Video: Listen to the Volkswagen Golf R400 light off

28/09/2014 | Video | Total comments:
vw-golf-r400Jason Cammisa just strapped testing equipment to a Mk7 Golf R; the numbers were good—better than the last Golf R by every measure—but the car left him a little cold. Maybe the R400 will be the car...

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Video: The first self-propelled vehicle was ungainly beyond belief

28/09/2014 | Video | Total comments:
cugnot-steam-dray117 years before Karl Benz fired up his Patent Motorwagen, a number of people played around with steam-powered contraptions of various degrees of impracticality. None really worked all that well, but ...

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Video: The Formula 1 engine to shame all others!

28/09/2014 | Video | Total comments:
Matra1-smFormula 1 in 2014 is an aural travesty. There’s a single dominant engine maker, and its engines sound terrible. So do everyone else’s. The turbo V6 engines really are technological marvels...

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Video: Watch this motorcycle rider get hit in the head with another bike

28/09/2014 | Video | Total comments:
LuckyDuc-smTalk about a close shave: That this guy stayed upright after such a violent mugging is mind boggling. Just… Watch the video, you’ll get the drift. Riders are setting a quick pace at The Ri...

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Video: This record-setting hill-climb car is so fast, the video looks fake

28/09/2014 | Video | Total comments:
josgoodyear-smThe car is the GWR Raptor, a compact open-wheel monster powered by a 400-hp supercharged Suzuki Hayabusa engine. It is every bit as insane as it sounds, and man, it sounds fantastic. The driver is Jos...

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Video: Watch Sabine Schmitz pass 40 cars in just 2 laps!

28/09/2014 | Video | Total comments:
sabine-nurbIf you had any doubt about Sabine Schmitz’s complete mastery of the Nürburgring, watch this video of her in a Frikadelli Racing Porsche 911 absolutely shaming the 40 drivers in front of her by ...

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Video: 2015 BMW M3 vs. E30 M3 DTM at Hockenheim

28/09/2014 | Video | Total comments:
dtmf80-smSave the M1, no car is more steeped in BMW lore than the E30 M3. In road-going form, it’s touted as “God’s Chariot”; in racing guise, the Bavarians claim it’s the world’s most successful t...

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Video: LaFerrari and Sesto Elemento face off on desert highway

27/09/2014 | Video | Total comments:
Doha_exotic_street_raceYou know that mythical desert road you fantasize about going flat-out on in some ridiculous, unobtainable exotic? It’s in Qatar. Both the LaFerrari (which looks excellent in yellow) and the Lamb...

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Video: Worst Ferrari California test drive ever!

27/09/2014 | Video | Total comments:
ferrari_california-testdrive-fail-smIn the pantheon of Ferraris, the California has to be the most user-friendly, easy-to-drive car to ever roll out of Maranello. There’s a reason they sold 10,000 of them. You can see out of it. T...

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Video: Ride with the illegal Kanjozoku midnight racers in Osaka

27/09/2014 | Video | Total comments:
kanjo-osaka-japanOn the Kanjo Loop highway that rings the Japanese city of Osaka, a group of close-knit racers flaunt the law in unidentifiable modified Civics. They’re the Kanjozoku, heirs to a late-night illeg...

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