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  • Quadriplegic Sam Schmidt's Chevrolet Corvette Z06

    In 2000, Sam Schmidt faced the unthinkable. During a test lap ahead of the season-opening Indy 200, he lost control of his car and the left rear hit the wall. Following intensive medical treatment, he was rendered a quadriplegic, paralyzed from the neck down, and he has been bound to a wheelchair ever since. That hasn't stopped him from making the best of his situation, though. Since the crash, Schmidt has earned a new lease on life when it comes to racing. Thanks to a company by the name of Arrow Technologies, Schmidt is able to fully operate his specially designed Chevrolet Corvette Z06...

  • Valentino Rossi-approved Ford VR46 Ranger
    Valentino Rossi signs off on custom Ford Ranger

    What happens when a 9-time world motorcycle champion signs off on a limited edition pickup truck? The Ford VR46 Ranger, that's what. And this is it in the flesh. Rossi himself gave the final approval of the truck's design which includes plenty of off-road goodies and more menacing looks. Of course...

  • Porsche 911 GT3 RS undergoes manual transmission swap, Photo: BGB Motorsports
    Porsche won't give the 911 GT3 RS a manual transmission, but these guys will

    A Florida-based performance shop is taking #GiveAShift to a whole new level with this piece of news. For $45,000, BGB Motorsports will swap a 6-speed manual transmission into the latest-generation Porsche 911 GT3 RS. The car is a dual-clutch-only affair, as a row-your-own option was deemed too slow...

  • An Audi RS6 modified to look like the Mutt Cutts mobile from Dumb & Dumber
    Someone turned an Audi RS 6 into the "Dumb and Dumber" Mutt Cutts van

    The original Mutt Cutts van started life as a Ford Econoline. Word has it the particular model was a 1984 Econline, before it donned the shag and was transformed into an all-time great screen machine. Another all-time great is the Audi RS 6 Avant. The latest version comes in Plus trim which offers...

  • East Coast Defender Project Blackout
    America’s East Coast Defender back with another V-8-powered Defender SUV

    There’s a company down in Orlando, Florida that’s churning out custom Land Rover Defenders for sale in the United States. The company is East Coast Defender, and it’s offering everything from standard Defenders right up to serious off-roaders packing V-8 power. ECD starts with...

  • 1976 Ford Bronco restoration by Velocity Restorations
    There's a new Bronco coming, but what about a restored classic?

    Ford enthusiasts and Bronco lovers alike are eagerly anticipating the return of the nameplate. Ford promises its bucking Bronco will once again be ready for off-road duty in 2020. However, what to do in the three years until then? How about a restored version of the classic Ford Bronco like the...

  • A Lamborghini Huracan blasts down the runway en route to a new speed record

    For some reason, in the world of speed records, there are records for men and records for women. It seems odd, as there are plenty of women who would wipe the tarmac with most male competitors. In the realm of half-mile blasts though, this is how the records are laid out. To that end, Maude Bouladier is a new half-mile queen, and she accomplished a speedy goal behind the wheel of a bright chrome pink Lamborghini Huracán. Her target? A trap speed greater than 205 mph. The engine providing her forward motivation? A V-10 that's been reworked so that it's breathing through a pair of...

  • Lebanon Ford LFP 10 Mustang
    Owe someone a 10-second Mustang? Ohio dealer will sell you one for $60K

    $60,000 can buy plenty of cars, but will such a sum normally afford a car capable of 10.0-second quarter-mile times? Probably not. Lebanon Ford of Ohio is offering a solution to the dilemma, however. The famous Ford dealership is back after revealing its crazy-cheap 1,200-horsepower Mustang GT and...

  • Hellcat-powered Jeep Grand Cherokee HellhaWK, Photo: True Street Performance/Jim
    Hellcat-powered Jeep Grand Cherokee is an appropriate Independence Day ride

    Patience is a virtue, as they say. However, one individual simply couldn't wait for the forthcoming 2018 Jeep Grand Cherokee Trackhawk. For those unfamiliar, it's Jeep's foray into the motif of "Hellcat all of the things." What we have here is a WK-generation Jeep Grand Cherokee powered by the same...

  • Jack Roush's Ford GT gets wrapped with Xpel
    Watch Jack Roush's Ford GT get wrapped with Xpel protective film

    With a car like the 2017 Ford GT, you can bet your bottom dollar it's being protected properly. Especially when the owner is one Jack Roush. Roush once again tapped Xpel, Roush Performance's official protective film, to ensure Mr. Roush's 647-horsepower supercar has no chance of seeing scuffs...

  • Battledrift 2 with Daigo Saito and Steve Biagioni
    Battledrift 2 pits GT-R vs. Murcielago on a British dockside

    Those at home definitely shouldn't try and mimic the stunts seen here. Battledrift is back, and this time, Daigo Saito has a new challenger. Saito, a renowned drifter hailing from Japan, takes on Europe's tire slayer, Steve Biagioni. Saito's 659-horsepower Lamborghini Murcielago also returns front...

  • Jon Olsson's custom Rolls-Royce Wraith
    Jon Olsson created a monster 810-hp Rolls-Royce Wraith

    Jon Olsson never sleeps. That's not true, but every time he surfaces with a new video, something pretty insane is going on in his life. Olsson is an avid skier, and he's also quite the automotive enthusiast. His latest project combines his love for cars and his adventurer lifestyle. It's a...

