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The mission of the Porsche Museum is to preserve the models under its care for future generations. Some are exhibited at the automaker’s museum in Zuffenhausen, Germany, while others are exhibited at automotive events worldwide, such as this weekend’s Pebble Beach Concours d’Elegance. At any given time, however, the bulk of the collection resides in a newly-acquired, climate-controlled warehouse on the outskirts of Stuttgart, Germany. Porsche already gave us a glimpse at the facility and its contents, but now it’s back with a second video showing some of the more...
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BMW Celebrates 40 Years Of M Power: VideoFor BMW M fans all around the globe, 2012 marks a special anniversary--40 years of BMW M Power. It was back in 1972 that BMW brought together the company’s motor racing activities under the umbrella of a new company, BMW Motorsport GmbH. Former racing driver and team boss Jochen Neerpasch...
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Hit And Run Victim Chases Perpetrator, Exacts Revenge: VideoWe have a new video of yet another crazy scene taking place on a road in Russia. This time it involves a hit and run victim chasing after the perpetrator and exacting his own revenge. At the start of the clip an old Lada is seen crashing into the side of a red hatchback. The driver of the Lada then...
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Woman Walks Rope Between Two Moving Volvo Semi Trucks: VideoTo be completely honest, we don't really care that Volvo is launching a new line of freight-hauling trucks, or that they're called FH. What we care about is this crazy, awesome woman named Faith Dickey. An extreme slackliner, highliner, and longliner, Dickey is the world record holder for the...
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Jeremy Foley's Pikes Peak Crash, From The On-Board Camera: VideoBy now, nearly everyone in the United States, racing fan or not, has seen Jeremy Foley and Yuri Kouznetsov’s horrific crash during Sunday’s Pike’s Peak Hill Climb. The driver and co-driver even made an appearance on NBC’s Today Show, where Foley admitted that his last...
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Chris Harris Compares The Scion FR-S... To The Nissan 370Z? VideoWhen it comes to lightweight and affordable rear-drive sports cars that you can buy new in the United States, the list is indeed a short one. In fact the only cars that come to mind for us are the new Scion FR-S (and its fraternal twin, the Subaru BRZ) and the Mazda MX-5 Miata. Yes, we know...
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Nobuhiro "Monster" Tajima remains a legend on Pikes Peak despite Rhys Millen's record run this year--after all, Millen went just five seconds faster than Tajima's 2011 run despite an additional two-plus miles of pavement in place of dirt. But this year, Tajima's run for the record was cut short because of a failure in his electric E-RUNNER race car. So instead of reviewing his run in full, we offer you a look at the difference between his electric race car during qualifying and last year's record-setting combustion-powered car loosely based on the Suzuki SX4. Which do you prefer? The snarl...
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Bentley's Continental GT Speed Climbs The Hill At GoodwoodBentley chose to use this year’s Goodwood Festival of Speed to unveil its fastest-ever production model, the new Continental GT Speed. Powered by a twin-turbo W-12 engine rated at 616 horsepower and 590 pound-feet of torque, the all-wheel-drive coupe can sprint to a top speed of 205 mph...
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Red Bull F1 Car 'Sings' The National AnthemTo promote the 2013 Grand Prix of America at the Port Imperial Street Circuit in Weehawken, New Jersey (which F1 czar Bernie Ecclestone remains less than optimistic about), Red Bull Racing recently demonstrated the surprising musical talents of its running Formula One show car. In the shadow of the...
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2012 Chevy COPO Camaro Runs 8.88-Second Quarter Mile: VideoChevy promised its 2012 COPO Camaro would slip under nine seconds for the quarter mile, and now the car has delivered.
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Watch Rhys Millen’s Record-Breaking Pikes Peak Run: VideoRhys Millen set a new record for the Pikes Peak International Hill Climb in 2012 behind the wheel of a 700-horsepower Genesis Coupe.
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Mercedes Enlists MacGyver To Help Sell New Van: VideoApril Fool’s Day may have been four months ago but today we have a story worthy of being a great prank, only it’s real. Mercedes-Benz has enlisted none other than MacGyver, played by actor Richard Dean Anderson, to help sell its latest commercial vehicle, the Citan van. Anyone familiar...
