No matter your thoughts on the DeltaWing racer, it’s always interesting to see the boundaries pushed in motorsport. In the lead up to Le Mans, a series of films is being produced chronicling the car’s…
Porsche 911 GT2 RS: Fear The Reaper
It’s been a long, hot day. The shots are bagged and hopefully stored somewhere on the SD card; now all we have to do is sprint back to Weissach. We’re 25 miles the wrong side of Stuttgart airport, heading north and in danger of missing flights and angering wives. Then the stars and planets align [...]
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COVERAGE> Formula Drift: Streets of Long Beach
The first event of the Formula Drift Championship season is always something to look forward to. It’s always exciting to see the newly built (or rebuilt) competition cars attack the streets of Long Beach on the weekend preceding the Long Beach Grand Prix. In recent months, I’ve actually heard people say that the sport of [...]
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2014 Ferrari Enzo II first spy photos
Ferrari have kept their cards close to their chest regarding the successor to the legendary Ferrari Enzo. Rumors have been flying around the webosphere for years, however, today we finally have first spy photos of a prototype test mule taken in Germany close to a high speed secret track.
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Take Your Pick: Trio of BMW 3.0CSL Coupes
These 3 right-hand-drive BMW 3.0CSL Coupes are all said to be in excellent condition and are offered by the same seller in the UK. With just over 1200 built worldwide, it’s not often that a potential buyer has the opportunity to choose the CSL of their choice from the same lot…
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Study: BMW owners twice as likely to be adulterers as drivers of other brands
We’re not so sure how scientific its poll was, but an online dating service that calls itself the U.K.’s largest for married people says that men who cheat on their wives are twice as likely to drive a BMW than any other brand of car.
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F1 IPO to be listed in Singapore by June, July
Formula 1 could be floated by its owners CVC Capital Partners as early as June or July this year with the private equity firm expected to list the sale on the Singapore Stock Exchange as intended. An initial public offering (IPO) worth $1.5 to $2…
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LeMons Real Hoopties of New Jersey Day One
We had beautiful racing weather in New Jersey today, but the action on the track got a bit brutal at times. Lots of black flags, plenty of cars scattering engine parts all over the tarmac, and no shortage of bent sheetmetal. Still, some teams managed to avoid busted parts and miscreant drivers; when the checkered [...]
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Driven: Porsche 911 Carrera manual
The junior and, on paper, purest member of the new Porsche 911 family. Question is, how many boxes do you tick on the extensive options list to create the optimum driving experience?
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Fiesta pace boosts Wilson
Matthew Wilson says the pace of Ford’s Fiesta RS WRC has helped to make up for his enforced absence from the FIA World Rally Championship powered by Nokia due to injury.
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Motorsports: Shanghai’d at the 2012 Chinese Grand Prix
Heading out to Shanghai for this weekend’s Chinese Grand Prix, only two races had already been decided, and each was won by a different man driving for a different team, and neither had won from pole. Would this round prove any different? Keep reading to find out…
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Ultra-Rare One-Of-Two Ferrari To Cross Auction Block
One of the two 1957 Ferrari 625 TRC Spiders ever built will cross auction block at RM’s Monaco event next month. Although almost unthinkably rare , the 625 TRC Spider is well known to car lovers—it is considered by many enthusiasts to be one of the most attractive Ferraris ever made…
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Video: Watch an NHRA funny car explode in a four-wide drag race
Matt Hagan, the reigning NHRA Full Throttle Funny Car champ, kicked off this weekend’s Four-Wide Nationals qualifying session at zMAX Dragway in North Carolina with a bang. Hagan’s funny car dropped an intake valve into one of its cylinders about halfway down the track and exploded…
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Injury forces Latvala out of Argentina
Jari-Matti Latvala has been forced to withdraw from Philips Rally Argentina later this month after breaking his left collarbone during a training fall. Latvala was cross-country skiing in Lapland in the north of his native Finland on Wednesday when he slipped and landed heavily on his left shoulder…
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Subaru BRZ (2012) CAR review
This is the new 2012 Subaru BRZ coupe. Developed in conjunction with Toyota (which will sell its version as the GT86, and as the Scion FR-S in the USA) it’s a rear-wheel drive sports car that does things a little differently…
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