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Dirt Drag Racing Is Perfect for the Weekend
Dirt Drag Racing Is Perfect for the Weekend

21 Nov 2014, 17:02 UTC · By: Gabriel Brindusescu / The week is coming to an end and in most places it's already too cold to go hang out with some buddies and drink a couple of chilled beers. But that’s OK because it’s a perfect time...

 
Bikini Contest at 2014 World Cup Finals Import vs Domestic
Bikini Contest at 2014 World Cup Finals Import vs Domestic

15 Nov 2014, 13:06 UTC · By: Andrei Tutu / When it comes to the international auto shows, the "cars and girls" topic has been loosing grip over the last few years. Whether we're talking about US or European car shows, the girl...

 
Fastest Naturally Aspirated 2015 Ford Mustang GT in the World Pulls a Quarter Mile
Fastest Naturally Aspirated 2015 Ford Mustang GT in the World Pulls a Quarter Mile

7 Nov 2014, 12:58 UTC · By: Andrei Tutu / While Ford engineers are working overtime to complete the development of the 2016 Ford Mustang Shelby GT350, the tuning world is having its own take at building the fastest naturally aspirated S550 ...

 
2015 Mopar Dodge Charger R/T NHRA Funny Car Unveiled at SEMA <span>· Video</span>
2015 Mopar Dodge Charger R/T NHRA Funny Car Unveiled at SEMA · Video

5 Nov 2014, 18:28 UTC · By: Mircea Panait / Fiat-Chrysler didn’t bring a custom Challenger SRT Hellcat at SEMA, but something a bit faster than the most powerful muscle car ever. That’s the 2015 Mopar Dodge Charger R/T NHRA Funny ...

 
Peel Trident with Rocket Engine Sets Absurd Drag Racing Record
Peel Trident with Rocket Engine Sets Absurd Drag Racing Record

30 Oct 2014, 13:01 UTC · By: Mihnea Radu / Bubble cars – we all know them as a crazy idea born out of necessity. The Germans made the famous Isetta, while the Bits are famous for the Peel P50, the smallest road-legal production vehicle...

 
Fastest Audi RS7 In The World Comes from Russia, Wants To Eat You Alive
Fastest Audi RS7 In The World Comes from Russia, Wants To Eat You Alive

27 Oct 2014, 18:16 UTC · By: Andrei Tutu / The Audi RS7 is one fast car, but let’s face it, it’s not exactly the first name that comes to mind when thinking about drag racing. However, as it turns out, Russians have a different o...

 
Cadillac CTS-V Runs the Quarter Mile In a Mere 9.19 Seconds
Cadillac CTS-V Runs the Quarter Mile In a Mere 9.19 Seconds

27 Oct 2014, 17:09 UTC · By: Mircea Panait / Before the 2016 Cadillac CTS-V arrives with a minor horsepower bump, the outgoing CTS-V represents the luxury automaker's fastest and quickest accelerating production vehicle ever. But what wou...

 
1,800 HP Lamborghini Hitting a Record 229 MPH 1/2 Standing Mile Is a Fighter Plane
1,800 HP Lamborghini Hitting a Record 229 MPH 1/2 Standing Mile Is a Fighter Plane

27 Oct 2014, 13:31 UTC · By: Andrei Tutu / While in the OEM supercar world Ferrari has hybrid/turbo plans and even Lamborghini has recently showcased a hybrid concept, all with the aim to cut emissions, the tuning realm seems to be trolling,...

 
Sleeper Mazda MX-5 Miata Shocks 600 HP Corvette Z06
Sleeper Mazda MX-5 Miata Shocks 600 HP Corvette Z06

27 Oct 2014, 09:04 UTC · By: Andrei Tutu / When you drive a 600 hp Corvette Z06 whose idle soundtrack is more appealing than a rock concert, a Miata, even a tricked-out one, doesn’t quite seem like a concern. Well, if we’re talki...

 
Honda CR-X Blows Flywheel: What Happens when VTEC and Turbo Kick In at the Same Time
Honda CR-X Blows Flywheel: What Happens when VTEC and Turbo Kick In at the Same Time

26 Oct 2014, 14:34 UTC · By: Andrei Tutu / In case you haven't noticed, Honda doesn't exactly love forced feeding, preferring to refine natural aspiration in the ever-sharper race for evolution. This is how the VTEC variable valve ...

