Videos
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A stonking 6.2-liter LS3 V-8 engine is enough meat for most Camaro owners, but not for the obsessives at Lingenfelter. Instead, they shoehorned a supercharged LS9 into the engine bay of a heavily-modified 2010 Camaro SS. And then they shot it full of nitrous. The result? A slick-smoking monster of a straight-strip beast, and the first 2010 Camaro to break into the eight-second range in the quarter. This video shows the car running an 8.99 at 158.60 mph. Vicious. [Lingenfelter via YouTube]
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Video: Rhys Millen Drifts Red Bull Genesis Coupe Up Brazilian MountainThe art of drifting is often mocked as the figure skating of motorsports. While that may be a fair comparison--there are no finish lines, only judges--it still takes an incredible degree of control and skill to pull it off well. Rhys Millen has that skill. This video shows Millen sliding his...
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Video: A Quick Look At Audi's quattro ConceptWe met Audi's quattro Concept at the 2010 Paris Auto Show last September, and immediately fell in love with its sharp lines, elegant proportions, and menacing details. Now you can spend some quality time with the new quattro in this brief video. The futuristic design pays homage to the 30th...
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Video: BMW Engineer Juergen Greil Talks About The Vision EfficientDynamicsIn the latest episode of the BMW Unscripted series we have one of the automaker’s top engineers, Juergen Greil, giving insight into the development process and the general feeling towards the Vision EfficientDynamics green supercar concept, a vehicle that’s due for sale in 2013. Hearing...
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Video: HTT Plethore LC-750 Supercar Stars In Mentos CommercialYou’re chances of actually seeing a HTT Plethore LC-750 out on the roads are next to nil but you can see the Canadian supercar in this latest advertisement for Mentos’ Fruity Fresh 3 chewing gum, which was recently launched in Europe. The creation of HTT Technologies and the brainchild...
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VIDEO: Mustang Slot Car Track At Ford Display At 2010 Los Angeles Auto ShowFor those of you attending the 2010 Los Angeles Auto Show over the weekend, you might want to check out this slot-car track at Ford's display. Here's some video of it in action from last week's press days.
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You have no idea how much we love the holidays. Not because of the mini-vacation, or the change in weather, or the turducken -- though those are nice, of course -- but because of the dazzling array of movies on view. From Thanksgiving through New Year's Eve, at cineplexes across America, studios around the globe release their biggest and brightest Oscar contenders. And then there's Faster. Faster is clearly not out to win any awards. Awards generally go to subtle, nuanced movies wherein a heroine wearing a prosthesis -- false nose, false teeth -- undergoes a life-changing transformation...
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Ferrari chairman drives the New StratosIn the latest addition to what has turned out to be a very video-heavy Tuesday, we have the president of Ferrari, Luca di Montezemolo, driving the New Stratos at the Fiorano test circuit. Based on a shortened and heavily modified Ferrari F430 platform, and as the revival/re-imagination of an...
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Audi RS 3 Sportback detailed, we gnash teeth in envyWanting what we can't have is a common thread in the shared human experience, and the thread has rarely been stronger for us than in the case of the Audi RS 3 Sportback. Hatchback? Check. Hot? Check. All-wheel drive? Check. It ticks all the boxes. This video includes tons of static footage of the...
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Video: BMW Releases Third Teaser For 1-Series M CarAbout a year ago, BMW's M Division development chief said a 1-Series M car was off the table, and hopes were consequently deflated. But then, after a spate of spy shots, BMW finally confirmed the car’s existence and released a new teaser video to boot. Earlier today, we brought you news that...
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Video: MINI Connected In DepthCurious about MINI's new iPhone-controlling, Internet-enabled Connected system, paralleling parent BMW's system of the same name? Satisfy your curiousity with the video below. Fresh from MINI's media site, the video features Rob Passaro as he walks us through the MINI Connected system's multitude...
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Video: Previous-Generation Camaro Destroyed By 1,500 Pounds Of Used Cell PhonesUsing YouTube as an advertising outlet is nothing new anymore, and cell-phone recycler Pace Butler has produced an ad in which a fourth-generation Camaro meets its demise by having 1,500 pounds of old cell phones dropped on it from above. According to a post on Jalopnik, the Camaro wasn't running...
