Nelson Ireson, Senior Editor
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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...
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See What Happens To Your Body During A Car Crash: VideoWhether 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...
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Dubai Wants To Ban Poor People From Owning Cars To Clear TrafficIn a land where supercars like the Ferrari Enzo are often abandoned at the roadside or in police impound lots and the police cruise around in supercars of their own, it might be hard to imagine that there are actually folks who have more normal levels of income. But Dubai's director general...
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You Think Goldfish Can't Drive? Wrong. Fish On Wheels: VideoGoldfish. 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...
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7,000 Horsepower Top Fuel Dragster On Dirt: Yes, It's CrazyHave 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...
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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...
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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,... -
BMW Pitches The i8 As The Future, But Arthur C. Clarke Might Disagree: VideoThe 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...
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Honda Shows Gamer's Custom Forza Civic Si At Chicago Auto ShowThe crossover between video games and real life has become something we in the car world know and respect--most notably through Gran Turismo and the Nissan GT Academy. Now, it's Forza Motorsport and Honda that are helping bridge the digital divide with a custom Civic Si designed by one lucky gamer...
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2015 Mercedes-Benz S-Class Coupe Spy Shots (With Interior)The 2015 Mercedes-Benz S-Class Coupe is on its way, and the latest images give us the best view of the car yet, in both standard S-Class coupe form and with what appears to be an AMG aero package. Details at the front and rear are clear, revealing a direct link to the S-Class sedan's styling...
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8-wheeled Cadillac Eldorado with hot tub, barbecue up for auctionFriends, brace yourselves. The awesome level just went to 12. This 1977 Cadillac Eldorado Biarritz would be a rather impressive car of the Land Yacht era in its own right, but thanks to extensive (and apparently very well done) modifications, it has become a true masterpiece. DO NOT MISS: Audi S5...
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Red Bull Snowareg Is A Snow-Thrashing Touareg On TracksThe Volkswagen Snowareg has been bringing snowy joy to the world for more than a year, but now that it's wearing Red Bull livery and thrashing about in the frosty forests of Sweden, that can only mean one thing: rally! ALSO SEE: This 963-HP, 196-MPH Mitsubishi Colt Is Totally Bonkers: Video The Red...
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For many, it's hard to get excited about crossovers, but when that crossover is all-electric, all-wheel drive, and sports awesome/crazy "falcon wings," it's much easier to get the pulse up--and... -
Guy Fieri Lamborghini Thief Gets Life In Prison, Spy-Grade Theft Caught On VideoThree years ago, we brought you the news that spiky-haired bro-chef Guy Fieri's 2008 Lamborghini Gallardo had been stolen from a dealership. The thief had rappelled in, cut the lock, and driven away. That was known at the time, but what wasn't known was who had stolen the car, or where it was. A...
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Audi S5 Snow Drift Goes Very, Very Wrong: VideoSo you've got a shiny new Audi S5. So you want to hoon it up in the snow. So you like drifting. Cool. Don't do what this guy did. The penalty for failure when dealing with low-mu surfaces is potentially high, especially when carrying enough velocity. Mix in a bus stop, a lamp post, and some...
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Craigslist 1996 Maxima Will Be Restored & Displayed At Nissan USA HQ: The Vote Is InYou've cast your votes and Nissan has tallied them. What will be the fate of Luke Aker's 1996 Nissan Maxima featured in his brilliant Craigslist video ad? It will be restored and put on display at Nissan North America headquarters, with Aker's video playing on loop beside it. In total, you...
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Renault Kwid Concept Gets Its Own DroneJesse Ventura would run screaming from the Renault Kwid concept. Not because it's scary-looking or loaded up with 50-caliber machine guns. Because it has its own drone, and Ventura doesn't like drones. That's okay, because we do, especially when they're used like they are with the Kwid: to launch...
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9 Lifehacks Every Gearhead Should KnowThere are times in life when it's not so easy being a gearhead. Like, most of the time. But there are ways you can make it easier. These lifehacks will help anyone with a taste for cars and the turning of wrenches get on with things and still have time for all of that annoying non-car stuff your...
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A new season of Nissan's PlayStation gamer-to-racer TV series, GT Academy, is coming. According to the new trailer for the upcoming season, the competition will head to India for the first time.
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Snow Autocross Is Slow, Sideways, Incredibly Fun: VideoIf you've been out on the roads this winter, chances are you've seen some pretty stupid low-grip maneuvers. Don't you wish there were a safe environment where normal people could learn how to control their cars on snow and ice? There is such a place. It's at Road America. Fortunately for those of...
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Paul Walker's 'Fast & Furious 4' R34 Nissan GT-R For Sale, Priced At $1.35 MillionThe car world is still recovering from Paul Walker's untimely and unfortunate death late last year, but love for the Fast & Furious franchise--and especially its modified cars--has never been stronger. As the next movie, Fast & Furious 7, moves onward, some lucky collector will get to take...
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Little Tikes Toy Car Turned Into Real Car, We're Not Sure Why: VideoWe all get crazy little ideas. Most of us dismiss them as pointless, unrealistic, or just silly. John Bitmead is not most of us. No, Englishman Bitmead got his crazy little idea and immediately set about bringing it to life: an adult-scale Little Tikes car. Yes, an open-air car with no windshield...
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McLaren 12C GT3 To Run Bathurst 12-HourBased on one of the best road-going super sports cars we've ever driven, the McLaren 12C GT3 is even meaner and more capable when loosed on track. Soon, it will tackle the epic challenge that is the Mount Panorama Circuit in Bathurst, Australia. For 12 full hours. While the car is likely up to the...
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AMG Wants You To Turn Your Burnout Into A Bag: VideoBurnouts are simple, and even kind of stupid, but they're something everyone with engine oil in their veins can appreciate, from the tuner crowd to the rural drag strip, from F1 to NASCAR. They're part of what we do. But burnouts are fleeting, ephemeral episodes; experiences, not objects. Until...
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