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  • Supercars face off in amazing series of drag races

    This is, quite possibly, one of the best supercar drag race shootouts ever. It’s simple, unadorned, and doesn’t even bother with trap speeds or ETs, but it shows a progression from amazing to amazinger as the head-to-head straight-line tests unfold. MUST WATCH: 8x8 Mercedes-Benz Actros RC Truck Drifts Like A Boss: Video Best of all is the sound. We have to assume the drivers of a few of the cars (most notably the P1) were asleep at the time the green flag was thrown, but regardless of the results of some of the races, the fun is in the watching, the listening, and the fantasy of...

  • Drifiting RC semi truck is awesome
    8x8 Mercedes-Benz Actros RC Truck Drifts Like A Boss: Video

    This isn’t a new car you can buy. It’s not even a car you can drive. It doesn’t really make any practical sense at all. But it’s awesome. Why? Because it’s a drifting 8x8 Mercedes-Benz Actros semi-truck. Two steering axles add to the fun. MUST READ: Hennessey Planning...

  • 2015 Aston Martin V12 Vantage S Roadster
    Aston V12 Vantage S Roadster, Huracán Super Trofeo, 290-MPH Venom F5: Today’s Car News

    The 2015 Aston Martin V12 Vantage S Roadster will make its debut this month during the festivities leading up to the Pebble Beach Concours d’Elegance. Along with its 565-hp V-12 engine, the V12 Vantage S Roadster brings another of unique upgrades and features. Lamborghini’s upcoming...

  • 2015 Aston Martin V12 Vantage S Roadster
    Aston Martin V12 Vantage S Roadster To Debut At Pebble Beach

    The fastest roadster Aston Martin has ever built will join the family on August 14 as part of the festivities leading up to the Pebble Beach Concours d’Elegance in Monterey, California. Powered by a 565-horsepower 6.0-liter AM28 V-12 engine, the V12 Vantage S Roadster joins the hardtop V12...

  • Hennessey Venom F5
    Hennessey planning 290-MPH Venom F5

    The mind-boggling speed of Hennessey Performance Engineering’s Venom GT is well-established. But for John Hennessey and crew, 270 mph just isn’t enough. Now they’re shooting for 290 mph. How? With a modified and updated version of the Venom called the Venom F5. Speaking with Top...

  • 2015 Land Rover Range Rover Sport SVR spy shots
    2015 Range Rover Sport SVR Coming August 14: Video

    The SVR will begin a new era of Land Rover performance.

  • 2015 Porsche Cayman GTS vs go-kart track screencap

    A Porsche Cayman GTS brings new meaning to the phrase "go-kart handling."

  • 2015 Honda CR-V spy shots
    2015 Honda CR-V Spy Shots

    Honda’s current-generation CR-V crossover was all-new for the 2012 model year and soon it will receive its mid-cycle update, which we’re expecting to be introduced this fall, for the 2015 model year. The first spy shots of a prototype for the updated CR-V, revealed it would some...

  • Le Mans IMSA GTS-Winning 1994 Nissan 300ZX
    Le Mans IMSA GTS-Winning 1994 Nissan 300ZX Race Car Headed To Monterey Motorsports Reunion

    The Rolex Monterey Motorsports Reunion (nee Historics) is one of the best gatherings anytime, anywhere if you’re a fan of vintage racing. You get to not only see the cars, but see them in action. This year, one of the cars taking to the track will be the No. 75 1994 Nissan 300ZX that won the...

  • Tiny RC car offers VIP escort
    Laughing Russians Laugh Uncontrollably During Radio Control VIP Escort Run: Video

    We often wish we could speak Russian, but perhaps more than ever today. These two laughing Russians are clearly having a good time; we just wish we knew what they were saying. MUST WATCH: This Is How You Test Wheelspin At 1,100 MPH: Video We do, however, know what they’re doing. They’re...

  • Porsche Cayman Four Cylinder
    Porsche Cayman & Boxster Spied Running 'Ring On 4 Cylinders

    Porsche recently confirmed that both the Boxster and Cayman would be getting new powerplants in the near future. These aren't larger units, but rather the pair would be going smaller by way of forced-induction four-cylinder engines. At first glance of that last sentence, some of you may be worried...

  • Ride The Mountains Screenshot drifting
    Ride The Mountains: A Video Love Letter, Told Through Drifting E30 BMWs

    In Romania, there's a sinewy ribbon of road known as the Transfagarasan. It's the second-highest paved road in that country, and it was built in the early through mid 1970s. For those who love driving, it appears to be a 60-mile stretch of pure nirvana. MUST WATCH: This Is How You Test Wheelspin At...

  • Alex Zanardi (Image: Alex-Zanardi.com)

    Racing fans knew for a long time that Alex Zanardi had the drive and determination to win world championships: his Champ Car championship victories in 1997 and 1998 were testament enough to that. But few would expect a driver to return from an accident like the one he suffered in September 2001, a horrific crash at the Lausitzring in Germany in which Zanardi lost both his legs. Auto Express has spoken with Zanardi about his determination to return to motor racing, win an Olympic gold medal, and subsequently return once again to motorsport in the Blancpain endurance series. Unsurprisingly...

