Despite looking outwardly similar to the preceding models, Porsche thoroughly updated their 356 line in 1956 and called their new model the 356A. At the core, this included a larger 1600 cc engine, but also a […]
It was Saturday evening and we had just witnessed one of the most amazing finishes to a college football game in recent history, as the clock expired Auburn’s Chris Davis had returned a failed Alabama […]
A hybrid turbocharger is an electric turbocharger consisting of an ultra high speed turbine-generator and an ultra high speed electric air compressor. The turbine and compressor are high-speed aeromachines, as in a conventional turbocharger. The electrical motors run at speeds in […]
The Mercedes-Benz SLS AMG GT is the modern interpretation of the classic 300SL from the ’50s. Mercedes managed to keep the iconic gull-wing doors (coupe), which only adds to the cars exotic flair. A naturally-aspirated 583-hp […]
This is one of those moments when we hate to see it leave, but we love to see it go. The subject at hand is, of course, the brilliantly brutal Mercedes-Benz SLS AMG, the first vehicle […]
It’s here and ready to make a big hydrogen-powered mark in the very near future. The Honda FCEV Concept took to the stage at the LA Auto Show late last week as a first look at the […]
$3.4 million dollars…just take a moment and really let the enormity of that sum set in. To put that in perspective it’s roughly equivocal to three Bugatti Veyrons or nearly thirty-three 2014 Nissan GT-R’s. Now […]
Andy Meyrick, of England, drives the DeltaWing DWC13 during practice for the American Le Mans Series’ Petit Le Mans auto race at Road Atlanta, Friday, Oct. 18, 2013, in Braselton, Ga. In 2013, a coupe […]
This week we travel across the pond and celebrate the beauty of UK glamour and promotional model April Summers. Having appeared in a number of international publications and media campaigns April (a Brit) actually got […]
Risi Competizione has a long and storied history at the Petit Le Mans, going back to the very first race, which was held in 1998, before the Petit became the end-of-sportscar-racing-year fixture that it has […]
Typically, when an automaker and a watchmaker team up, it’s to spec out a special-edition watch, but Lamborghini and Blancpain have already done that. The two marques are also behind the Super Trofeo racing series, which Lamborghini claims is the […]
With their main rivals from Muscle Milk Pickett Racing sidelined midway through with an overheating issue, Rebellion Racing claimed its second consecutive victory at the Petit Le Mans this evening at Road Atlanta, bringing the […]
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