Videos
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The 2013 Porsche Cayman is expected to go on sale in the second half of the year but until then enjoy our exclusive spy video of a prototype.
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Does This Video Show The Refreshed Chevy Cruze Sedan?This much is clear: the above Chevrolet Korea video shows a slightly restyled Chevrolet Cruze sedan, which seems to carry over the same front-end look debuted by the Cruze Wagon at this year’s Geneva Motor Show. As World Car Fans (via Auto Forum) points out, the existing car’s mesh...
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SARTRE Self-Driving Road Train Takes To Public Roads: VideoWhile in the U.S. firms such as Google are attempting to revolutionize mobility by doing away with the driver completely, over in Europe researchers are taking smaller steps towards making autonomous driving a reality. For the past couple of years we’ve been bringing you details about the...
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'The Avengers' Humvee For Sale On eBayWhile owning a real military vehicle brings with it as many complications as compliments, owning a piece of movie quasi-history might help make up for some of the trouble you're sure to incur with this M998 HMMWV, or, as it's more commonly known, the Humvee--the "real" Hummer. No weak-kneed...
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Hill Climb Driver Demonstrates His Veyron Drifting Skills: VideoSporting events like hill climbs are usually the domain of vintage race cars, whose owners drive them according to their value. It may not be an uncommon sight to see a driver in an E30 BMW demonstrating opposite lock, but you won’t see that too often in an obscenely valuable Porsche 917/10...
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2013 Subaru BRZ First Drive“Keep it simple” is a siren song for driving enthusiasts and weekend racers who love a certain kind of sports car. And if you hear that as meaning lightweight, rear-wheel-drive, relatively inexpensive, inherently well-balanced, and not overwhelmed by electronic controls—and...
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It’s no secret that modern Formula One cars are among the most complex purpose-built race cars on the planet, so few outside the F1 inner circle of mechanics and engineers ever get to see one at the component level. The Sauber F1 Team wants to show fans what the inside of an F1 car looks like, so its mechanics spent two years splitting an F1 car down the centerline. The result is the incredible cutaway chassis seen in the video above. Matt Morris, Sauber’s chief designer, does an exemplary job of talking you through the inner workings of a modern F1 car, covering an impressive...
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Schumacher And Rosberg Shake Down The Mercedes A Class, Play Soccer: VideoBeing a Formula One driver means having every moment of every day during racing season spelled out for you. In addition to constant physical training, there’s testing in simulators (and occasionally on track, FAI rules permitting), debriefings, and the ever-present sponsor appearances. For...
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Nissan Leaf Beats 370Z In Drag Race? Video...If you've ever needed videographic proof that bad driving and an evil heart can prove anything, you'll want to check out this video. Otherwise, get ready to be infuriated. Before we get too deep into the murk here, let's be clear: we have no ill feelings toward our green-obsessed friends who put a...
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Hyper-Realistic Video Game Car Crashes Coming SoonBuilding on the work of the geniuses at CryTek, creators of the new CryENGINE3 video game engine, BeamNG has found a way to model vehicle crashes with incredible realism--within the world where your character hacks, slashes, shoots, and otherwise causes mayhem. The video, dug up from Reddit by...
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A Few Minutes With Audi Driver Allan McNish: VideoUnless you follow endurance racing, the name Allan McNish may not be all that familiar to you. If you’re a fan of the 24 Hours of Le Mans, you probably know that McNish won the race in 1998 and in 2008; if you follow the American Le Mans Series, you probably know that he was the series...
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Get To Know The Team Behind The 2013 Ford Shelby GT500: VideoThe team that developed the 2013 Ford Shelby GT500 is a close-knit group of engineers, drivers, and enthusiasts.
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Bryan Heitkotter is living every Gran Turismo player's dream: he won GT Academy in 2011 and is now a race car driver for Nissan. He battles it out in a Nissan 370Z endurance race car across the globe. Last week we were fortunate enough to sit shotgun in a 2013 Nissan GT-R Black Edition for a hot lap around Road America with Bryan. Bryan told us about how a mere year ago he was an unemployed parts delivery guy who was just sitting at home playing Gran Turismo 5. He decided to enter Nissan/Playstation's GT Academy video game driving contest as he had the time on his hands. His dream: become a...
