Yesterday, we saw a Nissan GT-R break the world record road-legal quarter mile. Now, a record has been broken by its archenemy, the Porsche 911 Turbo. The 911 Turbo in question is a 997 model, built by Esmotor from Istanbul. Specific details and tuning that has been applied to the […]
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Video: ETS Nissan GT-R posts world record 7.49sec quarter mile
The street registered Nissan GT-R quarter mile world record has been broken once again, with a new time of 7.49 seconds. It was set by an Extreme Turbo Systems (ETS) GT-R during the TX2K event in the US. Extreme Turbo Systems are one of the top guns in GT-R tuning, […]
Video: 551kW Ford FG Falcon G6E is one tough sleeper
How’s this for a cool sleeper sedan. It’s an FG Ford Falcon G6E Turbo that produces 738hp at the wheels, capable of dusting off quarter mile times in under 10 seconds. The friendly Falcon features a 4.0-litre turbocharged inline six that produces 270kW in factory form. With a GTX35/40 Garrett […]
This 1998 Chevrolet S-10 is the world’s quickest street-legal car
Think your street car is fast down the quarter mile? Think again. There’s a street-registered 1998 Chevrolet S-10 truck in America running 5.95 seconds at 393.5km/h. Did we mention it’s road-legal? Originally powered by a 4.3-litre V6, the S-10 now sports a Pro Line 10.1-litre Chevrolet big block that’s armed […]
Video: Standard 2014 ‘F80’ BMW M3 runs 11.66 quarter mile
A stock standard F80 2014 BMW M3 has ran the quarter mile in the US in just 11.66 seconds at 192km/h. This is an exceptionally quick time for the performance 3 Series. Considering its larger brother, the current ‘F10’ BMW M5 with its 412kW 4.4-litre twin-turbo V8, has completed the […]
Video: 1100hp Boba VW Golf runs world record quarter mile
Ah, the age-old question. What’s quicker, a Volkswagen Golf or 1300hp Nissan GT-R? The answer seems obvious doesn’t it? Well, what if the Golf was labelled as the quickest Golf in the world? Here we see a Volkswagen Golf Mk1, known as 16vampir, which is complete with a custom all-wheel […]
World’s quickest Audi S4 ‘B8’, modified by AWE Tuning
The world record for the fastest Audi S4 B8 has just been broken in Canada. The Audi S4 is already a fast car, however, with some help from a list of AWE Tuning parts they can clearly become even faster. Jeff Jones, the owner of this Audi S4, recorded the […]
2014 Chrysler 300 SRT8 review: track test (video)
You’ve probably heard the sayings before, ‘muscle cars are great for straight lines but they’re useless when it comes to corners’. Well, we decided the best way to test this theory was to do an experiment