Typically auto manufacturers don’t get involved in the business of restoring their own vehicles, but every now and then comes a long a special model they can’t refuse to bring back to its original glory.

The British Touring Car Championship, or BTCC, is known as one of the oldest, most hardcore, and most competitive racing series in the entire world. But as with most things, no matter how cool modern technology is, we always long for the past…

Scientists and scholars have spent decades looking for the Promise Land’s modern coordinates, even though it’s been under the noses the entire time, and it’s called, California.

Lamborghini showed off its outrageous Gallardo-based Sesto Elemento at the Paris Motor Show back in 2010, but ever since the car went into production and then sold to twenty wealthy owners in 2011, not much has been seen of such flamboyant, track-only machine.

Which particular cars come to mind when you hear the word—Koenigsegg? Perhaps the Bugatti Veyron Super Sport, or even the outrageous Hennessey Venom GT, but most definitely not a plebeian Nissan GT-R, right?

As if the death of Toyota’s Scion brand didn’t depress enough automotive enthusiasts this week, an early news release confirmed that former ‘Friends’ star and self-proclaimed petrol head, Matt LeBlanc will co-host in the new Top Gear series.

Once upon a time, the Circuit of Kyalami in sun-drenched South Africa played host to some of the most exciting, and even dramatic Formula One races of the eighties and nineties. Today the circuit and adjacent property is owned by Porsche, which further explains this video.