The electric vehicle division of this summer's Pike's Peak International Hillclimb is turning out to be one of the most watched and anticipated, with entries such as a full-race spec Mitsubishi i-MiEV and a ... Read more
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Feature Flick: Pike’s Peak-Bound 400 HP Electric 1995 BMW M3 Burns Electrons and Rubber
Carroll Shelby Miniseries to Air Tomorrow on Velocity Channel
Carroll Shelby has been the subject of many a blog post and article over the past week and a half since his passing. Over the course of his almost nine-decade life, Shelby was involved ... Read more
Mitsubishi Reveals i-MiEV Evolution Electric Racer For Pikes Peak Hill Climb
Mitsubishi released details today on its Pikes Peak hill climb entry, the i-MiEV Evolution. Under its extra-wide, carbon fiber body work lies many of the same drivetrain components as the regular Mitsubishi i, but the big difference with this car is it features a three-motor, all-wheel-drive setup with ... Read more
Bentley Readying EXP 9F Racers For 2013 Dakar Rally?
Volkswagen has hogged the glory at Dakar for the past three years but, according to a report from Car magazine, another brand under the German auto giant’s umbrella is interested in contesting the famed desert race. The British publication says Bentley is buying back ... Read more
Confirmed: 2014 Chevrolet SS Bringing RWD Performance To U.S.
The speculation can finally come to a close: Yes, Chevrolet will sell a rear-wheel-drive sport sedan in the U.S. market next year. Yes, it will be based on a Holden-developed platform. And yes: it will be sold as the 2014 Chevrolet SS. Today’s announcement is largely hinged around the fact that ... Read more
2012 Maserati Trofeo MC World Series Brings New GranTurismo Racer to the States
The 2012 Maserati Trofeo MC World Series is expanding into the U.S., where the new and improved 2012 GranTurismo racer will make its debut at Infineon Raceway. Maserati Corse prepared the new racer to be lighter and more ... Read more
Feature Flick: Red Bull Audi R8 LSM Takes to Terramar Circuit
Did you know that, as far back as the early 1920s, there was an oval-shaped Grand Prix track in Spain? We didn't either until today, when we watched the Red Bull Racing Audi R8 LSM racecar take to the nearly-century-old Terramar Circuit in this captivating video. Piloting the R8 are DTM ... Read more
40 Years of BMW M, And Eight Of Our Favorite M Cars
If 30 is the new 20 and 40 is the new 30, BMW's M division is hitting the prime of its life. The high-performance car builder turns 40 this year, and we've rounded up our eight favorite cars, one for every five years of the performance subsidiary’s existence. ... Read more
Feature Flick: Watch a Hennessey-Tuned Ford GT Hit 212.9 MPH, Break Half-Mile Record
With a reputation for transforming fast cars into barely-street-legal, gasoline-fueled missiles, Hennessey Performance always satisfies our hunger for high horsepower. The company’s latest videos show it’s still up to its old tricks. The Hennessey-modified Ford GT of Mark Heidaker broke the record for standing half-mile at 212.9 mph, ... Read more
Gazoo Racing Returns to 24 Hours of Nurburgring with Lexus LFA, Toyota GT86s
The Lexus LFA is no stranger to the Nurburgring Nordschleife--it's been racing on the Green Hell since 2008, two years before it was offered to the buying public --but it's bringing some friends to this year's 24 Hours of Nurburgring endurance race party: ... Read more
2012 Buick Regal GS Aims for Repeat Victory in Nevada Road Rally
Two General Motors engineers will once again race a Buick Regal GS in a 90-mile Nevada road rally this month, after coming first in class last year. Whereas last year the Buick Regal GS competed in the 120-mph class, this year it will try the much more difficult 135-mph grouping. In ... Read more
Lotus Debuts New Evora GTC to Compete in Grand-Am
Lotus is set for its return to motorsports in the United States with its brand new Evora GTC leading the way. Based on the outgoing Evora GT4, the Lotus Evora GTC racecar will not only continue to compete ... Read more
Feature Flick: Famous Hydroplane with Ferrari F1 V-12 Heart Up For Auction