 
Helleanor, the 2,500 HP Mustang that Uses Chevy Power to Offend You
Helleanor, the 2,500 HP Mustang that Uses Chevy Power to Offend You

24 Oct 2014, 15:11 UTC · By: Andrei Tutu / When a 1967 Mustang packs north of two thousand horses, you know you’ve caught everybody’s attention. Nonetheless, those ponies arrive via a pair of huge turbines strapped to... a Chevro...

 
Watch the Fastest Jeep Grand Cherokee SRT8 in Europe Pull an Amazing Quarter Mile
Watch the Fastest Jeep Grand Cherokee SRT8 in Europe Pull an Amazing Quarter Mile

24 Oct 2014, 16:54 UTC · By: Andrei Tutu / In case you weren’t already aware of the global tuning world’s fasciantion for the Jeep Grand Cherokee, you’ll be in for quite a surprise. We are, of course, talking about the SRT ...

 
Boat Dragsters Taking Off Rival a Storm
Boat Dragsters Taking Off Rival a Storm

23 Oct 2014, 16:57 UTC · By: Andrei Tutu / If you thought four-wheeled dragsters are spectacular to watch while tearing that strip apart, you haven’t seen boat dragsters. Don’t get us wrong, we haven’t turned into boatevolu...

 
Record-Beating Electric Dragster Reaches Over 300 MPH on the Drawing Board
Record-Beating Electric Dragster Reaches Over 300 MPH on the Drawing Board

21 Oct 2014, 10:02 UTC · By: Gabriel Brindusescu / Do you know those nitro nostalgia dragsters with engines placed in front of the driver? Yeah, they’re there only for show and probably more of today’s gas/nitromethane dragsters will sit...

 
2,000 HP Nissan GT-R Sets New Quarter Mile Record: 7.7s with AWD Wheelies
2,000 HP Nissan GT-R Sets New Quarter Mile Record: 7.7s with AWD Wheelies

15 Oct 2014, 16:13 UTC · By: Andrei Tutu / Remember the 2,000 HP GT-R that took down two similarly-powered Lamborghinis at the recent Texas Invitational event? This is AMS Performance’s Alpha Omega and the thing just set a new quarter ...

 
HEMI Supercharged V8 Converted to Run on Diesel: Oil-Burning Dragster
HEMI Supercharged V8 Converted to Run on Diesel: Oil-Burning Dragster

15 Oct 2014, 13:00 UTC · By: Andrei Tutu / Never before have the notions of “HEMI” and “diesel” worked together, but now a... loony engine builder has decided to convert one of Chrysler’s iconic V8s to run on di...

 
Watch the Fastest VW Golf in the World Outrun a 1,300 HP Nissan GT-R
Watch the Fastest VW Golf in the World Outrun a 1,300 HP Nissan GT-R

13 Oct 2014, 09:10 UTC · By: Andrei Tutu / When talking about Volkswagen Golfs, the tuning world basically offers something for every taste. We’re feeling quite speedy today, so we’re bringing you... the fastest Golf in the world...

 
815 HP Saab 9-5R Is What You Need To Troll a Superbike
815 HP Saab 9-5R Is What You Need To Troll a Superbike

7 Oct 2014, 18:21 UTC · By: Andrei Tutu / Any driver who’s ever tried racing a bike knows that this attempts usually end in a loss, even if you happen to be in a supercar. What do you need in order to outrun a motorcycle then? Apparen...

 
Toyota Land Cruiser Drag Races Lamborghini Aventador, Wins: Only in UAE
Toyota Land Cruiser Drag Races Lamborghini Aventador, Wins: Only in UAE

17 Sep 2014, 11:44 UTC · By: Andrei Tutu / During our Ferrari FF drive on the Jebel Hafeet Mountain Road in Dubai, we came across a teenager that was really unhappy with his brand new Nissan Patrol. The young man was staring at out FF test c...

 
Quickest Street-Legal Car Does a Blistering 6.16-Second Quarter Mile Run
Quickest Street-Legal Car Does a Blistering 6.16-Second Quarter Mile Run

16 Sep 2014, 14:57 UTC · By: Mircea Panait / Pardon us, it's pickup truck, not a car. But still, that makes this machine that bit more interesting. C'mon, did you hear anyone saying anything about a Chevy S-10 capable of doing a mind...