If you love your jaw droppingly-awesome old-school Porsche 911s, then you’ll love this ‘Good Hills Speed’ 964 Porsche 911 by Rauh-welt BEGRIFF. Owned by a doctor in Japan, who says he has owned over 30 cars in the past including a Toyota AE86 hachiroku, the red 964 Porsche 911 was […]
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New BRABUS Rocket – rendered speculation
BRABUS revealed a teaser image earlier this week of a special model it plans to unveil at the upcoming 2011 IAA Frankfurt Motor Show next month. A rendered speculation has just been independently etched up by Dan Buzdugan showing what the new BRABUS could look like. If BRABUS is planning […]
Toyota EV P001 breaks Nurburgring electric vehicle lap record with 7:47.79
Toyota Motorsport has done it. As our previous report outlined, Toyota Motorsport was aiming to smash the electric vehicle Nurburgring lap record time and now it has done exactly that, with a time of 7:47.79. The previous Nurburgring electric vehicle record was held by the Peugeot EX1 Concept which managed […]
Video: Ferrari 458 twin turbo by Underground Racing
Renowned Lamborghini tuner, Underground Racing, has developed a Ferrari 458 twin-turbo package and has released a nice little YouTube video showing the package potential. Underground Racing calls it the Stage 1 kit which includes two turbochargers mounted onto the practically standard 4.5-litre V8 Ferrari engine. In stock form, the direct-injection […]
Toyota EV track car to hit the market… almost
Last week Toyota announced it is going to attempt to break the Nurburgring EV world lap time record in a special lightweight, purpos-built track car. According to reports, Toyota has also announced the electric motors, battery pack and drivetrain of the racer will hit the market in the near future. […]
Video: Tom Cruise loops Red Bull F1 car and helicopter at Willow Springs
Tom Cruise was recently given the opportunity to take a Red Bull F1 car out for a spin on California’s Willow Springs race track. David Coulthard gave Cruise the rundown and after a matter of laps, Cruise was only 6km/h short of Coulthard’s top speed. While he was at it, […]
BRABUS to unveil new model at 2011 Frankfurt show
BRABUS has released an early teaser image of a new model it plans to unveil at the 2011 IAA Frankfurt Motor Show in just a few week’s time. The Mercedes-Benz tuning specialist hasn’t revealed much in the image, but it has certainly got everyone guessing. From the teaser shot, we […]
Video: Volkswagen Touareg W12 turbo – awesome rear-wheel drive burnouts
Normally, SUVs and four-wheel drives aren’t considered to be performance vehicles, but times have changed. This is a Volkswagen Touareg with a heavily tuned W12 twin turbo engine under the bonnet, and it has been set up so it can do epic rear-wheel drive burnouts. We’re not sure how this […]