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Nissan GT-R Spins onto a Field at 180 MPH, Gets Away With It
Nissan GT-R Spins onto a Field at 180 MPH, Gets Away With It

8 May 2015, 15:28 UTC · By: Andrei Tutu / When you’re driving a Nissan GT-R that can play the half-mile at 220 MPH, you have to make sure the deceleration phase goes just as well as the sprint

 
The Fastest Jeep Cherokee in the World Is an 8s Street-Legal Machine <span>· Video</span>
The Fastest Jeep Cherokee in the World Is an 8s Street-Legal Machine · Video

6 May 2015, 12:02 UTC · By: Andrei Tutu / This all-custom machine may be street legal, but you’ll be terrified when popping the hood. It has a 505 Chrysler Mega Block with a 2-stage nitrous system

 
Kawasaki Ninja ZX-10R Kind of Smokes the Ninja H2, How Disappointing
Kawasaki Ninja ZX-10R Kind of Smokes the Ninja H2, How Disappointing

6 May 2015, 10:34 UTC · By: Florin Tibu / We sort of start to feel disappointed seeing the rather dull performance of the Kawasaki Ninja H2 in the first videos that surface on social media websites

 
Meanest C7 Corvette You’ve Ever Seen Is a 3,500 HP Outlaw Racer
Meanest C7 Corvette You’ve Ever Seen Is a 3,500 HP Outlaw Racer

4 May 2015, 19:00 UTC · By: Andrei Tutu / This car started out in life as a 2014 Chevrolet Corvette, with work on the project having started in February last year

 
Volkswagen Bus with 560 HP Subaru Engine Is a Weird Pickup Truck: 12s Quarter Mile
Volkswagen Bus with 560 HP Subaru Engine Is a Weird Pickup Truck: 12s Quarter Mile

28 Apr 2015, 10:53 UTC · By: Andrei Tutu / This is a 1960s VW Bus with a Subaru heart. Its party trick? Well, for one thing, it can pull Challenger SRT 392-rivalling quarter mile runs

 
Hayabusa without Wheelie Bar Does 217 MPH, 6.56 Quarter-Mile Drag Race
Hayabusa without Wheelie Bar Does 217 MPH, 6.56 Quarter-Mile Drag Race

27 Apr 2015, 13:24 UTC · By: Florin Tibu / A race-prepped Suzuki GSX-1300R Hayabusa is a force nobody can ignore, and this 6.56-seconds quarter-mile run is the perfect proof for the claim

 
Four Girls Experience Drag Racing for the First Time in Their Lives
Four Girls Experience Drag Racing for the First Time in Their Lives

9 Apr 2015, 14:28 UTC · By: Mihnea Radu / The video is shot on an iconic bridge in San Francisco, but while it is very interesting, we would have liked some cooler cars

 
Porsche 911 Carrera 4 GTS Drag Races Mercedes-AMG GT S with a Violent Result
Porsche 911 Carrera 4 GTS Drag Races Mercedes-AMG GT S with a Violent Result

7 Apr 2015, 09:24 UTC · By: Andrei Tutu / The Porsche Carrera 4 GTS isn’t the perfect 911 for a battle with the GT S, which would be the GT3. Nevertheless, watching the two fight is entertaining

 
1,350 HP Mazda RX-7 Crashes into 1,100 HP GT-R during Drag Race, Nissan hits the Wall
1,350 HP Mazda RX-7 Crashes into 1,100 HP GT-R during Drag Race, Nissan hits the Wall

5 Apr 2015, 21:29 UTC · By: Andrei Tutu / Sometimes, the faster you are, the safer you stay. This Nissan GT-R was not exactly quick compared to the Mazda and paid dearly for it

 
Nissan GT-R Almost Drifts during Drag Race, Driver Barely Manages to Avoid Hitting the Wall
Nissan GT-R Almost Drifts during Drag Race, Driver Barely Manages to Avoid Hitting the Wall

4 Apr 2015, 13:22 UTC · By: Andrei Tutu / Be prepared for what is the closest call we've seen so far this year. This Nissan GT-R misses the wall by inches, escaping this one totally unharmed

