Last week, Dodge unveiled what it's calling "the future of electrified muscle." The Charger Daytona SRT is an electric performance coupe meant to carry the torch passed by the outgoing Charger and Challenger. This new EV is touted as being faster than a Hellcat.
When video games come to life! McLaren has announced plans to build (in real-life) the Solus GT, a car inspired by their "Vision GT" creation for Gran Turismo.
World-renowned car designed Frank Stephenson has a YouTube channel, and it’s a treasure trove of fun facts for us car nerds. One car he designed that’s especially near and dear to our hearts is the low-production, homologated sibling to the Ferrari Enzo: the Maserati MC12.
As reported by the Drive, Hyundai announced they will be offering an iMT, or, Intelligent Manual Transmission, in their India-marketed Venue compact crossover, sporting a 1.0-liter turbocharged 4-cylinder.
Today, Mazda USA revealed that they will be offering the 2021 Mazda3 2.5-liter 4-cylinder with glorious turbocharged assistance. Power figures are respectable: the Skyactiv-G 2.5-liter engine will produce 250 horsepower and 320 lb.-feet on 93 octane (less on 91, sorry California), which will be sent to the pavement via their i-Activ all-wheel drive system.
The world got a substantial peek at the new G82 BMW M4 yesterday, and all signs point to it being a great follow-up to the well-regarded F82/83
While kids around much of the country aren’t in school, it’s probably been a bit tough to keep them occupied and engaged with fun activities for a lot of folks. Luckily, the Petersen Automotive Museum is currently hosting a bunch of online educational livestreams!
Munich. A few weeks after its success at the “Automotive Brand Contest”, BMW Group Classic has now also won the “German Design Award” 2020 for its communications campaign “Our Brands. Our Stories.”. In particular, the distinguished award celebrates the multimedia approach of the international campaign, which includes the “classic#heart” blog, billboard and advertising images, and an online newsletter, alongside video clips produced to a very high quality.
After already making a name for themselves with performance add-ons that come in the form of wattage boosts (with uncomfortable levels of acceleration), Tesla will now be entering the grip side of factory performance packages, notably their new $5,500 “Model 3 Track Package”, according to Elektrek.co.
We’ve come to quite like The Collecting Cars Podcast With Chris Harris. He’s interviewed some of the best in the racing and auto journalism spheres, which overlap in this episode. Harris sits down with the legendary Tiff Needell, who shares a lot of insight about his experience behind the wheel, as well as presenting on Top Gear, Fifth Gear, and Lovecars.
Swap out your ten-gallon hats for fitted baseball caps emblazoned with the likes of Rebellion Racing, Porsche Motorsport, Gazoo Racing, a prancing horse, and more, because WEC is coming to COTA for the Lone Star Le Mans February 23rd and 24th.
Back in November, European YouTube channel 19Bozzy92 posted up footage from the 2019 San Marino RallyLegend containing a couple Lancia Stratos HFs tearing around the beautiful, Northern Italian course.
As reported by Evo, investment in Aston Martin by north-of-the-border-billionaire Lawrence Stroll to the tune of 182 millions pounds has positioned the brand to have a bit more financial security as they begin production of the new DBX.
BMW Team RLL ran one heck of a race at Daytona over the weekend. It was great watching the lumbering-yet-limber #24 M8 battle it out with the #912 and #911 Porsche 911 RSRs, because on paper one would expect the high-winning-ratio factory RSRs to make quick work of it.
If you aren’t too worn out from watching endurance racing all last weekend, this upcoming weekend is the 2020 Liqui-Moly Bathurst 12 Hour! Not to be confused with the Bathurst 1000 which historically takes place every October, the 12 Hour is by far one of our favorite endurance events, as it’s a great preview of the season for manufacturers’ efforts in GT3 and GT4.
One of the most significant Lotus 19s is set to take the classic car world by storm when it goes under the hammer at Silverstone Auctions Race Retro Sale on the 22nd and 23rd February at Stoneleigh Park.
Follow along as Tedward takes us on a tour of this beautiful and rare Aston!
Recently, we got a nice up-close look at the Saleen S1 race car that will be racing all over the world this year, thanks to The Smoking Tire YouTube channel.
Quite a few enthusiast favorites crossed the auction block this past weekend at Mecum in Kissimmee, Florida. Some a tad more eclectic than others. One lot in particular that piqued our interest was one that is very near and dear to our hearts: a 1988 Ruf BTR.
Upon first glance, one might conclude that the future is looking bleak for North American car enthusiasts. Between the continued rise in SUV/crossover sales, Ford USA pulling the Fiesta ST and Focus ST from our market, tossable little b-segment cars vanishing almost en masse from dealership lots, and manual transmissions becoming harder to find, our options are certainly decreasing. Though, one could also say that fun-to-drive options aren’t necessarily decreasing… but rather altering.
Today, it was announced that Top Gear America will return to the airwaves exclusively on the Motor Trend app in Spring 2020. We were pondering whether it would return, and this move certainly makes a lot of sense, since the automotive media powerhouse already hosts the extensive catalog of Top Gear UK.
While we might not witness the fruits of major manufacturers’ hot-hatch-development labor here in the US, there’s good news for the rest of the world market: the Renault Mégane R.S. Trophy-R has set a new FWD record of 2:25.454 at Japan’s famous Suzuka Circuit.
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