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Sometimes, we get press releases that make us die a little inside. We'll receive an email about new air-fresheners or nutria-trimmed seat covers or those seriously creepy car lashes, and it'll make us super-sad -- not because of the products themselves, but because some poor PR newbie, fresh out of business school, is having to shill that crap like it's the most awesome stuff since Ovaltine. That's not what she set out to do with her life, not part of the plan she laid out on the back of a bevnap in the Rathskeller that Wednesday night during fall finals her junior year. She was going to go...
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Video: Subaru Impreza Concept In DetailSubaru's Impreza concept knocked socks off at the 2010 Los Angeles Auto Show unveiling, and though it doesn't look all that characteristically Subaru, it certain looks good. This CGI video offers a much closer, more detailed look at the car, though you'll have to endure some rather annoying world...
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Video: Pagani And Lamborghini Duel In Need For Speed Hot Pursuit TrailerFor the driving simulator fan, the Need for Speed series holds a certain nostalgia as one of the first really fun and engaging car games. For the past 16 years the franchise has expanded on that theme, evolving to a level of realistic graphics and fun-focused gameplay that everyone can get on board...
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Driven: 2011 Cadillac CTS-V WagonPress launches are odd things, especially when you're dealing with a 556-horsepower super-wagon on a track you've never driven before. Limited time, restricted driving conditions, and unfamiliarity can conspire to put more noise in the signal you're getting from the car than you can filter out. But...
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Video: Infiniti's Kyle Bazemore Talks M HybridNissan and its Infiniti luxury division may have been late to the table when it comes to hybrids but neither brand is shying away from launching a new generation of gasoline-electric vehicles. Infiniti has fired the latest round in the battle for hybrid supremacy with the unveiling of a new hybrid...
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Video: Mercedes-Benz Identifies The Most Attractive Parts Of A CarMercedes-Benz has identified the key elements of a car that draws the most attention from onlookers. Using a simple idea of filming the eyes of onlookers, Mercedes-Benz designers have set up the Eye Catchers experiment. Watch the video below to see which elements of the new 2012 Mercedes-Benz CLS...
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We just spent a day driving the 2011 Cadillac CTS-V Wagon around the foggy, ridiculously gorgeous Monterey Peninsula, topped with a couple dozen laps at Laguna Seca. We can't tell you what we think about the driving characterstics of the car for a few days yet, but this teaser video of some of the side-lot fun should help tide you over. Check out those moves on Bibendum, a.k.a. the Michelin Man, as he cheers on the action. We'll have the full monty next Monday, so be sure to check back then to see how the Wagon compares to its two- and four-door sisters.
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Video: Usain Bolt Drives The Ferrari 458 Italia And 599 GTB At FioranoUsain Bolt, world-record holder and gold medal winner at the Olympic Games over the 100 and 200 meter sprints, experienced a special day in Maranello this past week where he was able to test the 458 Italia and 599 GTB supercars around the famous Fiorano circuit. The sprinter was excited in the cars...
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Video: Ken Block Ruins Another Rally Car In Practice For Wales Rally GBTreacherous conditions are the name of the game in the Wales Rally Great Britain, so it's no surprise perhaps that Ken Block managed to roll his race ride while practicing in muddy, snowy conditions at the M-Sport proving grounds for the rally this week. On the other hand, the fact that it's Ken...
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Celebs And Cars: This Week's High (And Very, Very Low) Points• Remember that clip of 50 Cent jamming $2 million into a Lamborghini Murcielago? Not to be outdone, Verne Troyer has posted a photo reply, featuring the actor with stacks of (possibly real) dough in his own Lambo Countach. It's supposed to represent $2 million, but it looks a little short to...
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Video: Pastrana-Waltrip NASCAR Team Official Launch"HELLS YES!" That's Travis' answer to the question "you sure you wanna do this?" as he sits behind the wheel and under a tarp in the newly-formed Pastrana-Waltrip racing NASCAR Nationwide team car. That's our answer too. For those of you who may not appreciate the subtleties and refinement of the...
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Video: Behind The Scenes Of Lotus' MetamorphosisCall it psychological scarring from junior high if you will, but you say Metamorphosis and I think of Franz Kafka and man-sized cockroaches. That's probably not what Lotus was going after when it hired French artist Gerard Rancinan to film its new lineup unveiled at the 2010 Paris auto show, but...
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