The Goodwood Festival of Speed is already off to a shakey start with THREE wrecks. The list so far includes the Giugiaro Parcour concept, a Rothmans Porsche 962 and the Rod Millen Pikes Peak Toyota Tacoma. The Porsche 962 was going quite slowly quite slowly when it wrecked into a hay bale and only sustained minor damage. […] More »
By: RatFink | July 12, 2013
The nerds at Consumer Reports just did a study on the loss in fuel economy that occurs when you drive at speeds greater than 55 mph. Using five cars (an Accord four-banger, Toyota RAV4 and three different Ford Fusions) the results were quite conclusive: Driving 200 miles at 75 instead of 55 shaves an hour off […] More »
By: RatFink | July 11, 2013
Jaguar rolled out this beauty this week at the Goodwood Festival of Speed. Based on a F-Type and inspired by the D-Type, the Project 7 is a one seater built to commemorate Jaguar’s seven wins at the 24 Hours of Le Mans. The Project 7 features a rear fairing with an integrated rollover hoop, lowered […] More »
By: RatFink | July 10, 2013
World’s most expensive fender bender? So far this is the only image of this wreck, as reported by Jalopnik. Since this is Russia, someone somewhere must have dash cam footage. Until it pops up on LiveLeak or YouTube, we can only speculate how this happened. Still, I’m gonna put the blame on the person wearing […] More »
By: RatFink | July 10, 2013
If the stock Aventador isn’t quite good enough for you, consider taking it to the folks at Novitec. Who have just announced their Torado package for the Lambo, which includes various carbon fiber vents and spoilers, plus various tuning packages that could get you as much as 969 hp and 672 lb-ft of torque. Interested? […] More »
By: RatFink | July 8, 2013
The unmistakably iconic Bertone shape says one thing to most car enthusiasts: rally victory. The Stratos won three consecutive WRC titles in the mid-70s and then faded into the sunset. So what is it like to own and drive one of these Italian cars today? Petrolicious met up with owner Phillip Toledano to find out. Video after the […] More »
By: RatFink | July 5, 2013
Anyone who has been out to Virginia International Raceway knows the tree. The big old oak tree at the south end of the race track. Well, it fell down yesterday. Luckily no one was on the track at the time and the track surface itself was not damaged. Some people might not expect a bunch […] More »
By: RatFink | July 3, 2013
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