The Jim Clark Rally, a round of the British Rally Championship in Scotland, has been cancelled, amid numerous reports saying that spectators were seriously injured after being struck by a vehicle. UPDATE: Three people are reportedly dead, after one of the rally cars lost control and hit a crowd. Read Read more
Filed under: Performance, Hatchback, Volkswagen, First Drives The whine of the turbocharger. The gentle whoosh of the hatchback’s hydraulic lift supports. The mechanical ratcheting and clack of the parking brake. The growling exhaust note with that occasional gurgle. The unmistakable sounds of the modern hot hatch are just one of Read more
Filed under: Truck, Work, Ford Automakers getting clever about disguising development vehicles isn’t anything new. Between mules wearing the sheetmetal of other cars and prototypes decked out in as much camouflage as is practical, automakers know how to make it very difficult for the general public to get an exact Read more
A lot of people hear "car enthusiast" and automatically think "raging asshole." But while there are indeed selfish douchebags who make gearheads look bad, I’d wager the vast majority of us are decent and friendly people who care about what they drive and each other. Read more…
If someone had told me years ago while I was in J-School that in order to sustain a career in telling stories about my hometown is to show copy-and-pasted before-and-after photos of a few buildings, I’d have called you crazy. Oh, what a mistake I would have made back then. Read more
Filed under: Concept Cars, Convertible, Performance, Volkswagen, Misc. Auto Shows, Design/Style Last week, we brought you sketches of the Volkswagen GTI Roadster Vision Gran Turismo – a slick, low-cut, two-seat, open-top take on the stalwart GTI, designed specifically for Gran Turismo 6. Now, we have the official images as the Read more
What looks like an average Porsche 991 Carrera at first has a surprise in its back seat that looks like some kind of electrical engine or battery pack. Is this the 18th 911 ‘hybrid’ variant we’ve been waiting for? Read more…
This is actually happening. 8-bit Mario hops in a Mercedes Benz and starts hitting question boxes. Then, things get real. And somewhat hunky. Read more…
Filed under: Classics, Coupe, Performance, Videos, McLaren Friends, this is why we can’t have nice things. A McLaren F1 was flipped down an embankment in Italy yesterday, and this video of the crash’s aftermath is about as sad as when Old Yeller was shot. According to Italy’s La Nazione, this Read more
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