Fast & Furious 7 to Use CGI, Body Doubles to Complete Paul Walker’s Role
The show must go on, and in the case of Fast & Furious 7, it will do so with Paul Walker, who was killed in a car accident on November 30, 2013. At the time of his death, Walker had already begin...
View ArticleWatch a Lamborghini Aventador Go Airborne in London Crash
You hear it coming, and then you see the catastrophe. The Aventador’s monster V-12 roars off-screen as the little Mazda wagon creeps around the corner, and then—bang. We have liftoff. The Lambo then...
View ArticleMinivan’s Dashcam Captures Terrifying Head-On Collision with Cement Truck...
We take so much for granted as we go about our daily business in our cars. Things like, you know, being alive. And being alive is something that Texas A&M professor Dr. Guan Zhu currently is...
View ArticlePhoto: Mercedes Semi Hauls 200+Ton Mining Dump Truck Like a Boss
Mining trucks, those giant, building-sized dump trucks that make the human beings operating them look like Lego minifigs, can weigh hundreds of tons—the mighty Caterpillar 797B tips the scale at a...
View ArticleTop Gear’s Jeremy Clarkson Accused of Racism, Issues Video Response
The Mirror, a British tabloid, posted an unused clip from Season 19, Episode 6 of Top Gear, in which Jeremy Clarkson mutters something that the newspaper interprets to be the N-word. The incident...
View ArticleChristopher Nolan’s “Interstellar” Trailer Made Better Via F1 Imagery (The...
Words and images. The right ones stick with you. That’s why we have favorites. Books. Films. Photos. TV shows. The best climb into your head and move in, never to be evicted. In December, Warner...
View ArticleFull 2015 Ford Mustang EcoBoost and GT Pricing Revealed!
This morning, Ford spilled the beans on the 2015 Mustang V6 Fastback’s opening price. Today, as dealers begin placing orders, additional pricing info is flying onto forums. Over at the indispensable...
View ArticleThis Is Awesome: Watch a Pit Stop Recorded Using Thermal Imaging
As if the stopwatch ballets commonly referred to as pit stops weren’t interesting enough to watch already, BMW has gone and made it more fun by an order of magnitude through the use of thermal...
View ArticleIMSA Racing Vipers Go Retro, Fly New/Old Dodge Name and Colors
The last shovelful of dirt has been tossed on the late but unlamented “SRT Viper” branding experiment. We already knew the Vipers were back in the Dodge fold, and that now applies to the IMSA GT-class...
View ArticleHot Wheels Launching Line of Star Wars Characters as Cars—Predictably,...
The new Hot Wheels Star Wars lineup hits store shelves in October. The cars themselves make their debut at the 2014 San Diego Comic-Con Hot Wheels booth. Here’s what your favorite characters look like...
View ArticleWatch Jeremy Clarkson’s Involuntary Ice-Bucket Challenge, Voluntary NSFW...
Jeremy Clarkson’s ice-bucket challenge video is one of the best so far. Mostly because his kids caught him sleeping. Literally. Caution: His reaction is fully (and hilariously) NSFW. So, you know,...
View ArticleFerrari to Celebrate 60 Years in U.S. with $3.2-Million Limited-Edition Model
You know how Lamborghini has mastered turning existing cars into super-limited, super-expensive special editions?(Think the Murciélago-based Reventón and the Aventador-based Veneno.) Now it’s...
View ArticleFerrari 458 Recalled Because It Traps People in Its Trunk
The Ferrari 458 is, as sports cars go, about as good as it gets. Unless, of course, you happen to be a person trapped in its trunk. In that case, it sucks. First, because that can’t be very...
View ArticleMind-Blowing 1970 Ferrari Modulo Concept Bought from Pininfarina by Jim...
The late 1960s and early ’70s were an important period for exotic-car design. Four cars defined the era and set the stage for the wedge-shaped supercars that would later symbolize the ’80s. Those show...
View ArticleTesla Will “Unveil the D” on October 9, Whatever that Means
Elon Musk knows how to own a moment. Rather than get caught up in the news maelstrom of this week’s Paris auto show, he’ll let that fanfare subside. Then, exactly one week later, he’ll own all the...
View ArticleVIDEO: These Rally Spectators Are Lucky to Be Alive—and Unhurt
Rally fans’ thirst to be as close to the action as possible ensures a visceral spectator experience but exposes them to extreme danger when things go wrong. This is nothing new, mind you. If anything,...
View ArticleHow Fast Would You Need to Go to Beat a Speed Camera?
Speed cameras. If you’re over the posted limit when the shutter clicks, you’re basically toast. How do you get around that problem? You can slow down, obviously, or you can travel fast enough that...
View ArticleAttention Craigslist Shoppers: There’s a $3900 Ferrari in Aisle WTF
Ferrari prices got you down? Yes, it’s probably just a matter of time before that Testarossa you’ve wanted since you were 13 gets priced into stupid-money territory, but if cashing out your 401K to...
View ArticleTakata Recall Update: Defective Airbags Being Disabled, “Do Not Sit Here”...
This is a disaster. The giant Takata airbag recall affecting more than 7 million U.S. passenger vehicles from a variety of auto manufacturers is proving difficult to combat. To briefly recap, there’s...
View ArticleMega-Rare 1973 CJ-5 Super Jeep to Be Displayed at SEMA
Via Hemmings comes one of the better SEMA show announcements for this year. Amongst all the big-bucks OEM displays and booths hawking 87-inch rims for your ’87 Monte Carlo will be a genuine Jeep...
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