A few years ago, Audi announced that it would be developing a drivetrain for the R8 supercar that would be based sort of around it’s LeMans prototype racers in that it would be a hybrid diesel electric drivetrain that would make all the torques. That ultimately failed spectacularly when the prototype burst into flames and […] More »

First a recall of the 918, now one burns to the ground. According to Jalopnik, this fire began at a Toronto gas station and luckily the entire place didn’t burn as well. But the car was not able to be saved. It isn’t known what started the fire on the 918, but from the pictures, […] More »

There have been a lot of Porsche 918 reviews, but then again, there’s lots of reviews of every car. Car companies don’t bring one journalist out to test their car, they bring enough of us to battle William Wallace. But what separates this one is Mike Spinelli. For those that don’t know, Mike founded Jalopnik, […] More »

To call the Porsche 918 cutting edge is a little like saying the universe is a big place. Obviously it’s true, but there’s some nuance that’s missing, LIke the history. The 918 is new, but the Porsche’s legacy of building high-tech set-pieces isn’t. All you need to do is time-travel back to 1986 to see […] More »

 UPDATE – Round Fourteen Winner: McLaren F1! It all comes down to this. Old vs new. The legend vs the upstart. The McLaren F1 and the Porsche 918. McLaren’s F1 was a revolution. In many ways it is still a revolution. This is the car that defined the way we think about super cars in the present […] More »

 UPDATE – Round TWELVE Winner: Carrera GT! Welcome to the 6SpeedOnline Super Car Shootout. Ah yes… March. I’ve never been one to pay much attention to March madness, when it comes to college basketball, but I do like the idea of a good tournament. So instead of blathering on-and-on about basketball on a car site, we’re doing our […] More »

 UPDATE – Round ELEVEN Winner: McLaren P1! Welcome to the 6SpeedOnline Super Car Shootout. Ah yes… March. I’ve never been one to pay much attention to March madness, when it comes to college basketball, but I do like the idea of a good tournament. So instead of blathering on-and-on about basketball on a car site, we’re doing our […] More »