A couple of days ago Nobuhiro ‘Monster’ Tajima set the world record at the 2011 Pikes Peak International Hill Climb in Colorado Springs. We’ve now found some incredible footage of Monster completing that record-breaking run. Sit back and relax for 10 minutes or so and watch as Monster Tajima wrestles […]
Year: 2011
For Sale: Porsche 962 road-registered
Interested in blitzing track days and have a chequebook too thick to close? May we suggest not wasting your time looking at any more Lotus lightweights or Caterham-style semi-open-wheelers and just buying this? It’s a road-registered Porsche 962. Need we say more. For those who don’t know, the Porsche 962 […]
2012 BMW M5 sets Nurburgring sedan record of 7:55
The 2012 BMW M5 has apparently just set a new Nurburgring production sedan lap record of 7:55; that’s 18 seconds ahead of the previous E60 BMW M5 lap time of 8:13. Although it is a bit of a rumour at this stage, according to various international reports, the new M5 […]
2011 Pikes Peak International Hill Climb results: Monster Tajima breaks record
Nobuhiro Tajima, ‘Monster’ has just broken the world record at the 2011 Pikes Peak International Hill Climb with a time of 9:51.278. This gives the Pikes Peak master his sixth consecutive win for the Race to the Clouds event. Following up from our previous Pikes Peak feature report, Monster set […]
Joss JP1 render preview to 2011 Australian International Motor Show
Joss, the Australian supercar company we all want to see succeed, has just revealed a rendered teaser image of the new Joss JP1 supercar. The car will be unveiled in full at the 2011 Australian international Motor Show in Melbourne this coming weekend. Official specifications are yet to be confirmed […]
2011 Mazda RX-8 review
The 2011 Mazda RX-8, in various iterations, has been on the Mazda circuit for almost nine years now, and it doesn’t appear it’s ready for the old age pension just yet. Mazda has certainly done a great job of coming up with a car that doesn’t seem to have any […]
Video: Mazda 787B rotary rebuilt and relived
Ever wondered what the inside of a Mazda 787B engine looks like? Well, today’s your lucky day. Watch here as the engineers strip and rebuild the 26B Wankel engine bringing it back to its former 1991 Le Mans winning glory. It appears business-as-usual for the engineers even if it is […]
Bugatti Veyron final 300th car just been sold
Bugatti only planned on making 300 examples of the record-breaking Bugatti Veyron 16.4, and if you’ve just about saved up the $1 million-plus needed to buy one, unfornately, you’re too late, the last one has just been sold. Ordered by a customer in Europe, the final Veyron will complete the […]