iconic sports car, the ND, is in the works, and while it would have been great to see it launched for the MX-5’s 25th anniversary this past weekend, we’ll have to make do with a special website launched by Mazda that charts the car’s history. The site features a...

  • Mercedes AMG's W05 2014 Formula One car
    How The 2014 F1 Cars Will Drive: Allan McNish Predicts

    Retired from his winning endurance racing career, Allan McNish has taken up a job reporting on Formula 1 for the BBC. He's trading on his experience as a top-flight racer of hybrid-powered race cars, and we're buying in. Of course, McNish also has some seat time in F1 cars, too, so he may be one of...

  • The BMW i8 says 'Hello Future'
    BMW Pitches The i8 As The Future, But Arthur C. Clarke Might Disagree: Video

    The future is a tricky place. That's something Arthur C. Clarke knew better than most, even half a century ago. Clarke's famous 1964 prediction of the future (a portion of which is used here as narration for BMW's ad; you can see a segment of the original below) frame it as such, summing it up by...

  • Reiter Lamborghini Gallardo on a ski slope.
    Reiter Lamborghini Gallardo Is The Ultimate Chairlift: Video

    Apparently, a modified Lamborghini Gallardo is just as good on snow as it is on pavement.

  • Tuned Mitsubishi Colt with 963 hp.
    This 963-HP, 196-MPH Mitsubishi Colt Is Totally Bonkers: Video

    See a Mitsubishi Colt do 0 to 60 mph in 3.0 seconds.

  • Chevrolet Reaper from Lingenfelter and Southern Comfort Automotive
    Lingenfelter Reveals Raptor-Rivaling Reaper Pickup In Chicago: Video

    Big fan of Chevrolet's Silverado pickup but just wish it was a little more exciting? Lingenfelter and Southern Comfort Automotive might have the answer, in the shape of the recently-announced Reaper. The steroidal Silverado matches Lingenfelter's tuning expertise with Southern Comfort Automotive's...

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