It’s been a while since we’ve seen a video from BerlinRichStreets. After a bit of break, he’s back filming high-horsepower situations from the German capital. Here we have a Porsche 911 GT3 RS giving us some blatty revs in preparation for a hot acceleration run to the next stoplight. As loud as this car is, […] More »
A lot was on the line in the creation of the current Porsche 911 GT3. The development team had to figure out how to project a racecar’s soul onto the 997 platform, which is no easy task when grappling with safety and fuel economy standards. Yet, despite the challenges — despite losing the legendary Metzger […] More »
It seems nothing can go right for this Lamborghini Gallardo LP 570-4 Superleggera as it tries to make its way down this mile-long Russian drag strip. Then again, not much can go right when you’re pumping 1,800 horsepower through four tires. We’ll be keeping an eye on this car in future events to see how […] More »
Want to know what it’s like to drive an old Mazda IMSA racer? Jeremy Barnes, who heads up Mazda North America’s public relations department, drove the old RX-7 last weekend at Mazda Raceway Laguna Seca for the Rolex Monterey Motorsports Reunion. Check out his impressions over at Road & Track and then watch the video after […] More »
This is the Porsche 597 from the 1950s. West Germany was looking to rearm following World War II, and Porsche was looking to get the government contract to build the next big thing in off-road military vehicles. Porsche brought this lightweight 597 to the table with its 356-derived 50-horsepower flat-four connected to a five-speed manual […] More »
You may not realize how well the Tesla Model S is performing in the marketplace, so here’s a facts-and-figures blast to the face. In California 1.1 percent of its auto market is electric; the Tesla Model S accounts for roughly half of those electric car sales. Remember, Tesla currently sells only one model, yet the […] 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 »