Volvo and its racing partner, Polestar, have become more and more entwined recently, and the latest result of their partnership is this hotted-up C30 Polestar Limited Edition. […]
The 2013 Lexus GS almost didn’t happen. According to Karl Schlicht, who was Lexus’s product planning and marketing chief at the time of the car’s conception, “The accountants wanted to combine the rear wheel drive performance oriented GS platform with the more sedate front wheel drive ES platform.”
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There is something to be said for an “immaculate” sleeper, and that’s something this ’94 SC300 manages to convey effortlessly. But don’t be lulled into a false sense of pedantic mediocrity, this Z30 has stealthily been outfitted with the potent JDM 1JZ-GTE turbocharged 2.5L inline-four from it’s Japanese market counterpart; the Toyota Soarer. […]
Chrysler is said to be working on a third model to add to its new SRT brand, which launches late this year with the 2013 Viper. A new-age SRT Barracuda will be the nascent brand’s second model. […]
A new venue for the American Le Mans Series presented by Tequila Patrón looks to play a huge role in determining the 2012 ALMS champions. The VIR 240 is the first race at Virginia International Raceway for America’s premier sports car racing championship. The four-hour race – hence the ‘240’ – pays two additional points per position, a critical factor with all but two titles up for grabs. […]
How can it be…? Did American Idol actually manage to produce good music? Sure, the insipid reality television series has managed to find a few legitimate stars (Kelly Clarkson and Carrie Underwood for example) along the way but historically the music they’ve given their big winners to perform each season as their first single, or as they like to call it “Coronation Song” have been well…crap. Que 2011’s winner Phillip Phillips, who seems to have had the luck of the Irish and found a hit right out of the gate. […]
While the path to forced induction for most SC owners has been the tried and true 1JZ-GTE engine swap others have opted for a less conventional path to big power; the Mk4 Supra 2JZ-GTE swap. […]
The Lexus SC300/400 is often overlooked as a tuner platform; it’s perfectly comfortable if not mundane in it’s naturally-aspirated US-Spec but the JDM version (Soarer) was awesomely empowered via a forced-induction Mk4 Supra-esque 1JZ-GTE power-plant. […]
Motorsports lost a true friend over the weekend in Scott Roembke, the beloved and widely respected COO of Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing.
This week’s video only seemed appropriate given our current focus on the Hyundai Genesis Coupe and our particular fondness of the Rhys Millen Racing drift car. […]
Tucked away in a quiet corner of Chicago’s fabled Wrigleyville community resides a decidedly progressive albeit completely casual edifice to culinary indulgences, the Uncommon Ground on Clark Street. […]
We wrap up our week dedicated to the venerable Hyundai Genesis Coupe with some race photography from the 2012 USTCC Season Opener… […]
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