[This is the Monster Energy X-raid Mini Countryman built to defend their FIA World Cup for Cross-Country Rallies title. These cars have won two World Cups already, plus the Dakar Rally for the third time in a row back in January.] Read more…
You’re probably becoming more familiar with the current Ford Taurus thanks to the wide adoption of the Ford Police Interceptor sedan. While the biggest Ford sedan was redesigned for 2010, its bones are getting quite old. Thankfully, a new Taurus is coming in a couple years and it’s taking a Read more
Filed under: Videos, Police/Emergency Sometimes in life we just get lucky, and that is exactly what two Iowa police are experiencing after narrowly escaping a pickup truck that careened off the road. The whole incident was caught on one of the officer’s dashboard-mounted cameras. According to ABC News, the crash Read more
Filed under: Government/Legal, Safety, BMW, Motorcycle The California man who claimed that he suffered from a 20-month erection after a four-hour ride on his BMW K1100RS motorcycle (similar model pictured above) has had his case dismissed. It seems the court found his claims too hard to believe. Henry Wolf filed Read more
Holy crap. If you’re a human with functioning eyes, that’s what’s going through your mind. That GIF there is footage from a police car’s dash cam during a traffic stop off of I-80 near Oxford, Iowa. The UFO there is a truck, which are normally flightless. And, incredibly, no one Read more
Filed under: Motorsports, Videos French rally driver Guerlain Chicherit is a very lucky man. He had hoped to beat Tanner Foust’s 332-feet car jump record (which nearly went awry itself) with a 360-foot leap in a specially built Mini to score a new Guinness World Record at the French ski Read more
Filed under: Government/Legal, Safety, Videos, Read This “I killed a man.” We can’t think of a statement at the moment that is more direct and forceful than that. But perhaps, “Because I said I would” could be seen as a close second (not related to the first statement, of course), Read more
Twenty-seven pre-war Bugattis, 29 ’60s prototypes, 18 Group B rally cars, 23 low-drag Le Mans prototypes and 20 turbo-era F1 cars racing on the track. That’s just the tip of the iceberg from the upcoming Goodwood Members’ Meeting and I’m going there with a set of extra batteries and 20 Read more
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