Peugeot has built more than a few magnifique hot hatches over the last 30 years or so, most of which wearing either the GTI or Rallye suffixes. But the company, which has seen more than...
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[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-DH5j4PYp-o[/youtube] Back in December, we brought you video of an incredible high speed test track battle between a Porsche 918 Spyder and a Koenigsegg Agera R that was (partly) shot in 4K HD by Gustav...
One of the most egregious shames in the automotive world, in our opinion, is that the French company Alpine (pronounced Al-PEEN, s’il vous plait) doesn’t get more mainstream recognition. Originally started by a Renault dealer...
The year was 1991. The U.S. military was swatting Saddam Hussein’s proverbial backside. The Silence of the Lambs was freaking out moviegoers. And the last remaining mainstream French car company selling cars in the United...
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GYifPHX0qh8[/youtube] For an entire generation of gearheads (and quite a few non-gearheads), KITT – the sentient, fully-autonomous black Pontiac Trans Am from the original Knight Rider TV series – is the ultimate car. This is...
Like modern Porsche 911s, the Nissan GT-R is a spectacular performance car not because of its design, but in spite of it. Its engine is in the front, its all-wheel-drive system adds understeer and weight...
Despite being built on the back of a sports car (the Roadster), Tesla Motors seems to have given up on that market, at least for the time being. The BMW i8 is super cool, but...
When compiling a list of the most prolific performance cars of the 1980s, you pretty much have to include the Renault 5 Turbo. This flared French hot hatch with a trunk full of engine was...
The “base model” Bugatti Veyron is already one of the most extreme automobiles ever built, but that hasn’t stopped the revived-by-Volkswagen brand from releasing variants that are even more extreme. The targa-roof Bugatti Veyron Grand...
For the last few weeks we’ve been checking up on the winner of the last nine World Rally Championship driver’s titles, Sebastien Loeb, and the Peugeot Sport team as they prepared for an assault on...