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Watch a Tuned Nissan GT-R Pull a Record 8.25s Quarter Mile
Watch a Tuned Nissan GT-R Pull a Record 8.25s Quarter Mile

15 Jul 2013, 14:42 UTC · By: Andrei Tutu / Acceleration records come in all shapes and sizes and we are now here to talk about the quarter mile feat, with a custom example of the Nissan GT-R having recently set a new record for its kind. ...

 
Jeep Willys with LSX V8 Engine Goes Street Racing
Jeep Willys with LSX V8 Engine Goes Street Racing

15 Jul 2013, 09:46 UTC · By: Andrei Tutu / The Jeep Willys isn’t exactly the first car that comes to mind when night falls and the guys head out to the boulevards for some street racing, but today we’re bringing you a video that ...

 
Toyota Sponsors Autumn NHRA Races in Las Vegas
Toyota Sponsors Autumn NHRA Races in Las Vegas

10 Jul 2013, 08:06 UTC · By: Gabriel Brindusescu / Toyota is already the tile sponsor of the TOYOTA NHRA Summernationals at Old Bridge Township Raceway Park in Englishtown, NJ, and we’ve recently learned that it will sponsor the NHRA event at ...

 
Russian Drag Race: Stock SLS AMG vs 760 HP BMW X6 M
Russian Drag Race: Stock SLS AMG vs 760 HP BMW X6 M

9 Jul 2013, 07:51 UTC · By: Mihnea Radu / Comparing stock and tuned is like comparing apples and bananas. What we're trying to say here is that the race isn't going to be pretty to look at for the Mercedes fans. You guys should...

 
Ford GT Does a Cool Burnout
Ford GT Does a Cool Burnout

4 Jul 2013, 15:10 UTC · By: Mihnea Radu / We need something American right here, right now. We need something that goes with hotdogs and beer, something that tastes of liberal thinking and freedom. What we need is a 2005 Ford GT, the wor...

 
1,350 HP Jeep Grand Cherokee Turbo Pulls Record Quarter Mile
1,350 HP Jeep Grand Cherokee Turbo Pulls Record Quarter Mile

4 Jul 2013, 09:18 UTC · By: Andrei Tutu / Placing SUVs and “quarter mile” in the same sentence is always amusing and, since we’re in the mood for some fun, we’ve got a rather extreme example of such a combination. ...

 
Tesla Model S 60 kWh vs 85 kWh Drag Race
Tesla Model S 60 kWh vs 85 kWh Drag Race

1 Jul 2013, 11:00 UTC · By: Mihnea Radu / Only July 10th, 1856, Nikola Tesla was born. More than a decade and a half later, his name is so easily associated with electric current that they even named the coolest electric car brand in the wo...

 
Snoop Dogg Drag Races a Camaro in “Let The Bass Go” Clip
Snoop Dogg Drag Races a Camaro in “Let The Bass Go” Clip

28 Jun 2013, 14:08 UTC · By: Andrei Tutu / If you’ve ever wanted to see Snoop Dog drag racing, now is the perfect occasion, as the artist has recently released the video for the “Let The Bass Go” track, which sees him doing...

 
The Twin-Turbo Drag Race: Bentley Continental GT V8 vs S65 AMG
The Twin-Turbo Drag Race: Bentley Continental GT V8 vs S65 AMG

25 Jun 2013, 16:00 UTC · By: Mihnea Radu / When Bentley came up with the V8 version of the Continental GT, they wanted a lighter engine with better economy than the W12. Meanwhile, when Mercedes came up with the S63 AMG, they wanted a V12 en...

 
Watch a Parachute Save a Nitrous-Boosted Camaro From Crashing
Watch a Parachute Save a Nitrous-Boosted Camaro From Crashing

24 Jun 2013, 14:47 UTC · By: Andrei Tutu / The great Mario Andretti once said: “It is amazing how may drivers, even at the Formula One Level, think that the brakes are for slowing the car down.” Well, it seems that we can say the...

