American contemporary/Neo-Pop/Post-Pop artist Jeff Koons has followed in the footsteps of Roy Lichtenstein, Andy Worhol, Ernst Fuchs, and other greats with his design for BMW’s 17th art car. Koons has taken the E92 BMW M3 GT2 car as his carte blanche and used God only knows for inspiration. All we know is that the result [...]
Saturday, May 1, 2010
Chris Harris should be no stranger to you by now; he’s a British journalist who is as engaging as Jeremy Clarkson, with the added bonus of having genuine driving skill. To top it off, we can see his videos more regularly online than we can BBC’s Top Gear. This makes Harris’ video reviews more accessible [...]
Friday, April 30, 2010
We never get tired of Nurburgring videos. There’s something about watching a master flog a fast car at crazy speeds around the Green Hell that makes us giggle and gawk like teenage girls stalking that creepy vampire kid from the “Twilight” movies. Whether it’s a GT3 or a GT-R or a GTS, feeling the elevation [...]
Saturday, April 17, 2010
The way only National Geographic can, they’ve documented the anal-retentive, Type A personality manner in which the Bugatti Veyron is assembled. I recently watched a similar feature on the Lamborghini Mucrielago LP670-4 SV and it was just as stunning. If you don’t have the 40 minutes to watch the whole 4-part Veyron series, make the [...]
Thursday, April 15, 2010
I love radio-controlled cars. Before futzing with Datsuns and Volkswagens and BMWs, I had a Marui Super Wheelie. Looking like an anime version of a Toyota FJ40, it would, as the name suggested, pop massive wheelies. The body was beautifully detailed polystyrene, but it broke easily under my untrained driving fingers. Tree! Squirrel! For four [...]
Wednesday, April 14, 2010
Walter Röhrl has been Porsche’s official test driver for who knows how long. He also has more than a few rallying victories to his credit. Those two bits of info alone should be enough to convince you that he’s at least competent behind the wheel. But a little video proof couldn’t hurt. This video is [...]
Tuesday, April 13, 2010
In what seems to be a theme, Toyota is halting sales of the popular Lexus GX 460 due to what Consumer Reports deems a Don’t Buy: Safety Risk. This isn’t a rating they bestow lightly, or often. Follow the jump for more.
Monday, April 12, 2010
For those of you who have never heard of Switzer Performance, you’re in for a treat. The Ohio based company is owned by the eponymous Tim Switzer and it specializes it taking perfectly insane turbocharged production cars and turning them into absolute world beaters. The company is renowned for its work in tuning the Porsche [...]
Tuesday, April 6, 2010
Before there was the nutty-as-a-fruitcake FIA Group B racing, there was the only-slightly-daft FIA Group 5. Group 5 is the series that saw the 1500 hp Porsche 917 in 1970 and ’71 and the Porsche 935 later in the decade. The Group 5 formula changed significantly over the decade, as demonstrated by the two vastly [...]
Wednesday, March 31, 2010
This wouldn’t have been nearly the big deal that international media made it out to be, had it not been Lewis Hamilton at the wheel. Still, the C63 AMG in question has attracted quite a lot of attention from interested would-be buyers. It probably also wouldn’t have been such a big deal had Lewis not [...]
Friday, June 4, 2010
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