Bike-engined Griiip G1 Delivers F1-style Thrills on the Cheap
If you’ve been looking for a legit, carbon-fiber, single-seat race car to tear up your local track day, then I have just thing. Meet the Griiip G1- an all-new spec racer powered by a 1000cc Aprilia V4...
View ArticleWas the Gov't Selloff of GM Stock Insider Trading?
You can forget about Benghazi. Benghazi was never a "real" scandal, anyway, but that's not why I'm saying that. I'm saying it, because if the Obama...
View ArticleFormula 1 2014: GP of Monaco Race Results - FINAL
Nico Rosberg started today's Grand Prix of Monaco from pole position, led the race with authority, and finished the race more than 9 seconds ahead of the Mercedes AMG hybrid of his teammate,...
View ArticleIndyCar 2014: Indy 500 Race Results, Final 6 Laps
Today's running of the Indy 500 went almost 2 hours without a caution, leading to drivers trimming fuel and preserving their tires as they jockeyed for position. All to be in the right place at...
View ArticleLeMans 2014: Qualifying Results
Former Williams Formula 1 driver Kazuki "Kaz" Nakajima rarely brought much glory to the land of the rising sun in his F1 days, but he's been honing his craft - and, yesterday,...
View ArticleTesla to Make Motorsports Debut at Pike's Peak 2014 w/ Drive E0 Racing
Tesla will make its racing debut this month at Pike's Peak, when a specially modified Tesla Roadster will race Monster Tajima's badass plug-in up the mountain at America's...
View Article90s MR2, Suzuki Swift, 800 HP GTRs Mix it Up at Chilean Hillclimb (20 Pics)
Venture into the mountains of Chile, far away from the major cities, and you might just be lucky enough to stumble on to one of the most incredible road-ready hillclimb events in the world. If you...
View ArticleCheck Out Nissan's Awesome Pit Lane Camera at LeMans
That's definitely an upgrade to your typical GoPro.Read more...
View ArticlePanoz Publicly Calls Out Nissan For Stealing DeltaWing Design
How do you get the attention of Carlos Ghosn? Buy a 3/4-page add in The Tennessean – Nissan North America's hometown newspaper – accusing the company, its leader, and its motorsports arm of...
View ArticleDealers Are Advertising Nearly $20K in Discounts on Cadillac ELR
The “newness” of the Chevy Volt seems to have worn off, and though sales have been steady, the Nissan Leaf has been surpassing it for the past few months. The $76,000 Cadillac ELR is doing even worse,...
View ArticleWill it Sideways? 800 HP Switzer GTR vs. Chilean Hillclimb
From airstrips in Miami and the American Midwest to the banzai side-by-side races of Europe and Moscow, at shootout after shootout, Switzer's evergreen P800 pump-gas performance PKG for...
View ArticleIt's an Insurance Commercial, Maybe?
I can't really tell what this is supposed to be - an insurance commercial, at a car dealership? In all my years working in and around the car business, I didn't realize dealers forcing...
View ArticleI Had The Slowest Car At The Ultimate Street Car Competition
You know the expression "taking a knife to a gunfight?" This was beyond that. Entering my 1973 VW Beetle in the Optima Ultimate Street Car Competition at Fontana Speedway was more...
View ArticleWhy I Want a Tesla, and Not a New Mustang
Last week, the 2015 Mustang configurator went live, giving a longtime Mustang fan like myself the opportunity to spec out the latest and greatest version of America’s pony car. And I did just that....
View ArticleOne-off XR1200TT Sportster is the New Harley-Davidson You Really Want
The big news out of Harley-Davidson this week is definitely the Livewire. That's the new electric Harley that Scarlett Johansson will be riding in Avengers 2, and which is expected to slot into...
View ArticleForgotten Aluminum Kaiser Concepts from the 1950s
Most people don't remember the name Kaiser Motors, but it was one of the most forward-looking and influential carmakers of the 20th century. If you don't believe that, consider that the...
View ArticleWankel-powered Hybrid to Take on LeMans in 2016
It's still just a concept, at this stage, but what a concept! The car you see here is being called the InMotion IM01, and the sexy, slinky, and slippery-looking race car is expected to compete...
View Article2016 Alfa Romeo SUV Leaked to Auto Bild
Small SUVs are the fastest-growing new car segment outside of EVs, and manufactures like Honda, Chevrolet, and even Porsche are getting into the act. Now, word is coming out of Europe that Alfa Romeo -...
View ArticleFernando Alonso Signs $25 Mil Deal for 2015 ... with Cervelo
Amid speculation that Fernando Alonso will sign for McLaren-Honda or, perhaps, even invest in one of F1's smaller teams come rumors that the Spaniard has already inked a lucrative $25 million...
View ArticleVideo: Lamborghini Huracán vs. Twin-turbo McLaren MP4-12C
When the white Lamborghini Huracán covered the PBIR quarter mile in just 10.5 seconds it did more than just set a fast 1/4 mile time- it set the fastest 1/4 mile time of any Lamborghini Huracán. The...
View ArticleVintage VW Diesel SMOKES Ferrari 458 in Drag Race
There’s been a lot of talk about the latest Ludicrous Tesla Model S sedans beating up on super cars in pen-and-paper drag races. That’s fun for most bloggers, but the real racers out there know that...
View ArticleConspiracy Theory: France Cut Rebates on Hybrids to Boost Renault Stock
As Volkswagen frantically tries to paddle its way out of its self-inflicted, diesel-fueled crap tsunami and government regulatory bodies around the world look at ways to clamp down on emissions testing...
View ArticleSpeedriven + E85 = 10 Sec. Mercedes Land Yacht
Whether they’re busy building sleeper Mercedes sedans or trying to break alt-fuel speed records, the guys at Speedriven are always trying to get a little bit more performance out of their Benzes than...
View ArticleMore Americans Watch Formula E Than F1
The all-electric Formula E racing series has proven to be quite successful in its first full year of operation. There was a lot of optimism for the series when it began its 2015 campaign, but I don’t...
View ArticleThat Volkswagen Emissions Cheat? It Might Be Perfectly Legal ...
Unless you’ve been living under a rock for the last few weeks (See what I did there, Patrick?), you already know about the diesel emissions scandal that’s rocked Volkswagen to the core. To sum up, more...
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