Have you ever wondered what is the fastest Toyota 86 in the world? Wonder no more. This is it. Apparently. It features a monster 2JZ engine conversion. Clearly the project car is off to a great start by going for the famed 2JZ 3.0-litre straight-six Toyota engine, lifted from the […]
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Video: Koenigsegg One:1 sets unofficial Suzuka lap record
A new unofficial lap record has been set at the Suzuka circuit in Japan, with the epic Koenigsegg One:1 clocking a time of just 2:17.57. The car was timed using Koenigsegg’s own timing equipment and therefor needs to be fully verified before an official record is taken down. As it […]
SEAT Leon ST Cupra sets wagon record at Nurburgring (video)
What’s the quickest wagon around the Nurburgring? It turns out the latest SEAT Leon ST Cupra estate is, setting a cracking time of 7:58.12 after its hatchback brother broke the front-wheel drive record last year. Based on the SEAT Leon Cupra hatch, the new model uses Volkswagen Group’s MQB platform […]
Bentley Continental GT breaks UK land speed record
Hollywood actor Idris Elba and Bentley have collaborated to smash the long-standing UK land speed record in a Bentley Continental GT Speed. The actor hit a verified (UK Timing Association) top speed run of more than 180.361mph (300km/h) on the Pendine Sands in Wales. The previous record was set nearly […]
Video: EKanooRacing Porsche 911 Turbo runs world record quarter mile
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 […]
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, […]
2015 Honda Civic Type R sets FWD Nurburgring lap record (video)
The new Honda Civic Type R has done it, posting the fastest ever front-wheel drive production car lap around the Nurburgring in Germany. A development vehicle set a cracking time of 7:50.63. At this time, although a development vehicle, it easily beats the now-previous FWD record-holder, the much more serious […]
Burnout record smashed at Summernats 28, 103 cars (video)
The official world record for the biggest simultaneous burnout has been broken at this year’s Street Machine Summernats 28 festival in Canberra. The record involved 103 cars all doing a burnout at the same time. Guinness World Records was present to overlook the proceedings. The main rule was that every […]