Francois Gissy Seeks New Record with His Rocket-Powered Bicycle
15 Nov 2013, 08:04 UTC · By: Florin Tibu / Remember Francois Gissy and his awesome rocket-propelled bicycle? Good, because you'll be hearing more from him, as he attempts to set a new record in Switzerland, at Interlaken. Francois te...
Eric Teboul Does 264.39 MPH on a Rocket-Powered Bike
12 Nov 2013, 16:49 UTC · By: Florin Tibu / The Haltech Manufacturers Cup Finals at the Bradenton Motorsports Park in Florida saw Eric Teboul doing what he does best: riding his rocket engine-powered motorcycle with insane speed, this time on...
Bugatti Veyron Super Sport World Record Edition Is Now a Scale Model
6 Nov 2013, 15:32 UTC · By: Andrei Tutu / Bugatti Veyron scale models come in all shapes and sizes, but the one we have here is a trully special piece of kit. We’re talking about a 1:18 scale model of the Veyron Super Sport World Reco...
Watch the Alfa Romeo 4C Lap the Nurburgring
18 Oct 2013, 15:28 UTC · By: Ciprian Florea / A few hours after confirming the 4C’s 8:04-minute Nurburgring lap, Alfa Romeo has released the first video of the sportscar’s record-breaking “Green Hell” run. Last month,...
Alfa Romeo Confirms 4C's 8:04 Nurburgring Lap
18 Oct 2013, 12:11 UTC · By: Ciprian Florea / Earlier this month, a couple of reports around the Internet said the Alfa Romeo 4C lapped the Nurburgring track in 8 minutes and 4 seconds, placing the Italian sportscar at the same level with the P...
Turbocharged Mustang GT Sets New Quarter Mile Record
9 Oct 2013, 11:33 UTC · By: Ciprian Florea / Less than four months have passed since Evolution Performance set their 8.46-second quarter mile record with the 2013 Shelby GT500-based “Green Goblin”, and the guys over at JPC Racing k...
World's Fastest Electric Sidecar Motorcycle Does 212 MPH
8 Oct 2013, 11:05 UTC · By: Florin Tibu / Eva Håkansson and her KillaJoule electric sidecar motorcycle have made history at the Bonneville Salt Flats, getting past the 200 mph mark with a top speed of 212.040 mph (341.172 km/h). Ra...
1963 Ferrari GTO 250 Sells for Record-Breaking $52 Million
3 Oct 2013, 12:59 UTC · By: Ciprian Florea / A 1963 Ferrari GTO race car has become the world’s most expensive car in the world, selling for an astounding $52 million. The record-breaking sale took place last month, when an anonymous buy...
Drag Motorcycle Crash in Slow Motion
26 Sep 2013, 15:04 UTC · By: Florin Tibu / Given the fact that so many things can go wrong when riding a casual motorbike, it's worth trying to imagine how much worse can things go when we're talking about drag motorcycles. And sin...
Klock Werks Triumph Rocket III Trike Sets New Land Speed Record
7 Sep 2013, 07:48 UTC · By: Florin Tibu / The fact that Triumph's Rocket III machine is a beastly bike which can blow any prejudice about what "powerful" actually means is old news. However, it's time for the Rocket III ...
Lightning Sets New Land Speed Record for Electric Bikes at Bonneville
4 Sep 2013, 15:20 UTC · By: Florin Tibu / It's definitely a good year for Lightning Motorcycles: first the 2013 PPIHC, and now setting a new land speed record at the speed trials in Bonneville, Utah. The new record now sits just above ...
San Diego BMW’s S1000RR Does 224 MPH at Bonneville
3 Sep 2013, 15:46 UTC · By: Florin Tibu / Nice accomplishment for BMW as their S1000RR machinery went past the 224 mph (360.4 km/h) mark at the speed trials held at Utah's Bonneville Salt Flats. Andy Sills of Hunter Sills Racing rod...
McLaren P1 Posts 7:04 Nurburgring Time
3 Sep 2013, 12:42 UTC · By: Andrei Tutu / McLaren has recently taken its P1 round the Nurburgring, with the hypercar reportedly registering a lap time of 7 minutes and 28 seconds. However, it seems that the automaker is not pleased with thi...
How Many Bananas Fit in a Toyota Aygo?
29 Aug 2013, 16:00 UTC · By: Gabriel Brindusescu / Seems a crazy question to ask if your are not a worker at the zoo or you’re not a banana-lover, but it’s good to know and it might come in handy one day. The challenge started on Twit...
Blind and Disabled Rider Breaks Speed Record aboard a Hayabusa
20 Aug 2013, 13:49 UTC · By: Florin Tibu / Hats off to Scotsman Stuart Gunn, a rider from Edinburgh, for his astonishing, mind-boggling performance. Though blind and disabled, Stuart Gunn managed to break the existing speed record for disabl...
Ford Escape Sets New Sales Record
1 Aug 2013, 09:43 UTC · By: Ciprian Florea / Ford has announced that the 2013 Escape is the first-ever small utility vehicle to sell more than 150,000 units in the first six months of the year. The third-generation Escape sold 156,626 examp...
Experiments in Speed: Amazing Custom Bicycle Does 102 MPH
30 Jul 2013, 10:21 UTC · By: Florin Tibu / If you thought that motorsport fans are the only ones who are dreaming of going ever faster at the Bonneville salt flats, you were a bit off: the bicycle world has its own pioneers and they're ...
Three Toyota Employees Achieved Gold at 42nd WorldSkills Competition
23 Jul 2013, 14:08 UTC · By: Gabriel Brindusescu / Having skillful workers will definitely ensure a greater customer-dealership experience and satisfaction and Toyota knows how to train its personnel, a program that will be further enhanced by the o...
Land Speed Record Holder Bill Warner Dies in 285 MPH Crash
15 Jul 2013, 14:17 UTC · By: Florin Tibu / It's a sad moment for the motorcycle world and it is with regrets that we must announce the passing of Bill Warner, multiple land speed record holder. Bill, 44, was attempting to beat his 20...
Record Attendance at the 2013 BMW Motorrad Days
14 Jul 2013, 10:03 UTC · By: Florin Tibu / The Bavarian manufacturer is thrilled to announce a record-breaking attendance for this year's BMW Motorrad Days: more than 40,000 visitors came over the weekend to the even in Garmisch-Partenk...