Have you ever wanted to own a record-setting hydroplane powered by Ferrari F1 V-12 engine? Well, here’s your chance because the 20.5-foot 1953 Timossi-Ferrari 'Arno XI' Racing Hydroplane is up for sale at auction and can be heard in this Feature Flick. The famous maritime vessel is powered by a ... Read more
Sebastian Vettel’s Special Edition Infiniti FX50 Priced Above $155,000
The Infiniti FX50 S designed by two-time Formula 1 world champion Sebastian Vettel will be both exclusive – at just 200 units slated for production – and pricy, as Autocar reports the special edition model will cost over 120,000 euros (roughly $155,600) when it goes on sale. As we ... Read more
2013 Corvette ZR1 to Pace Indy 500, Record 11th Time for Corvette
The 2013 Chevrolet Corvette ZR1 will pace the 96th running of the Indianapolis 500 later this month, making it the 11th time a Corvette and 23rd time a Chevrolet have paced the Greatest Spectacle in Racing -- Indy records for a nameplate and an automaker. The 638-hp ZR1 will also ... Read more
Feature Flick: The Lingenfelter Camaro ZL1’s 200-MPH Run from the Cockpit
It didn’t take long for noted GM tuner Lingenfelter Performance Engineering (LPE) to extract more juice from the stock version of the mighty Camaro ZL1. And as we reported last week, in addition to more power, the guys at LPE -- with Hot Rod magazine’s ... Read more
Feature Flick: Subaru Puma Rallycross Team Makes a Smoky Introduction
Subaru and Puma have officially announced their driver lineup for this year's Global Rallycross championship. The team, dubbed Subaru Puma Rallycross, features BMX legend and Rally America regular Dave Mirra, skateboarder Bucky Lasek, and 2011 European Rallycross champion Sverre Isachsen behind the wheel of modded-out Subaru Impreza WRX STIs. The ... Read more
Audi Sweeps First Four Positions of Spa-Francorchamps Race
In preparation for the 24 Hours of Le Mans endurance race in June, Audi fielded four race cars at the 6 Hours of Spa-Francorchamps race in Belgium last weekend. Based on the result at Spa, Audi is in good shape for Le Mans: after ... Read more
Move Over, M5: Jaguar Launches XJ Speed Pack with Nurburgring Taxis
If you've ever wanted to go around the Nurburgring very quickly, but lack either the requisite skills or a fast car, you've had two options to quench your thirst: buy a video game and lap the virtual ... Read more
Peugeot 208 R2 Rally Car Debuts This Week in France
The latest in the line of a long racing heritage, Peugeot will debut the rally-spec 208 R2 this week at the Tour de Corse race in France. The R2 is ... Read more
Feature Flick: Racer Alex Zanardi Prepares for Competition in 2012 Paralympic Games
Best known for his successful racing career in the CART series in the 1990s, Alex Zanardi was involved in a serious racing accident in September 2001 in Germany, resulting in the amputation of both his legs. For many professional drivers, this would be time to hang up their suits and ... Read more
Four Rings, Four Places: Audi Places 1-2-3-4 in Spa Qualifying
Audi is trying something new this year in hopes of taking the endurance racing world by storm: it's fielding four cars at a time instead of its usual three, and two of them are hybrids. It appears to be working: Audis swept the first four places in qualifying for this ... Read more
Feature Flick: Ford Stands Apart by Appearing Badgeless in New Ad
Car commercials are often blunt in stressing a brand's unique qualities, and even more so during Super Bowl commercials. Ford does the opposite in its newest ad, relying on the appeal of its new products more than the Blue Oval badge. Instead of focusing on ... Read more
Feature Flick: GT-R Experience – Learning to Tame the Beast
As Nissan raises the performance of the GT-R, the car's price follows. In this Feature Flick, however, enthusiasts who can’t afford Godzilla’s near six-figure price tag can still sample the supercar slayer with Motor Trend’s Jessi Lang, who participates in Skip Barber’s 2013 GT-R Experience at Mazda Raceway ... Read more
Feature Flick: The Countdown Begins to “Truth in 24 II”
Do you like fast-paced movies, Audis, Jason Statham, and endurance racing? Of course you do, which means that like us, you're excited for the upcoming "Truth in 24 II" movie. Today's Feature Flick is the trailer for that movie, which comes out in just over two weeks. One of our favorite ... Read more
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