When you look at the last few batches of headline-grabbing McLarens, Lamborghinis and Porsches, they’ve had one thing to offer: lap times. Nürburgring records. Extreme track performance. I say unto you now: who actually gives a shit? One of the best and fastest cars I’ve ever driven is the 580 horsepower 2018 Porsche 911 Turbo S Cabriolet, and it will…
Image: American Pickers (History) In a recent episode of the History Channel’s American Pickers, the two hosts who drive around buying up antiques discovered Aerosmith ’s original tour van in western Massachusetts. It’s a 1964 International Harvester Metro Van, and after all these years sitting and rotting, it’s still awesome. Hosts Mike Wolfe and Frank Fritz found the…
Things got more serious than usual at the NASCAR-sanctioned Bowman Gray Stadium in North Carolina over the weekend, where videos show a local police officer pulling a gun on a driver who hit another car under caution. Both drivers were suspended, and police said afterward they were investigating the incident. Bowman Gray, a quarter-mile asphalt oval that’s been around…
It even surpassed its top speed on paper. When talking about powerful SUVs, names like the Lamborghini Urus, Bentley Bentayga, Maserati Levante, or Audi SQ7 could top your list. And of course, the Porsche Cayenne Turbo. Its third generation has performance figures that should be the forefront of ultra-powerful SUVs, and one that emphasizes the ’S’ in SUV. On paper, the Cayenne…
Can’t book a hotel? Well, you won’t need one with this car accessory. Holidays can be such a drag for some people, as hotels, resorts, inns, and even lodges can become so crowded, you might as well cancel your scheduled trip with your loved ones. However, this innovative car accessory called Hitch Hotel makes that worry go…
The ‘strictly limited model’ will debut during the Quail Monterey Car Week party Apparently throwing its hat into the small-batch hypercar ring, Bugatti plans to unveil its interpretation of ultimate performance at this year’s Quail motorsports gathering. Details are slim on the new Bugatti, but it doesn’t appear to be just a special edition of its ultra-luxe Chiron….
Using Tesla guts seems to be the preferred method for conversion these days. Audi hasn’t yet released an all-electric car (we’re not counting the limited R8 e-tron here), but that doesn’t mean there aren’t some techies out there who haven’t converted Audis to electric on their own… Here is the project of converting an Audi S5 to electric using…
Robots will augment our future. Before our future is taken over by robots, we will mesh man with machine to aid in an assortment of tasks. Ford is diving headfirst into this space by using an exoskeleton that assists its assembly line workers in hopes of reducing the toll of repetitive motions, such as fatigue or injury….
A 740-hp Porsche 991 Turbo S is no match for the British Supercar. We can’t imagine a better way to spend $300,000 than buy a new McLaren 720S. When it was released, the British supercar was described by many as just an upgraded 650S. But it’s actually a very different and much faster vehicle. Acceleration and…
This test driver has the sunroof open and the rear wing up during a highway cruise. Development of the next-gen Porsche 911 seems to be nearing completion, and a new video catches a test mule cruising down the Autobahn. The vehicle wears Porsche’s usual black paint for development, but concealment panels appear limited to the corners of…
