Road & Trackadded this to Car CulturePorsche This Lego 911 Turbo Is the Perfect Gift for the Porsche Fanatic in Your LifeRoad & Track - By Brian SilvestroHere's your chance to build your own air-cooled rear-engine legend. Need a gift for the Porsche-obsessed person in your life? Or maybe you're the Porsche person, and want a cool trinket for your desk bookshelf.
Road & Trackadded this to Car CulturePlay buttonAutos This Is Undoubtedly the Coolest Fiero You'll Ever Be Able to BuyRoad & Track - By Brian SilvestroThis Fiero raced in IMSA in the 1980s. Now, you can own it. Not a fan of Pontiac Fieros? Well, maybe this one will change your mind. It's a tube-frame IMSA race car that competed in the 1985 and 1986 powered
Road & Trackadded this to New CarsAutos Breaking: The 2021 Ford Bronco Will Have Spark PlugsRoad & Track - By Chris PerkinsA Canadian Tire store seems to confirm something we were fairly certain about: the Bronco will use a 2.3-liter four-cylinder. Breaking news from a Canadian Tire store: The upcoming Ford Bronco will use
Road & Trackadded this to New CarsBMW BMW's New 5-Series Electric Test Bed Has More Power Than an M5Road & Track - By Brian SilvestroIt might look like a normal 5-Series on the outside, but it's far from normal. BMW knows the future of driving is electric, so it's been preparing. Its latest prototype is this unassuming 5-Series sedan
Road & Trackadded this to New CarsPlay buttonAutos How Rimac Goes From Prototypes to Volume ProductionRoad & Track - By Máté PetrányHow many engineers do you need to create your own parts, and then a fleet of hypercars from them? According to Rimac, all of them. Plus a supercomputer. And more. Going even deeper behind the scenes than
Road & Trackadded this to New CarsBMW BMW Vision M Next Concept Shows the Future of the M DivisionRoad & Track - By Brian SilvestroA 600-hp hybrid concept with butterfly doors shows that BMW doesn't think our hybrid future has to be boring. If you thought BMW's high-performance M division would slowly fade into history with the rise
Road & Trackadded this to Car CultureSupercars Listen to the Intoxicating Sound of This Lexus LFA Doing Donuts in a Grass FieldRoad & Track - By Brian SilvestroThe Lexus LFA is one of the greatest-sounding cars of all time. Thanks to a naturally-aspirated V-10 engine and an exhaust tuned by Yamaha, it makes a noise more akin to a Formula 1 car rather than a car.
Road & Trackadded this to Car Culture This Supercharged Alpina B7 Can Be Yours for One-Seventh of the Original PriceRoad & Track - By Brian SilvestroA 500-horsepower German tuner super-sedan for $100,000 off? It's amazing what 12 years of depreciation can do. Three things in life are certain: Death, taxes, and deprecation on German cars. This Alpina
Road & Trackadded this to MotorsportsPlay buttonMercedes-Benz Why Mercedes' Most Ambitious Race Car Kept Backflipping and CrashingRoad & Track - By Kyle KinardTwenty years on, the horrific Mercedes CLR crashes at LeMans are fresh in our minds. Here's why they happened. We've waxed poetic about the BMW V12 LMR's victory at LeMans, but it wasn't the race winner
Road & Trackadded this to New CarsJaguar XJ The Next Jaguar XJ Will Reportedly Launch As an Electric CarRoad & Track - By Brian SilvestroAccording to a report, the new XJ will debut as a full EV, with internal-combustion drivetrains becoming available later on. During an investor conference in June, Jaguar Land Rover revealed plans for
Road & Trackadded this to New CarsClassic Cars 2020 Mini John Cooper Works GP Laps the Nurburgring in Under Eight MinutesRoad & Track - By Brian SilvestroThe hottest Mini makes 300 horsepower and will be limited to just 3000 examples worldwide. A new Mini John Cooper Works GP is coming, and the company promises it'll be the fastest and most powerful Mini
Road & Trackadded this to MotorsportsPlay button Mini's Rally Cars Make Lots of Great NoisesRoad & Track - By Brian SilvestroMini's street cars are nice, but its rally cars are where it's really at. In addition to being extremely quick, they also make wonderful sounds. Based on the four-door Countryman, these Mini John Cooper
Road & Trackadded this to Car CulturePlay buttonAutos Watch a Porsche 911 GT3 Driver Try (And Fail) to Catch Sabine Schmitz at the 'RingRoad & Track - By Brian SilvestroEven with a full load of passengers, Schmitz's E39 M5 "Ring Taxi" still keeps this Porsche at bay in this vintage footage. Sabine Schmitz, German race car driver and Top Gear presenter, used to drive "Ring
Road & Trackadded this to Car CulturePlay buttonRenault This Renault 5 Turbo Is a Life-Long PassionRoad & Track - By Brian SilvestroOne man's boyhood dream of owning a Tour De Corse Renault becomes a reality. The Renault 5 Turbo is a polarizing car. To the untrained eye, perhaps it looks like any other hatchback. But spend a second
Road & Trackadded this to MotorsportsPlay buttonMax Verstappen Watch a 12-Year Old Max Verstappen Annihilate Everyone In a Kart RaceRoad & Track - By Brian SilvestroIt's always fun to see vintage clips of young F1 drivers in competition before they made it to the big leagues. It's a glimpse into the past that highlights just how good they were, and how they earned
