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  • Koenigsegg Regera Live Photos, 2016 Geneva Motor Show

    New CAD images of what’s likely to be the mid-engine C8 Chevrolet Corvette have surfaced. This time the images show a new twin-turbocharged V-8 destined for the car. You’ll be surprised at some of the tests Koenigsegg’s supercars are put under to ensure their crashworthniness. For example, one particular test involves hitting the car with hammers. Faraday Future is back in the headlines but for all the wrong reasons. This time, there’s news the electric car startup’s Chinese backer has been ordered back to China due to financial obligations. You'll find these...

  • Koenigsegg Regera safety test
    You’ll be shocked by what a Koenigsegg Regera can withstand

    Koenigsegg’s latest models are fully federalized in the United States, which means they can be legally owned here without having to resort to shaky “Show or Display” rules. That’s no easy task for an automaker which has built fewer than 200 cars in its entire history, but...

  • CAD images of the mid-engine Chevrolet Corvette - Image via Michael Accardi
    This could be the mid-engine Corvette’s LT7 twin-turbo V-8

    A major clue regarding the mid-engine C8 Chevrolet Corvette may have been revealed. New CAD images of what’s believed to be a twin-turbocharged V-8 destined for the car have been posted to Twitter by user Michael Accardi. You can clearly see one of the turbochargers nestled near the bottom...

  • Tucker 48 heading to RM Sotheby's auction
    Preston Tucker's personal 1948 Tucker expected to command more than $1M at January auction

    The Tucker Corporation was merely a flash in the late 1940s pan, but it remains an incredibly intriguing story in American automobile history. The company's turmoil, conspiracy, and demise is a story that was documented, with some creative license, in the 1988 motion picture "Tucker: The Man and...

  • Top Gear season 25 trailer with Ken Block
    Ken Block makes cameo in new "Top Gear" trailer

    We think it's safe to say reworked "Top Gear" has finally found its stride. In an upcoming season, Ken Block makes a surprise appearance. The BBC's banner car show uploaded a new trailer to YouTube that features presenters Matt LeBlanc, Rory Reid, and Chris Harris running from the law. Block isn't...

  • Tesla Semi early sketches possibly preview design of Tesla pickup truck
    Elon Musk promises Tesla pickup will come after Model Y

    Tesla CEO Elon Musk promised the electric-car maker he oversees will build a pickup truck following the Model Y crossover, Reuters reported on Tuesday. It's the latest product promise following the 2020 Roadster's surprise reveal and the Tesla Semi's pending production. I promise that we will make...

  • Kenichi Yamamoto, father of Mazda's rotary engine

    Kenichi Yamamoto, the man behind Mazda's iconic rotary engine, has passed away at the age of 95, Japanese Nostalgic Car reported on Monday. Yamamoto wasn't only the man behind the brand's rotary engine, but he also helped ensure Mazda's future in the aftermath of World War II. After co-managing an airplane factory during WWII, Yamamoto returned to his home in Hiroshima to find his residence destroyed, his sister dead, and his father ill from radiation. He began work at one of the only companies to survive the Hiroshima bombing, Toyo Kogyo, a local truck and artillery maker, to support his...

  • Aston Martin DBS
    Aston Martin recalls over 5,000 cars in US

    Aston Martin has issued a pair of recalls that affect a significant portion of its customers in the United States as over 5,000 cars are involved. The more concerning of the recalls deals with the 6-speed automatic transmission fitted to 3,493 cars made up of the following models: 2009-2016 Aston...

  • 2020 Tesla Roadster
    Aston Martin Vulcan road car, Mini personalization, Tesla Roadster horsepower: Today’s Car News

    The Aston Martin Vulcan was designed from scratch to be a track car, so making it legal for street use entails more than just slapping on a license plate and some indicators. A company in the United Kingdom has managed to do it, however. Mini is offering a new level of personalization that’s...

  • 2018 Dodge Challenger SRT Hellcat Widebody versus Jeep Grand Cherokee Trackhawk
    It’s time for a Hellcat vs. Trackhawk drag race

    Hennessey Performance Engineering has put together two of the meanest muscle cars around in a good ol’ fashioned drag race. In one corner is the 2018 Dodge Challenger SRT Hellcat Widebody. And in the other is the 2018 Jeep Grand Cherokee Trackhawk. Both are among the most powerful cars in...

  • Mini Yours Customized offerings
    Mini gets into the personalization game

    Once strictly the domain of the ultra-luxury marques, Mini is now offering a high level of personalization for its cars. Under the banner of Mini Yours Customized, Mini owners from March will be able to personalize numerous areas of their cars including the dash trim, fender vents, puddle lamps and...

  • Aston Martin Vulcan road car conversion - Image via Lovecars
    See the first street-legal Aston Martin Vulcan hit the road

    There are only 24 Aston Martin Vulcans in existence and so far just one of them can be legally driven on the street. With Aston Martin’s blessing, British motorsport and engineering firm RML Group has completed the first road car conversion for the track-only supercar. It’s no easy task...

