The world’s most popular car-related TV show, produced in the U.K., is Top Gear. Lately, BBC America has been showing more reruns of Top Gear from past seasons and fewer new episodes from the 2010 season. Maybe they are holding back because the History Channel will begin airing a U.S. version of Top Gear. As we anxiously await, today… Read the rest
Targa Trophy cars roared through 300 miles of twisty San Francisco Bay Area back roads as drivers competed for glory. Three squirrels, one bird and a Ferrari suspension died in the process. More
How many big-block Novas can you watch at the dragstrip before you get bored? In my case, the answer is “many,” but Nova (and Camaro) Fatigue inevitably sets in. However, there is no such thing as Gasser Fatigue! More
The Targa Trophy is this weekend and to kick things off teams ran the I-5 gauntlet from Beverly Hills to San Francisco. Surprisingly no Ferraris burned to the ground and nobody went to jail. More
I spent my senior year in high school working as the ticket-booth guy at the soon-to-be-defunct Island Auto Movie, and so I feel profound pain over the Death Of The American Drive-In Theater. But the drive-in isn’t dead in Wisconsin! More
Let’s face it, this is hardly home invasion or drive-by shootings. But some of London’s most expensive residential neighborhoods are feeling beset by a particularly specialized new threat: public misbehavior by supercar-driving rich folks, at least some of them from wealthy Arab nations. Yesterday, two wealthy Abu Dhabi residents managed to smash…
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Hello, and welcome to another round of Battle of the Brands: YouTube edition. We’ve already taken a peek at YouTube channels run by American and European manufacturers, and today, we’re moving a few thousand miles to the east, to Asia — which for American consumers, really boils down to Japan and Korea. What’s the point of all this nerdy…… Read the rest
Review: 2010 Ural Patrol T takes a lickin’ and keeps on tickin’ For just the right kind of adventure-seeker looking to cover highways and dirt roads, the $12,399 Ural Patrol T is truly in a class of one. Jeep to offer Trail Edition Camper as official Mopar accessory What good is a vehicle capable of overlanding to the remotest… Read the rest
Hundred degree weather in NYC and DC? Not an issue when it comes with a Diablo being filled with an awkwardly sexy (or is that sexily awkward?) lady in a swimsuit. More
AutoCar pits Mercedes SLS AMG against, Porsche 911, Lamborghini Gallardo, Aston Martin Vantage The folks over at AutoCar set out on a mission to figure out what is the new 2011 Mercedes-Benz SLS AMG’s closest rival. They brought along the new Porsche 911 Turbo, Lamborghini Gallardo and the Aston Martin V12 Vantage. Which of the three came the closest… Read the rest