[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xNB8cFjq8aY[/youtube] If you follow Formula 1even kind of closely, odds are you’ve heard of MiniDrivers (not to be confused with the actress Minnie Driver), the light-hearted animated shorts released the Wednesday after each grand prix...
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[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O_A5VbQgaeo[/youtube] Last year you may remember that LEGO introduced a staggeringly-cool set with all the instructions and pieces needed to build a highly-detailed old school Mini Cooper. Naturally, that act resulted in much rejoicing from...
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ETdHQFb6nSw[/youtube] Ah, Valentine’s Day…the holiday (which is tomorrow, so you can commence your panicking if you haven’t already) foisted upon the public by Big Floral, Big Chocolate and Big Lingerie in order to pressure folks...
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qI0ve18j0TQ[/youtube] It shouldn’t surprise you that there’s a lot of overlap between the worlds of high performance automotive engine building and high performance marine engine building. In fact, many engine types you’d expect to find...
You asked for ‘em, we’ve got ‘em. And even if you didn’t ask for them, tough cookies; you probably didn’t ask Aunt Gertrude for that 30-pack of tighty whities either, did ya? @media screen and...
While you could be opening presents or hanging out with relatives you only see once or twice a year right now, you instead have your facehole tuned to a computer, smartphone or tablet screen. What...
The Tata Nano has a lot of things going for it: It’s the cheapest new car in the world today and…um…uh…it’s faster than walking? Okay, so its modest price is pretty much the only noteworthy...
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jYZv3vmOGSY[/youtube] In what has seemingly become an annual holiday tradition, Ford Europe has made a stop-motion animation video starring a Hot Wheels miniature of Ken Block’s Ford Fiesta Gymkhana car and various other toys called...
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GD3y7ylpqO8&list=PL12C0C916CECEA3BC[/youtube] It’s hard to argue against the merits of sports cars that are all about “elemental” driving experiences like the Ariel Atom, KTM X-Bow and whichever Caterham Seven variant name you pull out of a...
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TVBcEg6klJI[/youtube] Question: Do any of you miss the year 2013? The Lotus Formula 1 team certainly does. Yeah, they only won one race (the season opening Australian Grand Prix with Kimi Raikkonen), but they did...