  • Bloodhound SSC 1,000 mph land speed record car
    This Is How You Test Wheelspin At 1,100 MPH: Video

    The Bloodhound SSC is, even in a world of increasingly crazy and over-the-top supercars, the craziest car currently in development. Why? Because it’s being built to go at least 1,000 mph. MUST WATCH: McLaren MP4-12C Spits Crazy Flames-Grab Your Meat Products: Video Here, the team behind the...

  • Flying axe embedded in dash of unfortunate, but lucky, car
    Flying Axe Embedded In Windshield Of Today’s Luckiest/Unluckiest Car

    How’s this for a wake-up call? You’re cruising down the freeway mid-morning, when all of a sudden THERE’S AN AXE IN YOUR WINDSHIELD, STUCK IN THE DASH. Yes, that’s right, and this photo tells the scary story. MUST WATCH: This Is How You Test Wheelspin At 1,100 MPH: Video...

  • Don Garlits broke the 200 mph mark 50 years ago
    ‘Big Daddy’ Don Garlits Broke The 200 MPH Mark 50 Years Ago Today: Video

    These days, seeing a car hit 200 mph isn’t all that special—there are American-made muscle cars and sports cars available for less than $150,000 that will do the deed. But 50 years ago, it was a serious feat, especially to do it in a quarter mile. MUST WATCH: This Is How You Test...

  • 2017 Jaguar XE
    2016 Jaguar XE, McLaren Spits Fire, Man Survives 150-MPH Wreck: Today’s Car News

    The 2016 Jaguar XE has been shown in its first official photo, revealing some of the shape of the coming aluminum luxury sedan. A McLaren MP4-12C has been caught on video behaving badly in one of the best ways possible, shooting three-foot flames out of the exhaust. You don’t need an excuse...

  • 2014 Lexus IS F
    The Final Lexus IS F Has Rolled Off The Line

    The Lexus IS F is no more. While that’s no surprise, the final example—a blue car destined for a lucky U.S. customer—was built in Japan last week, marking the end of production of the car. WATCH: McLaren MP4-12C Spits Crazy Flames-Grab Your Meat Products: Video Based on the...

  • Toyota GT86 CS-R3 WRC rally car

    This is the Scion FR-S/Subaru BRZ/Toyota GT86 rally car, and it’s amazing. It will make its debut in WRC competition at the ADAC Rallye Deutschland, August 21-24. Built by Toyota Motorsport GmbH (TMG), the new GT86 CS-R3 rally car is the realization of last year’s announcement that it would build the rear-drive platform, also used for the CS-V3 endurance race car into a gravel-searing rally racer. Thanks to upgraded engine internals and tune, including a higher-lift cam profile and higher compression ratio, the 2.0-liter boxer four in the GT86 CS-R3 is good for about 240-250...

  • McLaren MP4-12C spits flames
    McLaren MP4-12C Spits Crazy Flames—Grab Your Meat Products

    Grab your meat products and get ready to roast them. This McLaren MP4-12C is providing the flames. Plenty of them. READ: Flying Axe Embedded In Windshield Of Today's Luckiest/Unluckiest Car While it’s not an actual barbecue—like this guy roasting a turkey with an Aventador, or like the...

  • 2015 Roush Mustang teaser  -  July 2014
    Hotter Horses Lining Up: Roush Teases 2015 Ford Mustang

    It's still a few months before the 2015 Ford Mustang starts to arrive at dealerships, yet a number of established aftermarket tuners are clearly hard at work prepping even hotter versions. The latest to tease a Mustang project is Roush Performance, which today posted the hazy profile pic above and...

  • 2014 BMW i3
    BMW Gives i3 A Boost With New $6,500 DC Fast Charger

    Up until now, if you can claim being near a publicly available fast charger, you're probably among the fortunate few in a handful of major cities (or among a few electric-highway projects, mostly on the West Coast). And for vehicles like the all-electric version of the 2014 BMW i3, which use the...

  • Subaru and Mark Higgins set a new record on Mount Washington's Climb to the Clouds
    Inside Subaru's Climb To The Clouds (Video)

    Pikes Peak might get all the media attention, but the 'Climb to the Clouds' held over 7.4 miles of asphalt up New Hampshire's Mount Washington is even older, celebrating its centenary this year. While the first attempts took over 24 minutes to complete in steam-powered vehicles, recent competitions...

  • Slide showing Tesla Motors gigafactory statistics, from Feb 2014 presentation
    Tesla Inks Battery Deal For Gigafactory—But Where?

    Tesla and its battery partner Panasonic have finally confirmed a formal agreement to build a battery 'gigafactory'--from which Tesla will produce the huge volumes of batteries it needs to ensure continued expansion of the company. MUST SEE: Clear Valve Covers Make For Mesmerizing Machine Action...

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