May, 2009

BMW is celebrating 75 years of roadster goodness. The company’s first drop head got its introduction in 1934, and the public has had a thirst for Bavarian convertibles ever since. How’s about a 507 to celebrate? In my eyes, there just isn’t a more delicious, topless BMW.

Get out your wallet, Fiends. Word on the Web is Toyota’s selling off bits of its race rigs. Everything from lightweight rims to the engine cover with under-floor and rear wing. You can seven snap up brake discs and suspension wishbones for pretty damn cheap. Is Toyota desperately trying to raise cash for its race [...]

Ever wonder what the engineers at automakers get up to when they aren’t tweaking on the next new model? With all of the resources of players like GM at your fingertips, what couldn’t you do? It would seem Mark Stielow (formerly of GM’s High Performance Vehicle Operations, now working on hybrid tech) has done exactly [...]

If news Ariel is considering an all-electric version of its hoonmobile, the Atom, has you worried about the future of good fun behind the wheel, don’t worry. While the company is set to save the planet with electric power in the near future, for now it’s staying true to honest hot rod tricks – like [...]

Yesterday’s news that the Lexus LF-A will boast GT-R besting stats is cool as hell, but the video after the jump popped up in the late afternoon to temper the excitement. In it, you see one of the competition-spec LF-As in the last two hours of the 24 Hours of Nurburgring come to a stop [...]

Need a two minute (fifteen second) break? Watch this!

Lexus just let it slip its new bad ass LF-A will boast a blistering 550 horsepower and break the 200 mph top speed barrier. Say g’damn. To honor this amount of awesome, I give you some classic Japanese tin, tearing it up the way it should. Fiendish.

Let’s file this one under believe it when we see it. Rumors swirling around the interwebs say all is not lost for our beloved S2000. AllCarsElectric says the company is currently working on the delicious roadster’s replacement, powered by a 3.5-liter V6 (think OG NSX). If you think a six-pot S2k is a whole new [...]

Sometimes you just really have to make it to soccer practice as quick as possible. If that’s you, have a look at what the good Fiends at Vath have cranked out. It’s a seriously wrenched-on Mercedes-Benz C63 AMG Estate, resulting in a 585 horsepower family hauler. That’s a boat-load of gusto out of out of [...]

Looking for a little eighth-mile domination? Look no further than this barely-rusted 1974 Pinto Wagon. For a mere $1,000 you get a clear title, a Ford 9-inch rear and Mustang II V8 engine mounts for easy 302 installation. Hell, the seller’s even throwing in a number of driveshafts and a transmission or two to make [...]