You’ve got to hand it to counterfeiters.  They’ve been able to clone money, Louis Vuitton handbags and Rolex watches.  Now, they’ve found a way to produce knock-off plastics used in genuinely bad-ass cars.  Seventeen thousand five-hundred and ninety of them, to be exact. Aston Martin is recalling “all of its left-hand-drive models built since November […] More »

Tip: Buy a ticket to Plymouth, Michigan.  You’re welcome. You’ve just been given the heads-up on a chance to experience The Italian Happening, a car and motorbike show which was most recently hosted by the Alfa Romeo Owners Club of Detroit.  The only scary thing about this happening is how jacked your adrenaline will be […] More »

These two brands probably have more in common than any other two brands of auto manufacturer. There was a time (the 90’s) where Aston Martin and Jaguar shared some of the same DNA thanks to being under the same umbrella at Ford. You might remember the DB7, the last car they built while still being […] More »

Nerds, prepare yourself. You’re about to experience something special. Small engines are typically boring… Until you make them really small. We’re talking like 12ccs. This is what happens when engineers have too much time on their hands. There is no reason for this miniature V12 to exist besides the world needing more awesome in it. […] More »

Are machines capable of feeling emotion? Not yet, but some are certainly talented at stirring emotion within us humans, as is the case with the Ferrari LaFerrari’s 800-horsepower V12 engine. Ferraris, especially their engines, are the emotion of passion encapsulated in material objects. Listen to the sounds that 6.3-liter V12 makes at 9,000 rpm in […] More »

If all but a few people were to vanish from the face of the Earth and have a field day with some Ferrari F1 cars, this is how it would look. YouTuber Marchettino has filmed a video at a desolate Spa-Francorchamps comparing the sounds of V6-powered Ferrari F1 racers versus their V12 counterparts. You’ll see […] More »

“Every twenty years we like to take the engine out and just check everything over,” says Jay Leno as he stands in front of the engine of his McLaren F1. The 627 horsepower naturally aspirated V12 is an impressive setup–the whole drivetrain, including the transmission, weighs less than 500 pounds. He shows us the ultra […] More »