Usually, we’re not fans of applying names of super awesome vehicles to completely different types of vehicle. It’s generally just a quick and easy way to steal some of the shine off the first vehicle...
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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...
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9VQ3ROolkyU[/youtube] The McLaren P1, like the rival hybrid hypercars from Ferrari and Porsche, is touted as being a sensible speed machine, one that’s just as capable of put-putting down to the local bodega under battery...
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E8Kzazvcc98[/youtube] The Nissan GT-R LM Nismo is the most outrageous mainstream racing car to come along in decades (other than the Delta Wing, which was, of course, designed by the same guy), but it’s just...
If you were to guess what sort of person would be one of the first (maybe the first) on the planet to own one of each of today’s gas-electric hypercars (the Ferrari LaFerrari, McLaren P1...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YUW9os-Ybh0 If you were in charge of a car company’s racing program and one of your cars had won that year’s 24 Hours of Le Mans for the 13th time in 15 years, would you...
Prior to the end of the 1950s, mid-engine racing cars were seldom-seen novelties that won only sparingly. But when the Cooper Car Company and driver Jack Brabham won back-to-back Formula 1 Constructor’s and Driver’s World...
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 month we brought you the news that the debut of the definitive, final production specification, we-really-mean-it-this-time Acura NSX would be debuting at the Detroit Auto Show in January. Well, that month and that even...
Among the three Japanese luxury brands, Infiniti has always been the one that’s most into “artsy-fartsy” stuff. And when we say “always,” we do mean always; before the original Q45 was revealed to the public,...