John Coyle, Editor
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If something sounds too good to be true, it probably is. Especially in Mother Russia.
So when news broke that 16-year old gamer Ruslan Schedrin had won a month-long stay with adult film star...
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This Week On The Forums: Scary Seizure, AMG Edition 507 Gets 86ed And MoreEssentially, the Jurassic Park films are extraordinary tales of piss-poor zoo keeping. But that's not to say dinosaurs don't occasionally escape their pens and wreak havoc. Because earlier this week, drivers on the United Kingdom's Isle of Wight found a road blocked by a stubborn triceratops...
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2017 Jaguar F-Type Full Pricing Released, Starts At $62,395The F-Type was Jaguar's first true sports car in a generation, and the legendary firm hit it out of the park. So much so, we pretty much find the car to be perfect, particularly in R performance guise. For 2017, the package gets even better, as it's a bit cheaper to step up to an F-Type and...
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This Week On The Forums: Porsche Escapes Grenade, Unhinged Anger And MoreOne of fast food work's few positives is that on-shift alligator attacks are rare. But as Florida's Joshua James recently proved, occur they do. Because in an incident which James' mother calls a "stupid prank" and Florida authorities less charitably describe as "assault with a deadly weapon," the...
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This Week On The Forums: Garage Mahals, Vette Owners On the Prowl And MoreAmerica's annual celebration of gridiron greatness and gluttony is now upon us. Obviously, bets will be placed on the Super Bowl's outcome. But according to the International Business Times, some adventurous folks have wagered on the spectacle's more idiosyncratic elements, including the color of...
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This Week On The Forums: Criminal Conduct, Pissed Porsche Purists And MoreIt takes a special celebrity to be most famous for simply not being dead. But that's the case for Abe Vigoda. Along with fantastic turns in the Godfather franchise, Vigoda was repeatedly referred to as deceased for over three decades, a fact which he and friend Conan O'Brien exploited expertly...
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This week, world events have been, to put it mildly, universally terrible.
So as opposed to highlighting a news story, we'll instead turn out attention to the surreal splendor of Dan Walsh's ...
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BMW Unveils Shadow Sport Special Edition i3Yesterday, BMW unveiled the latest entry to its electric car lineup, via live-streaming site Periscope, ahead of this week's 2015 Los Angeles Auto Show. Limited to just 50 units in the United States, the i3 Shadow Sport special edition model will feature more aggressive suspension settings, Fluid...
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Twin-Turbo Lamborghini Huracán Sets New Half-Mile Record: VideoTo put it mildly, the 601-horsepower Lamborghini Huracán isn't exactly slow out of the box. But after the mad scientists at Underground Racing work their magic on the 5.2-liter V-10, the performance goes completely ballistic. With the help of the company's twin-turbo X package, power climbs...
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2016 GMC Sierra Denali Gets Upmarket Ultimate TrimThe L.A. Auto Show doesn't officially start until Wednesday, but we've already got details on the new Sierra Denali Ultimate trim GMC will be debuting. With the Denali Ultimate, GMC is hoping to take a bigger chunk of the lucrative premium full-size truck segment than the 15 percent it currently...
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Purists Rejoice: The 2017 Jaguar XE Will Get A Manual OptionIt's a bit disheartening to think that the fact a slick sport sedan like the Jaguar XE will come with a manual option is news—but that doesn't make it any less welcome. At this point, it appears the six-speed stick will only be offered on models with the turbocharged 2.0-liter four-cylinder...
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Producer At Center Of 'Top Gear' Fracas Sues Clarkson, BBCJeremy Clarkson and the BBC will face a racial discrimination lawsuit over the presenter's fracas with producer Oisin Tymon, The Guardian is reporting. Damage awards are uncapped in the United Kingdom and have been known to exceed the equivalent of $150,000. But given the high profile nature of the...
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The latest iteration of BMW's S1000RR sport bike has been lauded for its high horsepower, trick clutchless gearbox and sophisticated traction settings.
And while we expect its electronic nannies...
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When Car Washes Attack: Worker Caught In Spin CycleIf you've ever wondered what it'd be like to experience an automatic car wash outside a vehicle, Josh Hood could tell you—and he wouldn't recommend it. While the Louisiana man was cleaning the wash's interior, the hose he was using got wrapped about a moving brush, which bound him to the...
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This Week On The Forums: Singer Comes Home, Lamborghini Tests LFA And MoreHot Pockets are best known for lava-like cores and gastric distress. But today, an Ohio man is crediting a craving for the punishing pastry with saving his life. Jason Bentley would have been killed when a business jet crashed into his apartment building, but his last-minute move to head out for...
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SEMA Is A Massive, Unparalleled Automotive Freak ShowDante famously included blasphemers among his infamous Hell's Seventh Circle. And that might be why many members of the media use the analogy to that forsaken bit of real estate when referring to the annual SEMA show in Las Vegas. Because there's plenty of mechanical blasphemy at the annual...
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This Week On The Forums: 5,000-Mile Road Trip, Reverse Road Rage And MoreDating is tricky, and reading between the lines is a crucial skill. That said, you don't have to be a cryptographer to understand what an admirer means when they suggest you "Netflix and chill." And while the joke might have gotten a little tired, that didn't stop an intrepid graffiti artist from...
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This Week On The Forums: Flat Out With A Z06, A Flaming Ferrari And MoreNope, The Fab Four weren't the only band to release a Let it Be. In 1984, former janitor Paul Westerberg, along with brothers Bob and Tommy Stinson, made a perfect album so far past post-punk it still rings like a brand new bell. Their chaotic melodies might sound gritty, but they defined rock and...
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With its searing green paint, custom front lip, trunk lid and spoiler from Unique Fabrication, the TJIN Edition Hyundai Genesis Coupe looks every part of a screaming street racer. But, as it should...
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Bisimoto Engineering Is The Best Kind Of CrazyToward the beginning this new Drive segment, host Matt Farah says Bisimoto Engineering founder Bisi Ezerioha "loves the unloved." Who else would build a Honda Insight with 440 horsepower at the wheels—without the benefit of forced induction? Or take a humble family hauler like the Honda...
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New Petty's Garage Mustang GT King Edition Boasts Up To 727 HPNASCAR legend Richard Petty might be synonymous with Dodge in the hearts of many fans. But recently The King, as he's affectionately known, has turned the tuning talents of Petty's Garage toward Ford Motor Company's [NYSE:F] venerable Mustang. ALSO SEE: 900-HP Mustang EcoBoost By Bisimoto Ready To...
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2016 Audi A8 4.0T Sport Gets Power Bump, Tweaked StylingWhile the next-generation A8 is deep in development, Audi has made some tweaks to 2016 models to help keep the line fresh until its replacement arrives, including the addition of a new A8 4.0T Sport model to fill the gap between the A8 4.0T and high-performance S8. ALSO SEE: Next-Generation LS...
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1938 Bugatti Type 57C Atalante Up For AuctionIconic doesn't even begin to describe the Bugatti Type 57C Atalante. Displayed at the 1939 World's Fair in New York, Bugatti's Art Deco masterpiece is as much a sculpture as it is a car, but its mechanical bits are every bit as potent as the stunning lines. Its DOHC straight-eight engine is good...
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Mopar is Bringing 'Nearly 20' Custom Cars To SEMAAs the old saying goes, there's no kill like overkill. And the phrase is especially true regarding annual automotive carnival of the annual Specialty Equipment Manufacturers Association (SEMA) Show, where a million square feet of the Las Vegas Convention Center is packed with bonkers custom cars...
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