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Here’s Another Toyota Powered Smart ForTwo
Here’s Another Toyota Powered Smart ForTwo

23 Oct 2013, 15:59 UTC · By: Gabriel Brindusescu / We were showing you a few days ago a suited up Smart ForTwo powered by a Toyota engine almost pulling a wheelie. Forget that, here’s one that can really make a show. Unlike the other one wh...

 
2014 Lexus IS 350 F Sport Quarter Mile Test
2014 Lexus IS 350 F Sport Quarter Mile Test

21 Oct 2013, 17:30 UTC · By: Gabriel Brindusescu / The 2014 Lexus IS’ most powerful setup you can get is the IS 350, fitted with the F Sport pack that adds both visual style and improved dynamics. As we’ve seen so far, the IS 350 F Sp...

 
Silver Toyota Supra Goes Like Stink
Silver Toyota Supra Goes Like Stink

21 Oct 2013, 11:26 UTC · By: Gabriel Brindusescu / See this Toyota Supra from a distance and you might think its bone stock, come closer and hear it running and you’ll probably wet yourself. It looks stock but those beefy Hoosier rear tires...

 
Toyota Supra Ties With A Nissan GT-R in 1/2 Mile Race
Toyota Supra Ties With A Nissan GT-R in 1/2 Mile Race

18 Oct 2013, 13:28 UTC · By: Gabriel Brindusescu / We all know that the Nissan GT-R launches with an impressive force from a stand still due to its balanced four-wheel-drive system. And one almost beat a Toyota Supra in a 1/2 mile drag race... al...

 
Toyota MR2 Battles 1,000 HP Nissan GT-R
Toyota MR2 Battles 1,000 HP Nissan GT-R

16 Oct 2013, 16:07 UTC · By: Gabriel Brindusescu / After all those overpowered Supras we’ve seen until now, here’s something new... a Toyota MR2 wiping the floor with a pumped up Nissan GT-R. This MR2 however, is powered by a Honda K2...

 
Watch an All 2014 Lexus IS Drag Race
Watch an All 2014 Lexus IS Drag Race

15 Oct 2013, 13:18 UTC · By: Gabriel Brindusescu / So far, we’ve seen a lot of comparisons between the 2014 Lexus IS and its German rivals. Now, how about comparing it with itself... I mean to its other trim levels. As you know, the new spo...

 
2014 Harley-Davidson Breakout Is Full of Mean Attitude
2014 Harley-Davidson Breakout Is Full of Mean Attitude

4 Sep 2013, 10:16 UTC · By: Florin Tibu / Rumored as a new bike full of true drag character, the Breakout FXSB is anything but disappointing: muscular, long and low and screaming the attitude of the '60 Grasser dragsters, this machine ...

 
Toyota Supra Makes a Sweet Burnout
Toyota Supra Makes a Sweet Burnout

21 Aug 2013, 13:54 UTC · By: Gabriel Brindusescu / This souped-up white Toyota Supra really knows how to disappear in a burnout. Its 1000 hp from under the hood allows it to effortlessly do a massive burnout and the resulting white smoke engulfs ...

 
Ben Spies to Race Custom Drag Ducati Diavel at Indianapolis
Ben Spies to Race Custom Drag Ducati Diavel at Indianapolis

15 Aug 2013, 13:36 UTC · By: Florin Tibu / If you're in Indianapolis and already have your tickets for the weekend race, then you're in for quite a nifty treat this Thursday, as Pramac Ducati's Texas star Ben Spies will be dra...

 
Audi RS6 Makes R6 Look Silly
Audi RS6 Makes R6 Look Silly

28 Jul 2013, 10:48 UTC · By: Florin Tibu / ometimes, riders should know whom not to race, especially if they're riding the supersport-class 600cc bikes. However, it's not a bad thing to try racing some beastly cars from time to tim...

 
2012 Roush Mustang Beats Yamaha R6 on the Quarter Mile
2012 Roush Mustang Beats Yamaha R6 on the Quarter Mile

27 Jul 2013, 10:00 UTC · By: Florin Tibu / While the liter-class superbikes are really not the fairest competitors for supecars, it looks like the supersport ones are a good match in terms of performance. Since we saw countless occasions ...

 
Yamaha R1 Smokes Evo in Highway Run
Yamaha R1 Smokes Evo in Highway Run

25 Jul 2013, 12:35 UTC · By: Florin Tibu / There is only a handful of highly-tuned cars which can rival with the sheer brutality of a liter-class sport bike, and it looks like the Evo in this video was not up to the task. Unfortunately t...

 
Toyota Supra Loses for Being Too Fast
Toyota Supra Loses for Being Too Fast

24 Jul 2013, 17:37 UTC · By: Gabriel Brindusescu / Bracket racing is a form of drag racing that allows two different powered cars to compete against each other, by minimizing the handicap through a predicted time (dial-in) in which each of them will...

 
Toyota Supra Doing 0 to 170 MPH in 8 Seconds
Toyota Supra Doing 0 to 170 MPH in 8 Seconds

18 Jul 2013, 17:35 UTC · By: Gabriel Brindusescu / Ever wandered how fast the staging area, Christmas-tree and attendants are left behind by a properly tuned Toyota Supra at the drag strip? We were curious too, as most Supra footage recorded at a...

 
900 HP Toyota Supra Mk3 Does 8 Seconds on the Strip
900 HP Toyota Supra Mk3 Does 8 Seconds on the Strip

23 May 2013, 16:24 UTC · By: Gabriel Brindusescu / Coming straight from the “ridiculously powered” Toyota category, this older Mk3 Celica Supra packs over 900 horsepower under its long bonnet. Seeing the clip, it really looks that it ...

 
Parenting Level - Kerosene
Parenting Level - Kerosene

29 Apr 2013, 07:53 UTC · By: Gabriel Brindusescu / So, you are a gear-head and your kid is starting to share the same symptoms? Why not be his superhero dad and buy him one of these jet-powered junior dragsters? The turbine-powered machine was de...

 
Harley-Davidson Sponsors the Top Fuel Drag Races in Sturgis
Harley-Davidson Sponsors the Top Fuel Drag Races in Sturgis

24 Apr 2013, 14:14 UTC · By: Florin Tibu / Harley-Davidson will be a presenting sponsor for the Top Fuel class at the Western Motorcycle Drag Racing Association (WMDRA) national races to be held in Sturgis, during the 73rd Annual Motorcycle ...

 
Roland Sands BMW S1000RR Drag Bike
Roland Sands BMW S1000RR Drag Bike

6 Apr 2013, 09:02 UTC · By: Florin Tibu / If you thought the S1000RR was fast enough, then Roland Sands' latest take on one is not for you. On the other hand, if you believe that there is more to the sport BMW than the Bavarians have ...

 
Kawasaki ZX-14R versus Nissan GTR600 Hennessey and Porsche 911 Turbo S
Kawasaki ZX-14R versus Nissan GTR600 Hennessey and Porsche 911 Turbo S

7 Jan 2013, 15:31 UTC · By: Florin Tibu / The Kawasaki ZX-14R is definitely a beast of a bike, and there is already a lot of footage to prove it. However, this video shows even better how brutal is the big Ninja's acceleration: despite...

 
Tiffany Butler's BMW S1000RR Texas Mile Run
Tiffany Butler's BMW S1000RR Texas Mile Run

12 Dec 2012, 10:37 UTC · By: Florin Tibu / Here's a new footage of the lovely Tiffany Butler running the Texas Mile this October on a BMW S1000RR. We must say we've seen her riding hard and showing enough skills to put many male pa...