The phrase “race car for the street” has so much mileage on it that it could have gone to Uranus and back about six times. Of course, there are some instances where it’s correctly applied,...
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If you like your Super Bowls with a little of everything, then yesterday’s Super Bowl XLIX was right in your wheelhouse. But in between plays that made America say “Did that just happen?” and “What...
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U1jwWwJ-Mxc[/youtube] Way back in the early 1990s, when we were eating breakfast on school mornings, our mom often had NBC’s Today show on the tiny CRT television in the kitchen. And even though they were...
The BMW i8 is certainly one of the most attention-grabbing cars on sale today, and not just because of its clever hybrid powertrain; it also draws a crowd for its futuristic, concept-car-worthy styling. Yet as...
Last week we brought you the rather whimsical CGI-Lego official trailer for the upcoming 22nd series/season of Top Gear. We thought it was quite good, but it was, alas, rather short on details of the...
Plenty of automotive publications hand out “best vehicle” or “vehicle of the year” awards on an annual basis, and quite a few of those awards carry a fair bit of weight. However, if you’re a...
One of the highlights of the automotive “buff book” year is Motor Trend’s Best Driver’s Car competition. The L.A.-based mag spends the better part of a week sampling some of the year’s sportiest cars on...
Many blue-and-white roundel partisans may be appalled by them, but the fact of the matter is BMW’s new super-styled, super-green i models – the i3 econobox and the i8 grand tourer – will go a...