Mean Mower V2 packs 190-hp sport bike engine Back in 2013, Honda set out to build the world’s fastest lawn mower. It did just that with the Mean Mower, a Honda HF2620 lawn tractor fitted with the engine from a Honda VTR Firestorm sport bike. Honda captured the lawn mower speed record in 2014 with a run of…
We take a prototype of McLaren’s new Ultimate Series Senna to Silverstone, and it takes our breath away. – Silverstone, UK When you read “McLaren Senna Validation Prototype 736,” that middle bit doesn’t sound particularly sexy or exotic. “McLaren” conjures up decades of Formula 1 teams and mind-bending road cars; “Senna” calls up images of…
Biturbo Lamborghini Huracán Has 850+ HP And No Rear Bumper It’s a high-powered piece of art. It’s hard to hate on someone else’s idea of the perfect car. You may not like or endorse what others want, but so long as the owner is happy you should be satisfied, too. In the grand scheme of…
A headliner full of stars for a football star. Football players from the United Kingdom Premier League tend to have an appetite for great cars. With an average salary of $3.1 million (£2.4 M) across the league, it’s not surprising that these athletes would choose to buy a fancy ride to complement their style. These…
It has almost 100 more horsepower than the newly launched M5 Competition. If for whatever reason you’re finding the BMW M5 Competition a bit on the soft side, this brutal MH5 700 is anything but that. Brought to you by the same tuners that built a crazy 888-hp X6 M not too long ago, the amped-up M5…
Automotive Radar, GPS, and Head-Up Displays: How They Work How these military-derived technologies work in your vehicle. JUNE 2018 BY K.C. COLWELL PHOTOS BY CHRIS AMOS ILLUSTRATIONS BY CLINT FORD Radio detection and ranging, or radar, is said to be one of the key factors that turned the Battle of Britain in favor of the Allies. Without…
Five Freaky Car Noises (and What They Can Mean) Car trouble can start with a squeal, a knock, or the eerie sound of silence. JUNE 2018 BY NICK KURCZEWSKI PHOTOS BY MULTIPLE PHOTOGRAPHERS Car problems can start with a bang or some variation of the worst noise you can imagine. There could be a clunk and…
This Is the New 2020 Ford Explorer—in Cop-Car Form New Police Interceptor Utility hybrid gives us our first glance at the new SUV. JUNE 12, 2018 BY JOSEPH CAPPARELLA The all new 2020 Ford Explorer is getting an unconventional reveal. The production model hasn’t been shown yet, but we now basically know what it’ll look like…
The Flip That Flopped: John Cena and Ford Settle GT Resale Lawsuit The wrestler apologized, and the proceeds will go to charity. JUNE 19, 2018 AT 9:34 AM BY TONY MARKOVICH PHOTOS BY YOUTUBE/THE BELLA TWINS According to a statement from attorneys for professional wrestler John Cena that was sent to the Jalopnik website, Cena and the Ford Motor Company have…
Chevrolet Corvette Z06 vs. Dodge Viper SRT10 ACR, Nissan GT-R, Porsche 911 GT2 Extremists: It’s man against motherboard in this four-way flog of max-horsepower machines. AUGUST 2008 BY AARON ROBINSON PHOTOS BY DAVID DEWHURST Behold four machines sitting on the pointy end of a horsepower skyrocket that lifted off sometime in the 1980s and hasn’t hit the…