 
Lamborghini Aventador Crashes into Tree while Drag Racing
Lamborghini Aventador Crashes into Tree while Drag Racing

24 Jun 2013, 13:53 UTC · By: Andrei Tutu / There aren’t too many things in an automotive afficionado’s life which are more embarrassing than crashing while racing and we are now here to bring you a top-tier example of that. A ...

 
The New Aston Martin Vanquish Drag Races BMW M5, Nissan GT-R
The New Aston Martin Vanquish Drag Races BMW M5, Nissan GT-R

24 Jun 2013, 08:38 UTC · By: Mihnea Radu / As much as we like to talk about the carbon fiber tub of the new Vanquish and how much cooler it is than anything Aston has ever made, it's not a very fast car, more of a very fast gran tourer ...

 
Bugatti Veyron with Mansory Exhaust Goes Racing
Bugatti Veyron with Mansory Exhaust Goes Racing

19 Jun 2013, 13:15 UTC · By: Andrei Tutu / When you own a Bugatti Veyron with a Mansory exhaust system, one of the best activities you can use it for is to line it up next to another hypermachine and ask a flag girl to count from three to &l...

 
World's Fastest Nissan GT-R Pulls 8.61s Quarter Mile Run
World's Fastest Nissan GT-R Pulls 8.61s Quarter Mile Run

17 Jun 2013, 16:47 UTC · By: Andrei Tutu / The Nissan GT-R may have a strong reputation based on its handling, but the Japanese supercar is also a perfect drag car. Today, we're here to show you the current holder of the "Fastest s...

 
Drag Race: VW Golf R vs Camaro V6
Drag Race: VW Golf R vs Camaro V6

10 Jun 2013, 11:10 UTC · By: Mihnea Radu / We're not 100% happy with the fact that Golf R models sold in America only come with 256 hp and you can't turn the electronic nannies off, but it's a car that almost never made it acr...

 
Amazing Drag Race: Nissan Juke R vs Bugatti Veyron
Amazing Drag Race: Nissan Juke R vs Bugatti Veyron

10 Jun 2013, 09:57 UTC · By: Mihnea Radu / We haven't head anything from the Moscow Mole since last year, but the famous Russian drag racing even came back with a vengeance and we have yet more superlative action from the Unlim 500+ cat...

 
Watch a 1000 WHP Nissan GT-R Avoid a Crash at the Drag Strip
Watch a 1000 WHP Nissan GT-R Avoid a Crash at the Drag Strip

10 Jun 2013, 09:50 UTC · By: Andrei Tutu / Lining your car up at the local drag strip may seem like a rather innocent activity whose worst case scenario is to put some extra stress on your powertrain, but people who have done this know that ...

 
This Is Jesus' 9-Second Turbo Pickup
This Is Jesus' 9-Second Turbo Pickup

10 Jun 2013, 09:01 UTC · By: Andrei Tutu / A nine-second car is a blast by any standards, but if we’re talking about a pickup truck that can deal with the quarter mile in as little as that, things become explosive. Well, this is exa...

 
Watch a 1,700 BHP Nissan GT-R Hit a Record 237.5 MPH
Watch a 1,700 BHP Nissan GT-R Hit a Record 237.5 MPH

5 Jun 2013, 10:06 UTC · By: Andrei Tutu / It’s amusing how Nissan didn’t want people to tune the GT-R and now Godzilla is one of the most tweaked cars on Earth. We know have a new example of how much aftermarket potential the GT...

 
2014 Ford Mustang Cobra Jet Makes Video Debut
2014 Ford Mustang Cobra Jet Makes Video Debut

12 May 2013, 15:19 UTC · By: Ciprian Florea / Earlier this week we reported that the 2014 Ford Mustang Cobra Jet has completed its first testing session at the South Georgia Motorsport Park. A full video and performance figures have yet to be r...