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With 1,400 horsepower on tap, everything happens quickly in Paul Dallenbach's Banks Power Pikes Peak car. When the throttle sticks open, things happen way too quickly. Things like flying off the mountain into a stand of tall pine trees. That's exactly what this video shows. Amazingly, perhaps as amazingly as Jeremy Foley and Yuri Kouznetsov surviving their crash largely unscathed, Dallenbach survived his dance with death intact. The car, however, did not. Fortunately, Dallenbach managed to avoid the spectators standing nearby. According to Dallenbach's Facebook page, he escaped his 130-mph...
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Adam Carolla Visits Jay Leno's Garage In A Ferrari 330 GT 2+2: VideoJay Leno is not a Ferrari guy, or more specifically, he’s not a modern Ferrari guy. His issue with cars like the Ferrari 458 Italia is simple: there’s nothing under the hood that an owner can turn wrenches on, as all service needs to be done by an authorized Ferrari dealer. Older...
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IIHS Toughens Frontal Crash Tests, Acura And Volvo Come Out On TopGetting a perfect score in the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety’s (IIHS) round of crash tests just got that much harder, with the agency introducing a tough new test it says will help spur automakers into improving protection of occupants during severe frontal crashes. The latest test...
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2014 Bentley Continental Flying Spur Spy VideoBentley is hard at work renewing its Continental Flying Spur, with prototypes for the latest version of the big sedan spotted testing in Europe on a number of occasions already. Due sometime next year as a 2014 model, the new Continental Flying Spur will have received extensive updates including...
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Local Motors, Domino's Crowdsourcing 'Ultimate Delivery Vehicle': VideoThe open-source minds behind the Local Motors Rally Fighter have joined forces with Domino's pizza to conceive the Ultimate Delivery Vehicle. And you (or people like you) are the brains that will imagine it. Domino's is "reinventing the way pizza is delivered, and [they] want your help," according...
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Jeremy Foley's Insane Pikes Peak Crash: VideoYesterday, while many of his friends were autocrossing near Dallas, Texas, they were thinking about Jeremy Foley. Why? Because he'd be running up Pikes Peak in a 560-plus-horsepower (at the wheels) Mitsubishi Evolution by Evolution Dynamics. That's Most of our idea of a very good day. But...
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That recurring dream, the one that scares the whee out of even 50-year-olds, unfurls from my brain and falls right into my lap as soon as I plug in Audi's jaunty little USB jump drive into the black box. Is there a test this morning? 'Cause I forgot to study last night, and there's no way I'm reading all of "The Stranger" on this 16-minute bus ride to school. Why worry? It's just three or four years since I drove Sonoma Raceway the last time, and nothing's changed, except for the name. Ooohhh...That's why. Sonoma's still a technical track. That's the time-honored euphemism for "walls hurt."...
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Pikes Peak 2012: The Standings So FarWith everything from the likes of the Banks Power/Dallenbach 1,400-horsepower beast to Monster Tajima's electric prototype to smaller privateers like the Evolution Dynamics Mitsubishi Evolution IX piloted by Jeremy Foley, the action at Pikes Peak is already underway. Qualifying is in the books, and...
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Jaguar Shows Its F-Type At Speed Before Paris Debut: VideoIt seems we know all there is to know about the upcoming Jaguar F-Type roadster. Unlike Jaguars of recent years (excluding the surprisingly hard-edged XKR-S), it will be focused more on handling than on luxury. It will come with a choice of three supercharged engines, including two V-6s and a V-8...
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Lamborghini Aventador Vs. Mercedes SLS AMG Roadster: 1 Mile Drag RaceThe team at Hennessey Performance never let us down when it comes to high-horsepower fun. Here, we see what a Lamborghini Aventador eats for a light snack: A Mercedes-Benz SLS AMG Roadster. Played out over the course of a one-mile drag race, but over and finished before more than a few hundred feet...
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Russian Car Chase Ends In Crash, Gun Play: VideoWe have to thank the ever-present threat of insurance fraud for Russia's dashcam video boom, or we might never have seen these gun-wielding Russians chasing a hit-and-run driver until it ends in a crash and a foot chase. If you listen closely near the beginning of the video when the chasing car...
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Aston Martin Visits Bosch's Boxberg Proving Grounds: VideoIn addition to providing Aston Martin owners with specialized driving instruction programs in the U.K. and the U.S., the luxury sports car maker also runs a series of more relaxed “lifestyle events,” which usually involve scenic tours in Aston Martin automobiles. Somewhere in between...
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