  • 1987 Chevrolet Monte Carlo SS Aerocoupe by Prestone and Barrett Jackson

    Barrett-Jackson and Prestone are taking on a rarity from Chevrolet. The auction house and Prestone have teamed up to restore and auction off a 1987 Chevrolet Monte Carlo SS Aerocoupe. What's so special about the Monte Carlo Aerocoupe? The design actually has quite a bit of thought behind it. In the 1980s, Chevrolet realized it needed to do more to make its NASCAR racer more competitive and to bring home wins on race day. The result was the Monte Carlo SS Aerocoupe. NASCAR homologation rules meant Chevrolet had to build at least 200 of them for the road. So, it's a pretty rare car...

  • World's fastest Nissan GT-R with 3,000 HP
    3,000-HP Nissan GT-R goes 255 mph to claim half-mile world record

    The Nissan GT-R has become a beloved vehicle by many performance shops to push big horsepower numbers and break records. On June 19, another GT-R claimed yet another record. In fact, it became the world's fastest Nissan GT-R in the process. With 3,000 horsepower, the Extreme Turbo Systems Nissan...

  • Hennessey The Exorcist Chevrolet Camaro ZL1
    John Hennessey explains how to order an Exorcist Camaro ZL1

    The term "muscle car" doesn't begin to describe what the Chevrolet Exorcist Camaro ZL1 is capable of. With 1,000 horsepower—959 hp at the rear wheels—the Exorcist Camaro should even give the 2018 Dodge Challenger SRT Demon a run for its money. So, how can you buy one? John Hennessey of...

  • 1933 Plymouth hot rod does a burnout
    1933 Plymouth hot rod is a mean burnout machine

    Hot rods are good for a couple of things: looking really cool, making the driver really cool, and doing cool things. They're just downright cool. One of those cool things hot rods do really well is performing incredibly smokey burnouts—this 1933 Plymouth sedan pulls the task off in spades...

  • 2017 Roush P-51 Mustang
    2017 P-51 Mustang is Roush’s most powerful road car ever

    It’s been almost a decade since Roush Performance unleashed its last P-51 Mustang. The wait has been well worth it as the tuner’s latest P-51 Mustang, unveiled on Friday, is the most powerful yet. Heck, it’s the most powerful road car Roush has ever launched. The car was previewed...

  • 2017 Ford F-150 Raptor equipped with Alcon brake upgrade
    Alcon has a powerful brake upgrade for the Ford F-150 Raptor

    Alcon likes big brake kits, and it cannot lie. That's why it's created such a kit for the Ford F-150 Raptor. This is a big rig that manages to haul itself down from speed nicely, but there's always room for improvement. That's what the Alcon brake kit provides. If you upgrade to this kit, you'll...

  • Lotus Elise with a V-8 is a great example of a wild hillclimb car

    In our continuing exploration of the world of hillclimb race cars we present a new mighty, maniacal machine for your enjoyment. This time around we're working with a Lotus Elise. This is a car built on the idea of added lightness, but this one also has a V-8 engine. This particular V-8 isn't a massive chunk of iron, though. Instead, it's very much in keeping with the theme of a Lotus. Rather than some monster mill, we have a Hartley V-8, which is made by joining together the 1,299-cc inline-4-cylinder engines from a pair of Suzuki Hyabusa motorcycles to create a power-producing bit of...

  • 2JZ-swapped 1997 Jeep Wrangler
    This Supra-powered Jeep Wrangler seeks a new owner

    There are few Japanese engines that gain the recognition Toyota's 2JZ inline-6 does. Not only was this 1990s-era Toyota Supra engine over-engineered for the time, it's also incredibly reliable and can handle oodles of power when the aftermarket touches it. Does it have any business in a Jeep...

  • HPE VelociRaptor 600 vs stock F-150 Raptor
    How much quicker is a 2017 Hennessey VelociRaptor 600 vs a stock Raptor?

    Hennessey Performance Engineering unveiled its VelociRaptor 600 this past March as a considerable update to the stock 2017 Ford F-150 Raptor, but how much quicker is it? HPE will answer that question directly. The performance house set up a simple quarter-mile drag race to see how its modifications...

  • Hyabusa-powered Seat 600 is a hill climb beast
    This wide-body Hayabusa-powered SEAT is your new hill climb hero

    We've been saying this a lot lately...hillclimb events are an exercise in automotive awesomeness. You have mad geniuses applying their knowledge of go-fast parts to create vicious vehicles bent on pure speed. As mad as the builders are, the drivers are even worse. Take, for example, the pilot of...

  • The Chevrolet Colorado pre-runner build is no-holds barred
    This custom Chevy Colorado pre-runner is an exercise in off-road excess

    An off-road racer's pre-runner truck is a tool for making sure that the course to be tackled is first thoroughly investigated. You want your co-driver to know where the bumps, ruts, and other pitfalls are. This way when you're blasting across the desert at 100 mph in the dark of night, you have an...

  • Hennessey tests his 850-horsepower Dodge Challenger Hellcat
    John Hennessey tests his HPE850 Dodge Challenger Hellcat

    Did you buy a Dodge Challenger SRT Hellcat? Good for you! That means you have an entertaining 707-horsepower mean machine parked in your driveway. A question though, if we may. Do you ever wish you had more horsepower on tap?As you might expect, Hennessey Performance has a power package for you...

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