Road & Trackadded this to Car CulturePlay buttonToyota Corolla Hell Yeah You Can Snow-Rally a Stock Toyota CorollaRoad & Track - By Brian SilvestroIt's light, simple, and reliable. Throw on some winter tires, and it's a surprisingly capable winter hoon-mobile. Toyota Corollas are fine commuter cars, but with no all-wheel drive or limited-slip differential
Road & Trackadded this to MotorsportsPlay buttonSardinia Rally Sardinia 2019 Was Nothing But Jumps and DustRoad & Track - By Brian SilvestroVisibility was at a premium at the eighth round of the WRC championship. Some of the fastest rally cars on earth visited Sardinia, an island in the Mediterranean Sea to the west of Italy, last weekend
Road & Trackadded this to Car CulturePlay buttonAutos Watch a Big-Turbo RX-7 Battle a V-6 Miata on the NurburgringRoad & Track - By Brian SilvestroTwo of our favorite Mazdas, heavily modified and set loose on the world's most challenging track. Watching two cars face off on the Green Hell is always a good time. This latest head-to-head features of
Road & Trackadded this to New CarsPlay buttonToyota Toyota Had to Jam a Handbrake in the Cupholder to Make This Avalon DriftRoad & Track - By Brian SilvestroIf you're the type of person who thinks front-wheel drive cars can't get sideways, let us introduce you to this Toyota Avalon. It's been modified by TRD to pull big slides, and we can't stop watching Built
Road & Trackadded this to Car CultureAutos Here's Your Chance to Own a Virtually New 1986 Honda CRX HFRoad & Track - By Brian SilvestroIt's basically impossible to find a clean, unmodified CRX. Somehow, this one has survived with a mere 8000 miles on the clock. The Honda CRX was designed as a sporty, two-seat hatchback variant of the
Road & Trackadded this to MotorsportsMercedes-Benz The 2020 Mercedes-AMG GT3 Race Car Is Cheaper to CrashRoad & Track - By Brian SilvestroThanks to a new front end design, hitting the wall won't be as costly as it was before. On the eve of the 2019 24 Hours of Nurburgring, Mercedes-AMG has unveiled its updated GT3 race car, with new looks
Road & Trackadded this to New CarsAutos Ford Will Announce Some Kind of GT News on America's BirthdayRoad & Track - By Brian SilvestroFord and Multimatic are set to break some news on July 4th at the Goodwood Festival of Speed. Just a week after Ford's factory GT Le Mans program came to an end with this year's running of the 24 Hours
Road & Trackadded this to Car CulturePlay buttonAutos Listen to the V-8 Rumble of the Local Motors Rally FighterRoad & Track - By Brian SilvestroThe Local Motors Rally Fighter is about the coolest off-road sports car you can buy. It looks unlike anything else on the road, and can go pretty much anywhere. Best of all? It has a lovely-sounding V-8.
Road & Trackadded this to Car CultureAutos Why Spend $90,000 Building a V-8 E36 M3 When You Can Buy This One for Half the Price?Road & Track - By Brian SilvestroThe builder of this LS2-swapped M3 claims to have spent more than $90,000 on the build. Now you can buy it for a (relative) steal. Building a custom car costs money. Lots of money. So much money that shouldn't
Road & Trackadded this to Car CultureAutos The Man Behind Porsche’s Greatest Modern CarRoad & Track - By Chris PerkinsExamining today's 911 through the eyes of its newly retired chief engineer, August Achleitner. At the beginning of April, August Achleitner retired after 36 years at Porsche. He worked first at the chassis
Road & Trackadded this to Car CulturePlay buttonAutos James May Reviews the Civic Type R in the Most James May WayRoad & Track - By Kyle KinardThe Grand Tour co-host shows car vloggers how it's done. James May has long been the quiet, thoughtful heart of the Top-Gear-turned-Grand-Tour trio. Whether May is rebuilding a lawnmower or riding shotgun
Road & Trackadded this to New CarsAston Martin Aston Martin Wants to Set a Renegade Nurburgring Lap Record With the ValkyrieRoad & Track - By Brian SilvestroMost automakers shut down the Nurburgring and run dozens of practice laps before attempting a record. Aston CEO Andy Palmer has other ideas. Less than a week ago, Aston Martin confirmed it would be taking
Road & Trackadded this to New CarsPlay buttonAutos The Latest EV Startup Promises a 206-MPH Four-Seater With 6490 Lb-Ft of TorqueRoad & Track - By Bob SorokanichDrako Motors says the all-electric GTE will debut this summer with 1200 horsepower. Add another electric-car hopeful to the list: Drako Motors, a Silicon Valley startup that released the first snippets
Road & Trackadded this to New CarsPininfarina Pininfarina's 1900-HP EV Hypercar Gets a Facelift Before It Even Goes on SaleRoad & Track - By Brian SilvestroFurther aerodynamic testing led designers to make subtle but significant changes to the Battista's design. At the 2019 Geneva Motor Show this past March, Pininfarina unveiled its 1900-horsepower all-electric
Road & Trackadded this to MotorsportsKoenigsegg Koenigsegg Seriously Wants To Race at Le MansRoad & Track - By Máté PetrányChristian von Koenigsegg has always wanted to compete at the 24 Hours of Le Mans, and his new Jesko seems more than eligible for the FIA's new Hypercar Class. Which he finds "extremely interesting." Back
