Range Rover has set a new world record by running the 2014 Range Rover Sport up the Pikes Peak hill climb course in 12:35.61, placing it in the record books as the fastest production SUV to conquer the mountain. When Land Rover unveiled the new Sport, the company said it […]
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Video: ‘Climb Dance’ digitally remastered in high-definition
Fans of old-school driving videos will like this one. It’s a digitally remastered version of the award-winning Climb Dance film of 1988. The original film is based on Peugeot’s efforts at the Pikes Peak International Hill Climb of the day. The original film, directed by Jean Louis Mourney and produced […]
Monster Sport Toyota Super 86 to take on Pikes Peak (video)
Monster Sport has unveiled its ballistic little project car it will use to compete in this year’s Pikes Peak International Hill Climb. Called the Monster Sport Toyota Super 86, the mutant-looking racer is very loosely based on the popular Subaru/Toyota sports coupe. Resembling almost no relationship with the Toyota 86 […]
Peugeot 208 T16 Pikes Peak rally car previewed
Peugeot has released some teaser images of the all-new Peugeot 208 T16 Pikes Peak rally car that will take on the famous hill climb this year, piloted by Sebastian Loeb. The new racer will rekindle the Peugeot rally spirit, and in particular pay tribute to the epic Pug rally cars […]
Sebastien Loeb to drive Peugeot 208 T16 at Pikes Peak
In a surprise move, Peugeot has announced it will run at the 2013 Pikes Peak International Hill Climb event in a specially made Peugeot 208 T16 rally car. Even more surprising, nine-time World Rally Champion Sebastien Loeb has been selected as the driver. Fans of old-school rally videos may remember […]
Video: Mitsubishi Lancer Evo flies off cliff at 2012 Pikes Peak
A horrific accident has been captured on film of Jeremy Foley in his Mitsubishi Lancer Evo VIII race car flying off one of Pikes Peak’s notorious cliff faces during this year’s hill climb event. Foley and his co-driver miraculously survived. The Pikes Peak International Hill Climb is one of the […]
Rhys Millen breaks world record at 2012 Pikes Peak Hill Climb
Rhys Millen and his Hyundai Genesis Coupe race car have broken the world record at the 2012 Pikes Peak International Hill Climb event with a time of 9:46.164. The record was set on the new all-tarmac ‘Race to the Clouds’ climb. The record beats last year’s best time of 9:51.278, […]
Video: Electric 1995 BMW M3 Pikes Peak racer test drive
Have you ever wondered what it would be like to drive a very high performance electric vehicle? Pikes Peak veteran Bill Caswell has just sampled a special electric 1995 BMW M3 (EV) racer that will be competing in this year’s Pikes Peak Hill Climb. You may remember the car from […]