For three years Motor Trend has been making YouTube’s servers work overtime with its “World’s Greatest Drag Race” videos. The 2011 World’s Greatest Drag race got 13,995,708 views. In 2012, World’s Greatest Drag Race 2 got 13,648,251 YouTube views. Now it’s 2013, and for the next few hours, the view counter for World’s Greatest Drag […] More »

Here’s another great “Head 2 Head” episode from Motor Trend starring the Audi R8 Spyder and the Porsche 911 Carrera S Cabriolet. A couple of good points to ponder when watching this video — Jonny Lieberman points out that back when new episodes of I Love Lucy and The Andy Griffith Show were making TV sets […] More »

Wait, is this even fair? Chris Harris pits a bone stock Audi R8 V10 and Porsche 911 Turbo S against a heavily modified Litchfield packing 750 horsepower, plus revised suspension and bigger brakes. Ok, maybe it brings the Nissan’s price more in line with the Germans, but still… Anyway, watch the video to see which […] More »

Those of us being made to wait around for the 2015 GTI now have even more to drool over with this wild concept, unveiled this week at VW’s Wörthersee Festival in Reifnitz, Austria. The AWD super rabbit is powered by a twin-turbo V6 good for 503 hp and 413 lb-ft of torque. VW claims a […] More »

If you’re in So-Cal, you might want to head to Chino on Saturday the 27th and check out the AMF Forged Wheels meet. All car clubs are welcome, and the company will be giving away three sets of wheels and adding to its stable of sponsored vehicles. There will also be models, because pretty girls […] More »

Here’s a tip: If the Pirelli World Challenge emails and asks if you want to go for a media ride around the Long Beach Grand Prix Circuit, the correct answer isn’t yes—it’s “hell yes.” My ride was GMG Racing’s R8 LMS, and the driver was GMG President James Sofronas, fresh off a win at the […] More »

If for whatever reason, you’ve felt that Audi’s V10 R8 is “unimpressive” or “boring” or “excessively German,” I invite you watch this dyno video. Typically, dyno videos tend to be pretty formulaic. It’s not that this one isn’t, it’s just really well done. Do yourself a favor and watch this in HD. I’m going to […] More »