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BMW's Zagato Coupe, Explained: VideoBMW opted to unveil its latest design concept, the BMW Zagato Coupe, at the prestigious Concorso d'Eleganza Villa d'Este. Equal parts sculpture and automotive engineering, the Zagato Coupe has already been high speed tested by the Bavarian automaker. It’s doubtful that the car will ever see...
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RK Motors Restoring The Last HEMI: 1971 Dodge Charger R/TSome sort of hemispherical combustion chamber--heavily modified, updated, and optimized for its particular role, of course--can be found in any number of cars, from many brands; they've been used in an array of engines almost since the dawn of the automobile. But in the heyday of the muscle car...
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McLaren MP4-12C Heads To Abu Dhabi’s Yas Marina Circuit: VideoMcLaren is expanding in the Middle East and to mark the occasion the automaker has released a new video of its MP4-12C supercar driving through the desert on its way to Yas Marina Circuit, home of the Formula 1 Abu Dhabi Grand Prix and the Ferrari World theme park. In particular, the video marks...
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Nissan’s 545-Horsepower Juke-R Crossover Hits The Ice: VideoBefore heading to the Nürburgring to compete at the German circuit’s 24 hour endurance race last weekend, Nissan’s original GT Academy winner Lucas Ordonez took some time out to test the 545-horsepower Nissan Juke-R crossover on Norway’s Losna Isbane ice tracks. Having grown...
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Ferrari Pays Tribute To The Mille Miglia With 140 Cars: VideoIf you're a fan of classic Ferraris, modern Ferraris, historic events, or smooth Jazz, then this is the video for you. Replete with the lush sounds of some funky fresh guitar and saxophone, not to mention the occasional snippet of V-8, V-12 or flat-12, this video shows off some of the best Prancing...
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You know you're having a good day, cruising down a winding Russian road in your classic Mercedes-Benz in the sunshine. It's an especially good day when the tanker truck in the oncoming lane misses squashing you like a metallic bug by mere feet. The truck driver following the Benz, and catching the too-fast cornering and subsequent rollover on video, wasn't quite as lucky, but at least he has the video evidence to show it wasn't his fault. The guy standing in his now-sideways MAN tanker truck seems pretty unconcerned about the whole thing, but we imagine he had some serious explaining to do...
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Driven Tours The McLaren Technology Center: VideoPerhaps the most noticeable thing about McLaren’s state-of-the-art Production Center, where the MP4-12C supercar is assembled, is how little it resembles an automotive assembly plant. Sure, there are racks of components and cars in various stages of assembly, but what’s absent is the...
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Gymkhana FOUR Bonus Edit: Behind The HoonsOK, so Ken Block's Gymkhana series doesn't pack quite the punch it once did, as it's been blasted everywhere and promoted to no end. The newness is worn off, and we've all had our fill of tire-smoking, powersliding rally cars. Right? Maybe not just yet. The "bonus edit" of Gymkhana FOUR: The...
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A Night Lap Of The Nürburgring In A Porsche 911 GT3 Cup: VideoDriving a racetrack you know intimately in the dark is a very humbling experience. Even in an endurance race car, there’s barely enough lighting to cope with the kind of speeds typically encountered on a track. Putting together a fast lap, then, requires more than vision. It’s as much...
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Stage Two Of Nissan's Crowd-Sourced 370Z: VideoWhen you want to promote the launch of a refreshed sports car with a near-rabid worldwide following, what better way is there than turning over the design of a one-off build to your Facebook fans? To promote the refreshed 370Z, that’s exactly what Nissan did, crowd-sourcing the build options...
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Why Yes, The Ford Focus Can Do A Two Minute Burnout: VideoIf you assume that a V-8 engine or even a lot of horsepower is necessary to do a proper burnout, you’d be incorrect. As this video demonstrates, all you need is a current Ford Focus, a set of cheap (presumably used) tires and a place to let it rip without police or fire department...
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