Monthly Archives: July 2013

Another Bad Week for Pastrana Racing at the Global RallyCross New Hampshire Event

Dodge and SRT Motorsports today announced they’re teaming up w

The Dodge Dart rally teams finally arrived to race on US soil last week but in the end – the Global RallyCross event at New Hampshire Motor Speedway went just as poorly for the Mopar rallycross cars as the rest of the events this season. The good news is that Travis Pastrana made it through ...

China Will Be BMW’s Top Market in 2013

BMW is expecting China to take the sales lead from the US this year. China is already Audi’s biggest market and Mercedes expects it to be their number one in the next few years. This year BMW China has experienced a 16-percent gain in year-over-year sales, and the 5-series experienced a 28-percent gain. Those are big [...]

C63 AMG Beats Audi R8 at the Stop Lights

Welcome to your “Monday-Morning AMG Wake-Up Call”. Consider this your alternative to the morning news and all its doom and gloom. The AMG Monday-Morning Wake-Up Call is where we provide you a video to watch so you can activate the muscles in your face that create a smile. To brighten your morning this week we [...]

Jay Leno Pulls the V12 From His McLaren F1

“Every twenty years we like to take the engine out and just check everything over,” says Jay Leno as he stands in front of the engine of his McLaren F1. The 627 horsepower naturally aspirated V12 is an impressive setup–the whole drivetrain, including the transmission, weighs less than 500 pounds. He shows us the ultra [...]

Hennessey Performance Reveals C7 Corvette Upgrade Program

If a stock C7′s 460 hp isn’t good enough, Hennessey’s has a few options for you. Consider the HPE600, which uses a TVS2300 Supercharger System to bump power up to 600 hp at 6,300 rpm. Then there’s the HPE700 which bumps you up to 700 hp. Hennessey claims that car will “pre-empt the factory ZR1.” Not good [...]

Goodwood Hill Climb Course Featured in Gran Turismo 6

Polyphony Digital recently released a new concept video for Gran Turismo 6, featuring a BMW Z4 GT3 tearing up the Goodwood Hill Climb course. Check out the BMW Z4 GT3 in action!

Endangering Carbon Fiber Supply – TRD Griffon GT86 at Goodwood

Just a year ago Toyota introduced the GT86 at the Goodwood Festival of Speed. For the 2013 festival, the masterminds at TRD have gotten a hold of a GT86 and drizzled more velocity in the form of adding lightness. The body panels and bumpers are now carbon fiber, but they’ve kept the stock motor. The [...]