Ever since the motorcar was invented, we’ve had a fixation with making it go as fast as physics would allow. Over the past 100 or so years we’ve boosted horsepower with bigger and more efficient engines and added things like turbochargers and superchargers to pack on speed.
The 2015 BMW X6 M is the baddest performance SUV or SAC (Sports Activity Coupe) on the market. With a combination of rabbit-like agility, turbo technology, high-performance braking and the intelligence of Apple’s iOS, this Bimmer Beast is more dominant than Seattle’s Marshawn Lynch on a go-kart. Acceleration? Check!...
The Bugatti Veyron is one of the most expensive and exclusive supercars in the world, while also carrying the title of the world’s fastest production car. We’re told only eight more of these million dollar speed machines will be built ...
eBay Listing: 1963 AC Shelby Cobra CSX2047 Sometimes forces beyond our control conspire in the universe whether it be fate, destiny, divine intervention, or even coincidence, we’re just glad the universe works the way it does. Such was the good fortune when A.C. Bristol cars lost an engine supplier, and Carroll Shelby...
Joe Clevenger has been a car nut since he was a teenager. But this electrical contractor from Kansas City, Missouri has taken his skills and design to a whole new level. And eBay has always helped out this car guy. After graduating from a vocational high school, Clevenger was hired at a local Chevrolet dealership,...
The Porsche 911 is an icon of automotive design. And over the years it has transformed, time and time again, to become one of the ultimate driving machines. But in many ways, like its predecessor the 356, and its predecessor the Volkswagen Type I or Beetle, it is the type of vehicle that continuously morphs bit by bit
What car makes you feel like you were sixteen again? What car makes you feel invincible, if only for brief moments? What car calls out to your inner child? We’d argue time and time again that the answer to these questions is the Corvette. It’s been that way since 1953.
Mad Mike Whiddett, formally known as Mike Whiddett, is the pilot of this insane Red Bull Mazda MX-5 known as RadBul. Building a car to this standard is something new for Whiddett. Beneath it all, his iconic 26B-powered MADBUL Mazda RX-7 is the same car he began drifting with in 2006...
Watch the Internet’s favorite hoonigan shredding tires around Los Angeles in a 845hp 4WD Mustang. This is the seventh installment of the rubber-obilterating YouTube series that all began with Gymkhana Practice six years ago this month. And, as you'll see, things have been cranked up a notch since jovially drifting a...
It’s been a long journey and a tough season, but the progress and success is undeniable. In part two of season finale episode, Subaru Rally Team USA has two final Global Rallycross battles — Seattle and Las Vegas. Sverre Isachsen fights for position with Joni Wiman — can he muster a win over Wiman? In Las Vegas, Bucky...
Subaru Rally Team USA closed out the 2014 Red Bull Global Rallycross Season in Las Vegas with another podium via a determined drive by factory team driver Bucky Lasek in his Subaru WRX STI. In one of his best performances of the season Lasek took victory in his semi-final race and then earned a hard fought third...
Red Bull Global Rallycross Race Recap: Las Vegas at the Linq IN BRIEF: Ken Block won the battle, but Joni Wiman won the war at Red Bull Global Rallycross Las Vegas at The LINQ. Block did everything he could to steal the title from the Finn, but Wiman’s runner-up finish was good enough to earn the title by five...
The season finale of the Red Bull Global Rallycross is coming up next next with the race course setup right off of Las Vegas Boulevard in Las Vegas. Before the season closes on the GRC season, the Subaru Rally Team USA fought through a challenging Red Bull Global Rallycross double-header weekend in Los Angeles with...
Subaru driver and four-time Rally America Champion David Higgins and co-driver Craig Drew put an authoritative stamp on a near-perfect 2014 season with a win at the Lake Superior Performance Rally (LSPR), their seventh of the season from eight events. Higgins was locked in a tight battle at LSPR with Subaru Rally Team...
Narrowing down these exhilarating finishes was quite a difficult task. It led to many heated arguments in the Carhoots team and we’re sure to hear some opinions from you guys, but that's alright. It is what the comments section was invented for, so make sure you give us your very best.
The mid-season break is over and everyone is back to work. David Higgins and Travis Pastrana head out to Detroit Lakes, Minnesota for the Ojibwe Forests Rally and the GRC team of Bucky Lasek and Sverre Issachsen compete in Daytona for the next round of races in the Red Bull Rallycross series. It’s a double header...
The first Lamborghinis were tractors, and they're still made today. Indeed, Lamborghini had made himself a wealthy man through Lamborghini Trattori (tractors). In fact, this is wealth from his successful tractor business, he bought many different Ferrari's, all with their own clutch problems.
Canadian native Joel Zimmerman, better known as Deadmau5, is a common topic within the EDM industry when it comes to the use of social media. More recently, the critically acclaimed music producer/performer took to social media, as always, to express his feelings. This time around, it was about a case involving...
A Honda Civic dressed up like a Subaru WRC rally racer. A VW Beetle turned into the hot rod featured in American Graffiti. A Morris Minor bearing a striking resemblance to notorious bounty hunter Boba Fett. These are just a few of the cars built by the creative racers who have participated in past editions of the...
Subaru Rally Team USA heads north to compete in the FIA World Rallycross of Canada to measure their progress against an international benchmark. In a new race format, amongst veteran rallycross teams, Subaru Rally Team USA found proof of their performance. Then, Launch Control travels with Sverre Isachsen to his...
Forever young… It’s more than just a song, or a state of mind, or a thought. It’s a feeling deep within that can surface whilst driving around in a cherished car. For us certain Japanese cars take away the years and we are again forever young. And while Japanese cars clearly are not for everyone, to some they...