 
Koenigsegg Agera N Races Koenigsegg CCX, Shows How The Company Tunes These Hypercars
Koenigsegg Agera N Races Koenigsegg CCX, Shows How The Company Tunes These Hypercars

2 Apr 2015, 16:09 UTC · By: Andrei Tutu / With Koenigseggs, things are never what they seem to be. Horsepower updates, custom gearing, they’re all part of the plan

 
1,400 HP Toyota Supra Races Two 1,800 HP Lamborghinis and Wins
1,400 HP Toyota Supra Races Two 1,800 HP Lamborghinis and Wins

2 Apr 2015, 09:58 UTC · By: Andrei Tutu / When you're out there on the drag strip racing people, you should never trust numbers. This video shows you why and it does so using three boost monsters

 
Golf R vs Touareg V8 TDI Drag Race Is Closer Than You Think
Golf R vs Touareg V8 TDI Drag Race Is Closer Than You Think

2 Apr 2015, 09:11 UTC · By: Mihnea Radu / 300 horsepower 2-liter TSI versus 4.2-liter diesel with 340 horsepower and over twice as much torque. To find out who wins, watch this race

 
Porsche 918 Spyder vs. Lamborghini Huracan Drag Race Is Close as Hell
Porsche 918 Spyder vs. Lamborghini Huracan Drag Race Is Close as Hell

31 Mar 2015, 08:56 UTC · By: Andrei Tutu / You’d expect the 300 hp difference between the two machines to make this race irrelevant. Well, this is not exactly the case.

 
UPDATE: LaFerrari vs Bugatti Veyron Drag Race, The 2015 Rematch <span>· Video</span>
UPDATE: LaFerrari vs Bugatti Veyron Drag Race, The 2015 Rematch · Video

29 Mar 2015, 14:28 UTC · By: Andrei Tutu / The Ferrari LaFerrari raced a Bugatti Veyron and won back at the VMax200 event in fall 2014. Now another edition of the VMax brings us the rematch.

 
This Stripped-Down Monster Is the Fastest Porsche 911 in the World with an 8.8s Quarter Mile
This Stripped-Down Monster Is the Fastest Porsche 911 in the World with an 8.8s Quarter Mile

26 Mar 2015, 06:56 UTC · By: Andrei Tutu / This is not your usual record. The car is a 997-generation 911 that's been tuned by Istanbul-based Esmotor and is run by Ekanoo Racing in Bahrain.

 
Porsche Cayman GT4 Drag Races 911 Carrera 4 GTS, Goes Deep into 911 Territory
Porsche Cayman GT4 Drag Races 911 Carrera 4 GTS, Goes Deep into 911 Territory

23 Mar 2015, 13:29 UTC · By: Andrei Tutu / You might be wondering why the Carrera 4 GTS flavor of the 911 has been chose for the Cayman GT4 battle. The answer lies in the identical power-to-weight ratio.

 
New Nissan GT-R Quarter Mile World Record Set with Staggering 7.49s Run
New Nissan GT-R Quarter Mile World Record Set with Staggering 7.49s Run

23 Mar 2015, 10:54 UTC · By: Andrei Tutu / Extreme Turbo Systems (ETS) and AMS Performance have been battling for the GT-R 1/4 mile record and now ETS have stolen the crown with their 2,000 AWHP Godzilla

 
Unbelievable Crash: Lexus ISF Dragster Flies Over Safety Wall
Unbelievable Crash: Lexus ISF Dragster Flies Over Safety Wall

19 Mar 2015, 15:47 UTC · By: Mihnea Radu / The ISF dragster must have been doing at least 130 miles per hour when the air got underneath it and flipped it over the wall

 
7-Liter V8 Powered VW Pickup Does a Wheelie Drag Race
7-Liter V8 Powered VW Pickup Does a Wheelie Drag Race

19 Mar 2015, 14:37 UTC · By: Mihnea Radu / Who knew that a big block V8 engine and an old Volkswagen engine could be combined together to make something that faster than a supercar?