House Hit By Cars Three Times In Six Months [Car Crashes]
On Tuesday, a car crashed into a Pennsylvania couple's home, but the residents weren't surprised. It was the third crash in six months. Now they want to protect themselves, but they're afraid to do so. More »
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Driving The Unfinished Track At Germany’s Newest Race Resort [Video]
In case you haven't noticed, the Nürburgring is a little busy these days. There are the public Touristenfarhten, the regular endurance races, and the busy manufacturer testing schedules. What to do but build a whole new racetrack? More »
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Powersliding One Of The World’s Greatest Corvettes [Video]
The 1963 Grand Sport could be the most lustworthy Corvette ever built. With its custom frame and 600 horsepower, six-liter V8, it was a bonafide Cobra killer. Here's one sliding around the 2009 Copenhagen Historic Grand Prix in slow motion. More »
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The Coupéspace Is The Car Which Became the Renault Avantime [Concept Cars]
It was 13 years ago, at the 1999 Geneva Motor Show, that Renault unveiled its Coupéspace concept, the didactic branding hinting at its origins: an Espace minivan turned into a coupé. This is the car which became the Renault Avantime, which was so avant of its time that the market demanded a total of 8,557 cars before production was killed off in 2003. More »
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This New Jersey Driver Got Five DUIs In Five Weeks [Daily DUI]
It's not unusual to hear of someone getting multiple DUIs, but five in as many weeks? Come on! Vineland, N.J. police arrested Anderson Sotomayor Wednesday when they caught him weaving down the road, sipping on an open can of beer as he drove. He had also taken Oxycontin for which he had no prescription. More »
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This Is A Chromed Lamborghini Gallardo [LOLCars]
Watch Carlos Sainz Drive An Audi R8 LMS Around Europe's Second Oldest Track [Video]
Built in 1922 and essentially abandoned in 1923, Autodromo de Sitges-Terramar is the second oldest remaining track in Europe. Unlike the oldest, England's Brooklands, it was built so well that it remains useable today. Here, rally legend Carlos Sainz laps its 80 year old banking in an Audi R8 LMS. More »
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MotoGP Leader Casey Stoner Will Retire At The End Of 2012 Season [Two Wheels Bad]
Even those of us who only tangentially know about MotoGP have heard the name of Australian two-time world champion Casey Stoner. Today he confirmed that 2012 will be his last season of racing. This is a surprising move for the current points leader. More »
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Could Being Mean To Your Kids Make Them Love Cars? [Car Culture]
When I was talking with those Scion folks a while back, they mentioned something which caught my attention like a Pomeranian on an unattended hot dog. They said interest in cars is waning among young people, and teens are waiting longer to get their licenses. And one of the reasons is that kids are getting along with their parents better than ever. More »
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Mitsubishi i-MiEv Goes Evo [Race Cars]
Mitsubishi will enter the wild tube-frame, carbon-body AWD electric racecar you see here at this Year's Pikes Peak hillclimb. One electric motor drives the front wheels and two power the rear for a total output of 320 HP. More »
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'Bugatti Can Kiss My Ass' [Video]
John Hennessey isn't known for being the shy and retiring type. Still, suggesting that the company widely accepted as the maker of the fastest production cars in the world apply lips to posterior is a bit on the bold side. How do you get the cojones to do so? Oh, by putting 1,200 HP in a stretched Elise, then removing the roof. More »
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What's The Difference Between Driving A Street Car And A Race Car? [Video]
How different is it to get behind the wheel of a racecar, compared to that modded Evo (or whatever) in your driveway? More »
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For $3,000, Is This Bunny a Honey? [Nice Price Or Crack Pipe]
Volkswagen may not have invented the hot hatch, but with the introduction of the Rabbit-based GTI they certainly refined its execution. Today's Nice Price or Crack Pipe '83 edition has seen further refinement with the addition of a 16V mill. Its price however, may not be so fine. More »
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The World's Smallest Cars Are Back On Sale, For Insane Money [Microcars]
Like an adorable, tiny zombie popping out of its tiny, adorable window-box grave, the Peel P50 and Peel Trident are back from the dead. Neither of the tiny, tiny cars has been built since 1966, but a new company, with funding from the BBC's show Dragon's Den, is starting production up once again, as announced earlier this year. They're street legal in the UK and US, and you can buy them for an absurd price £10,000 ($16,000). More »
