John Coyle, Author at 6SpeedOnline - Page 10 of 12

While I was going through my DVR last night, I stumbled across an episode of “Sons of Guns” where the guys modify a Porsche Cayenne for a Russian billionaire, with “security concerns.” International Armoring Coroporation had already bullet-proofed it, but the client also wanted it to have some offensive capabilities.

Evo Editorial Director Harry Metcalfe owns a regular Zonda. So maybe that’s what he was able to score an invite to the Pagani factory and talk a South American zillionaire into letting him flog his Zonda 760 RS before he’s even seen it. Personally, I don’t care what Metcalfe did to get this footage. Because he got it. And it rules.

18 years ago today, legendary Brazilian racer Ayrton Senna died while leading the San Marino Grand Prix in Italy. The recent biopic has made him arguably more famous now than he was during his life, but before the film premiered, the blokes at Top Gear put together this fantastic tribute to celebrate what would’ve been his 50th year.

The Corvette and the Porsche might both be world-class sports cars, but the engineers who designed them couldn’t have attacked the problem more differently. One the one hand, we have a pure expression of American grunt. One the other, there’s a manifestation of German precision. As Angus Mackenzie says at the beginning of this clip, these machines appeal to guys at the polar opposite of the sports car spectrum.

On April 16, Jason Schultz was test driving a Lamborghini Aventador in Orange County, California. As Lamborghinis are prone to do, it caught fire and burned to the ground. No real surprise there. But the ensuing photo he took of himself, awkwardly posed in front of the ruined supercar made him famous—or at least internet famous.

OK, I have to admit that when I heard the words “Stance Works” and “Ferrari” in the same sentence, I was apprehensive. When I heard  the subject of the shoot was a 458? Despondent. I figured I’d see this glorious driver’s car sporting a crippling offset and rendered utterly useless. But sometimes it’s nice to be wrong.

Seriously MSN, if you’re going to post a story about Lamborghini flambe, please give it to a writer who understands the charred landscape of the supercar world. I mean, the first sentence is laughable: “Lamborghini is mid-publicity disaster as this video of a $376,000 Lamborghini Aventador going up in flames goes viral.”