  • 1942 Dodge Carryall restomod on Jay Leno's Garage

    Meet one of the most obscure Dodge vehicles that you likely never even knew existed. Jay Leno's Garage welcomed this 1942 Dodge Carryall, which Legacy Classic Trucks restored as an ultra-reliable restomod chase vehicle for a road-rally racer. The Carryall predates the Power Wagon and Dodge first built the vehicle for World War II. The idea was to provide a tough and nearly unbreakable vehicle to carry VIPs on the battlefield. As the vehicle builder, Winslow Bent, points out in the episode, the Carryall eventually went away because enemies quickly figured out the hulking Dodge carried...

  • Porsche Panamera Sport Turismo trailer Nürburgring lap record
    Porsche owns the 'Ring record for towing

    Porsche is currently king of the Nürburgring, thanks to the bonkers 2018 911 GT2 RS, but the German luxury brand set yet another lap record you may not have heard about. That's because this time it's not about all-out speed and a Porsche 911. Instead, it involves a Panamera Sport Turismo, a...

  • 1988 RUF CTR Clubsport
    This minty-fresh 1988 RUF CTR Clubsport is heading to auction

    RUF cars aren't simply re-tuned Porsches. No, no, they're something very special indeed, and this CTR Clubsport is one of the automaker's shining stars from the past. Fortunately for one well-off individual, it's heading to RM Sotheby's Paris auction on February 7. Why is the CTR Clubsport so...

  • 2020 Tesla Roadster
    Does the Tesla Roadster really have 7,000-plus pound-feet of torque, and what's its horsepower?

    The 2020 Tesla Roadster's surprise introduction came with some pretty tantalizing specs. One of them is Tesla's claimed 0-60 mph sprint in just 1.9 seconds, but another figure washed over the internet. According to Tesla, the Roadster will have 10,000 newton meters (more than 7,000 pound-feet) of...

  • 1921 Alfa Romeo G1
    First-ever Alfa Romeo model expected to fetch over $1M

    North Americans only recently got reacquainted with Alfa Romeo following a lengthy return to the continent, but only die-hard fans will know what this is. In fact, it's the brands first-ever model, the 1921 Alfa Romeo G1, and it's heading to an RM Sotheby's auction in January. After decades spent...

  • Audi Sport Quattro S1 E2 replica
    Group B rally racing was too dangerous to live on

    When someone mentions Group B, enthusiasts' minds immediately recall thoughts of monstrous racers with insane amounts of horsepower, wild body kits, and incredible danger. Danger. That's the one reason why Group B was not long for this world. Donut Media dedicated a whole episode to the history of...

  • The BMW E30 M3 pickup truck is not an ideal Christmas tree hauler

    When it was getting late in the season, we're sure some of you out there were yet to pick up a Christmas tree. BMW understands this problem, and it tried to come up with a little solution as shown in this video. This one, unfortunately, proves that a BMW may in fact not be the right vehicle to hurry up and bring that tree home. Especially if that vehicle happens to be the one-off BMW E30 pickup truck. Back in 1986, the folks in the Motorsport division of BMW decided they wanted a parts hauler. Starting with a 3-Series Convertible, the cutting wheels were brought out and the rear of this...

  • Nissan Skyline GT-R R34
    The Skyline GT-R team actually operated independently inside Nissan

    After decades of lusting, Americans can finally own one of the most delightful pieces of forbidden fruit: the Nissan Skyline GT-R. The Skyline and the GT-R have always been a special car, but they weren't always a Nissan. As we're refreshed on in the latest episode of "Up to Speed" from Donut...

  • Watch this VW engine be rebuilt in six minutes
    Watch a VW Beetle engine be rebuilt in 6 minutes

    Wouldn't it be nice to have a proper work space in which you could wrench on your pride and joy? To have the tools and the time to do so is a wonderful luxury to be enjoyed whenever possible. Perhaps you're short on one of those things. It's most likely going to be the time aspect of it all...

  • The Wolf of the Autostrada is the best car film of the year
    The "Wolf of the Autostrada" is the best car film of the year

    There are a lot of films and videos made about cars in a given year. A number of them are good, and most of them are...mediocre. As someone who makes mediocre videos on a consistent basis, I'm not a bad judge of what makes a car film good. It takes no sort of expertise, however, to tell you that...

  • BMW X7 pre-production at plant in Spartanburg, South Carolina
    BMW X7, Ford Ranger Raptor, Volkswagen Touareg: This Week’s Top Photos

    BMW’s X7 has reached the pre-production stage. The full-size, 3-row SUV is still a year out unfortunately, but official photos released by the automaker this week give us a good idea of what to expect. Saleen’s S7 supercar went out of production in 2009, but the Californian company is...

  • Summer tires vs winter tires in cold and dry temperatures
    Do winter tires help when it's dry and cold?

    For those who reside in snowy and icy climates, winter tires are often the go-to patches of rubber to ensure optimal performance. However, the U.S. has plenty of areas that dip below freezing but don't necessarily see precipitation. Even areas that get snow don't have it all the time. And yet...

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