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Sweet Jesus, That’s A Carbon Aston Martin DB4 Zagato [Car Porn]
Okay, so it's actually an Aston Martin DB7 that's been cut down to the right size and rebuilt with a carbon fiber DB4 Zagato shell. Same 93" wheelbase, new V12 and new (comparative) reliability. Do want. More »
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Chevy SS Sedan Is The New Road-Going Rear Wheel Drive NASCAR Hotness [Ss]
Would You Rather Watch A "Driver's Race"? [Video]
Arguably, there are two kinds of racing. There's racing that, despite increasing standardization, still pits engineer against engineer in a development contest that mirrors the on-track throwdown. Then, there's racing that pits driver against driver in identical cars, leaving the crew only to handle car/track setup. Which do you prefer? More »
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COTD: Teach The Children About The Chaparral 2E Edition [Commenter Of The Day]
When Jim Hall debuted the unbelievably radical Chaparral 2E, the car that almost singlehandedly brought the idea of downforce to motorsports, Eric Broadley of Lola Cars joined the ranks of doubters and perpetual haters. More »
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You Can Own This Space Shuttle Food Truck [Spacelopnik]
Calling this thing a "food truck" isn't really accurate. It's really an actual WWII veteran DC-3 that was built onto a GMC chassis for street use in 1976, then had a full commercial kitchen built into it in 2001. Then it was painted to look like the Space Shuttle, since just being a drivable airplane with a kitchen inside it really isn't enough for anyone, right? More »
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How I Turned A Passion For Cars Into This Gauge-Inspired Watch [Car Art]
My buddy Bradley Price owns an old '83 Alfa Romeo GTV6 and lets me ride in it occasionally. Also he makes these incredible watches for people like him who love vintage style but can't afford to drop thousands of dollars on a car-inspired watch. I can't give you a ride in his Alfa but I did ask him to explain how he started a brand and how his watches ended up looking so unbelievably glorious. More »
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The P4/5 Competizione Is The Fastest Ferrari Ever To Lap The 'Ring [James Glickenhaus]
The Ferrari P4/5 Competizione just made history during 24 Hours of Nürburgring qualifying by setting the fastest lap ever in a Ferrari-powered vehicle, besting the Ferrari 599XX's 6:58.16 with a time of just 6:51. And his car is street legal. Sort of. More »
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This Man Shot Two People On A Mississippi Highway [Car Crime]
When police arrested James D. Willie, 28, for allegedly trying to rape a woman, they found that the gun he fired during that altercation was linked to two highway murders in northwest Mississippi. Investigators initially thought they were looking for someone who had been posing as a police officer, but that turned out not to be the case. More »
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COTD: Know Your Meme Edition Edition [Commenter Of The Day]
The auto industry is full of progress. Most of the time we know that new cars are just going to weigh more, be less engaging to drive, and basically be less good than the models they replace. Sometimes, though, innovations turn out better than expected. More »
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GM Will Remove $10 Million Worth Of Ads From Facebook [Gm]
See The Story Behind One Man's Lifelong Datsun Obsession [Video]
After a several month hiatus Josh Clason's Depth of Speed is back with another fantastic video profiling one man's deep love of all things Datsun. More »
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What Is The Worst Automotive Decision You've Ever Made? [Question Of The Weekend]
While it would seem more automotive knowledge would lead to better automotive decisions, from our own experience far too often the opposite is true. Misery loves company, so this weekend we want to know about the worst of your inevitable automotive blunders. More »
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Former Car Dealer's Collection Of Decaying Packards Head To Auction [Secret Cars]
A collection of 15 1950-1956 Packards owned by a man who devoted much of his professional life to selling and repairing examples of the orphan car brand will be sold at auction next Saturday. More »
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Why We Aren't Driving Natural Gas Powered Cars [Video]
America is in the midst of the biggest energy boom since Texas' 20th Century Gusher Age. All over the country, new drilling techniques have created an abundance of cheap natural gas. With domestic production at more than 25 billion cubic feet per day, prices are as low as they've ever been. More »
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This Is NASCAR’s New Art Truck [Exclusive]
Nelson Piquet Jr. will be running this new livery in the NASCAR Truck race in Charlotte, NC this weekend. Created by UK-based artist Death Spray Custom, the unique livery is a shocking foray into credible design for the popular race series. More »
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