A couple of conniving gents managed to talk a Veritas RS III prototype out of its show room and into their hands, at least long enough to ram it into a light pole. This poses a couple of hard questions, say, how two guys managed to fit into the single seater. Or better yet, who [...]
Yes, it’s goofy looking, but the Loremo LS prototype is slated to be a 100 mpg production car. The German manufacturer unveiled its tiny gas sipper at last year’s Frankfurt Auto Show, and tweaks to the design have rolled out ever since. The changes have mostly been to make the car more feasible on actual [...]
For those bemoaning the fact that he Ford Focus RS is a front-driver only, fear not. Ford hears your woes, or at least Volvo does. According to Motorauthority the crazy Swedish chefs in the Trollhatten skunkworks have cooked up an AWD version of the Volvo C30 with a steaming 350hp–the C30R using the same lump [...]
That’s right. A blink-of-the-eye after the Fukui Ultimatum (the new NSX will beat the Skyline GT-R at Nurburgring) was decreed, Honda’s NSX prototype laid down a 7:38 around the asphalt gauntlet. Motor Authority says that’s with some traffic on the track, so who knows exactly how quick this thing can be. They also say that [...]
There are Tesla Roadsters everywhere! I’m minding my own business, sipping on an espresso in the Audi Club above the start line when out of the corner of my eye, that freaking black Tesla rolls (silently!) by. Not sure anyone else noticed. You can’t hear the damn thing. Lets hope Le Mans never goes electric—the [...]
Alright, for those of you out there who’ve been unfortunate enough to grow up in a land where turning left at 180 mph is the pinnacle of racing, here’s the low down on the top 5 teams at the 24 Hours of Le Mans. As you may have seen, things are really starting to fly [...]
Marc Gene, the co-leader of the Le Mans endurance series, gave manned flight the old college try on Sunday, June 1. The Spaniard lost control of the #7 Peugeot prototype during practice for the up-coming June 14-15 running of the 24 Hours of Le Mans. Keep reading for a video of the flying proto.
I’m sipping on a double shot cappuccino at the Coffee Bean in Studio City waiting for a buddy to arrive for a Sunday morning canyon ride. It’s early and there’s no one around. Suddenly I spot a metallic light blue Lotus Elise pulling in. Wait a minute, that’s not an Elise, that’s a freaking Tesla! [...]
According to WorldCarFans Lexus has confirmed the rumors by announcing that they will be running their prototype LF-A supercar at the 24 hours of Nurburgring race in May of this year. They also made it clear that they are not expecting to win the event nor is that their intention, rather this is pretty much [...]
