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Turbo rally-car anti-lag is a beautiful thing. The careful adjustment of ignition timing, fuel injection, and exhaust valve opening results in still-burning fuel rocketing out of the engine during off-throttle deceleration to keep exhaust velocities high and the turbo spooled. It's a brutal, magical thing. It's also an element of Ken Block's upcoming Gymkhana FOUR. The video features Block's Monster Rally Hybrid Function Hoon Vehicle, the pint-sized, single-platform Swiss Army knife of motorsports. Check out the teaser footage (complete with flaming tailpipe) below and get ready for the real...
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Ferrari World Abu Dhabi Video TourFerrari World Abu Dhabi officially opened its doors in November, 2010 but if you haven't had the chance to go yet then enjoy this video tour.
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2011 Audi Urban Concept Teaser VideoThe 2011 Audi Urban Concept will make its official world debut next month at the 2011 Frankfurt Auto Show but you can get a preview of it here in this official video.
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700-HP Raybestos 1964 GTO-R Complete, Hits The Drag Strip: VideoThe 700-horsepower Raybestos GTO-R, based on a 1964 GTO, the original muscle car, is finally complete, with the team at Hot Rod Chassis & Cycle finishing the build off with classic styling touches married with modern power and equipment. To put the new car to the test before it's given away to...
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Ralph Gilles On The Spirit Of SRT: VideoIt's hard not to see the intense enthusiasm Ralph Gilles has for performance vehicles, and that makes him a great fit with the new SRT brand in Chrysler's lineup. Here, he talks about the brand and its philosophy as well as the design process for differentiating SRT vehicles from their donors. Our...
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Tell Us Why You Are Excited To See SENNA And Win SwagThis Friday auto enthusiasts and racing fans in Los Angeles and New York City will have the opportunity to see the the documentary we have all been waiting for: SENNA. Now that the time is nearly here, we want to know why you are excited to see SENNA. A quick refresher about what SENNA is about...
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Special edition Camaros are an important part of Chevrolet's history and in the future we may be seeing a new one every six months or so.
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Subaru's David Higgins Makes Record Mt. Washington Run: VideoSubaru rally driver David Higgins sets a new record run up the Mt. Washington Climb to the Clouds, now captured on official video.
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Audi R8 GT Week: Performance And Design VideosIt's hard to believe, but we're already two days into the R8 GT Week that's trying to top those toothy fishes on the Discovery Channel. The first two videos, entitled "Performance," and "Design," give us a look into just what you'd expect. The R8 GT's performance and design are worthy subjects of...
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Woman-Ogling Scooter Rider Crashes Into Parked Van: VideoWe don't speak Chinese, but we don't need to: this video speaks a univeral language. Somewhere in China, a scooter rider found himself passing what must be a very attractive young woman. His attention to the woman and not the road ends in painful hilarity. As the scooter rider cranes his neck to...
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Himler's Mom Screams As He Unleashes 1,250-HP Twin-Turbo GallardoRemember that incredible video of the fire-spitting twin-turbo Underground Racing Gallardo we showed you a few weeks back? Well the videographer and owner, Robert Himler, has gifted us another brilliant video, this time of his (rather attractive) mom screaming as he mats the gas pedal. She protests...
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Electric RaceAbout EV Laps 'Ring In 9:08: VideoYes, electric sports car fans, the Electric RaceAbout, the only of the Automotive X Prize finalists to actually, you know, look like a real car, has taken its turn at the Nurburgring's Nordschleife. Unfortunately, it's not quite as quick as you might have hoped. It's not exactly slow, completing...
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Performance does seem to be under threat of regulation into non-existence sometimes, what with 54.5 mpg CAFE standards, the anthropogenic global warming crowd, and even our own wallets asking us if we really need all that horsepower and speed every time we head to the pump. But is an SUV really the thing to pull us out of this tailspin? First off, let us recognize the fact that the new Dodge Durango is a pretty impressive upgrade over the previous model, as is its corporate cousin, the Jeep Grand Cherokee. Excellent exterior designs, high-grade interiors, good road manners, solid off-road...
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Audi Tries To Outdo Shark Week With R8 GT Week: VideoThere's no arguing Audi's R8 supercar is a thing of both beauty and ability. In V-10 form it's even sharper. Then there's the stellar R8 GT. But is it better than Shark Week? Audi thinks so (and, at least until those sharks start growing lasers out of their heads, we tend to agree), and it's...
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2012 Mercedes-Benz SLS AMG Roadster Walkaround: VideoThe 2012 Mercedes-Benz SLS AMG Roadster made its North American debut at the Moto GP race at Laguna Seca last month, and this video gives us a walkaround of the new car courtesy of Mercedes-Benz AMG product manager Rob Moran. You've already read up on the SLS AMG Roadster's details and pored over...
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Subaru Rally Team USA Guns For Gold: VideoSubaru Rally Team USA's David Higgins won the Rally America national championship this year, and along the way created a number of highlights. This video captures many of them. Who doesn't love a rally highlight reel? Drivers Higgins and Dave Mirra also give their thoughts on the team, the season...
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Fernando Alonso Compares Race Fuel To Road Fuel In His Ferrari F1: VideoShell gets Fernando Alonso to drive his Ferrari F1 car around a track, once with racing fuel and once with normal pump grade stuff, to see how the two fuels compare.
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Corvette Racing Shows Its Pit Lane Performance: VideoSee first-hand what it's like when the Corvette Racing American Le Mans Series team orchestrates a pit stop.
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English stunt driver and general behind-the-wheel-badass Russ Swift once held the record for parallel parking a car in the smallest space between two others. He did it, naturally, in a Mini, with the aid of a handbrake turn. The German who just reset the new record in a considerably smaller space used the same technique. Ronny Wechselberger pulled off the parking stunt with just 26 centimeters more space than the length of his Volkswagen Polo. Swift had previously done it in 33 centimeters back in 2007 (video here) and it has been slowly edged down in 1-cm steps since. Who will be the next...
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Toyota Helps Old Drivers, Pedestrians With New Safety TechYour next car will almost certainly perform better than your last car, offer more features, greater comfort and more gadgets. It'll also be safer, but we've become so complacent with the safety of modern cars that we barely give it a second thought any more. Carmakers do though, and Toyota has...
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Dealer Takes 2012 Fisker Karma For A Spin: VideoThe 2012 Fisker Karma is a range-extended electric car claimed to return a fuel economy of 100 mpg and costing $95,900.
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Need For Speed: The Run Features Aventador, New 911 And ZL1Need for Speed: The Run is now available for pre-order and ships on November 15, 2011.
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Cop Run Over By Criminal, Gets Up And Chases, Arrests Him: VideoThis English cop must have eaten his Weetabix one fateful morning: while attempting to setup a road block to stop a fleeing criminal, the officer is sent flying when the crook's car rams the police vehicle. That's not the end of the story for this British cop, however. Surrey, England police...
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Fire Up Your Sim Rigs, iRacing 2.0 Is Out: VideoWhether you use it to sharpen your skills between events, to keep your edge over the off-seasons, or just to get in some realistic motorsports action without the expense and time commitment of running a real car, iRacing is a great tool, and a great game. It just got better with version 2.0. The...
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