Toyota Wins Top Fuel Finals at Mello Yello Drag Racing Series
20 May 2013, 15:59 UTC · By: Gabriel Brindusescu / It looks like Toyota can make more than reliable and economical family cars. They know a thing or two about top fuel dragsters as well, a thing or two that won them the Mello Yello Series for the se...
Josh Barton Does 227.2 MPH on Turbo Suzuki Hayabusa
17 May 2013, 11:52 UTC · By: Florin Tibu / The fact that Hayabusa is a really fast bike is old news, and thrill-seekers installing turbo kits are to be seen every now and then. However, it is always glorious to see people racing and giving t...
KBB Included the Toyota Prius V and Avalon in Best Family Cars List
17 May 2013, 11:39 UTC · By: Gabriel Brindusescu / As they do every year, Kelley Blue Book’ editors will make top ten car lists to highlight vehicles that are purposed to specific customer types and situations and this year is no exception. ...
Toyota Is the Biggest Company By Market Value in Asia
16 May 2013, 17:28 UTC · By: Gabriel Brindusescu / The famous Asian electronics maker Samsung was recently dethroned from its number one position as Asia’s biggest company by market value as Toyota registered a boom in its sales recently. R...
New Toyota Auris - Lowest Emissions in Its Class
15 May 2013, 08:28 UTC · By: Gabriel Brindusescu / Toyota is clearly making its way deep into the economical hatchback market with its new Auris hybrid. Latest reports from the carmaker tell us that the model is now coming with even less CO2 emissio...
Toyota 2000GT: Most Expensive Asian Car Sold at Auction
15 May 2013, 08:28 UTC · By: Gabriel Brindusescu / This stunning Toyota 2000GT was sold recently for over $1 million at auction. Built only in 351 units, the two-door fastback is considered to be the first true Asian-developed sportscar. RM Aucti...
2013 Shelby GT500 by Evolution Performance Runs Record 8-Second Quarter Mile
10 May 2013, 11:14 UTC · By: Ciprian Florea / Evolution Performance were the first to run a 9-second quarter mile with a 2013 Shelby GT500 in 2012. However, their record didn’t last too long, as Lethal Performance raised the bar from 9.95...
Out of Nothing, the Bonneville Documentary Trailer
7 May 2013, 14:24 UTC · By: Florin Tibu / With summer comes heat, but there's one more cool thing coming our way, too, and its name is Out of Nothing, a nice documentary on what racing at the Bonneville salt flats is really about. T...
2013 MotoGP: Marc Marquez Is the Worlds Youngest MotoGP Race Winner
23 Apr 2013, 13:11 UTC · By: Florin Tibu / Maybe the Guinness Book of Records has room for Marc Marquez, as the Spaniard has just become the youngest winner of a MotoGP race in the world. Marquez finished first in the race at the Circuit ...
Valerie Thompson Does 212 MPH at the Texas Mile
4 Apr 2013, 10:26 UTC · By: Florin Tibu / Remember Valerie Thompson? She's a really fast lady and speeds in excess of 200 mph are not a strange thing to her. She aimed to enter the "200 MPH Club of Texas" and she made it. So ...
Nissan GT-R Going 183 MPH On Frozen Baikal Lake
3 Apr 2013, 13:00 UTC · By: Gabriel Brindusescu / Nissan further advertise his GT-R supercar, as a stock one achieved an impressive 183 mph (294.5 km/h) top speed on the Russian Baikal frozen lake. Driven by G-Drive Racing Team pilot Roman Rusin...
Venturi EV to Break 700 Km/h on The Salt Flats in 2014
1 Apr 2013, 11:50 UTC · By: Gabriel Brindusescu / When you think about the Salt Flats in Utah, you picture a lot of petrol heads pushing their gas-guzzlers on the limit, trying to break speed records on the immense dried lake since 1914. But gro...
Bike Made with 315 Kilos of Gold
31 Mar 2013, 16:08 UTC · By: Florin Tibu / Now, we're in a straight line for finding the value of what will soon become the world's most expensive motorcycle as Turkish builder Tarhan Telli of TT Customs fame in Ankara, has used n...
New Hennessey Ford GT Record at Texas Mile - 267.6 mph
26 Mar 2013, 09:02 UTC · By: Gabriel Brindusescu / The Ford GT built for speed by American tuner Hennessey just broke it’s own record from last year at the biannual Standing Texas Mile event. Last year in October, Mark Heidraker’s mac...
Goldammer Goldmember, Salt Flats Custom Racing Excellence
25 Mar 2013, 10:49 UTC · By: Florin Tibu / The Goldmember is one of the winners crated by Canada-based artisans Godammer. A constant present in the AMD Custom Bike Building Championships, Goddamer's goald was to build a bike fit for Bon...
Valerie Thompson Ready for New Texas Mile Record
16 Mar 2013, 08:55 UTC · By: Florin Tibu / 5-time record holder rider Valerie Thompson readies for the first apperance at the Texas Mile race in Beeville, Texas, an event which will take place March 22-24 at the Chase Field Industrial Comple...
Triple Record-Breaking for 171 mph Velocette
25 Feb 2013, 11:02 UTC · By: Florin Tibu / If you thought that old Velocettes were lazy and only good for cruising around the block, here's Suart Hopper and his 1959 Venom, racing once more at Lake Gairdner, A ustralia, and having just ...
105-Year-Old Woman from California Renews Driver's License
29 Jan 2013, 16:20 UTC · By: Mihnea Radu / Say hello to Edythe Kirchmaier. She might look like your average pensioner, but she could very well be a record holder. At 105 years old, she looks energetic and full of life, which is an impressive...
Hennessey Venom GT Breaks 0-300 Km/H World Record
12 Jan 2013, 09:51 UTC · By: Andrei Nedelea / The Hennessey Venom is a scary car, and all you need to do is take a quick look over its performance specs and you`ll immediately see why. Powering this monster hypercar is a 7.0-liter twin-tu...
Australia Claims Title for World’s Largest Simultaneous Burnout - 69 Cars at Once
7 Jan 2013, 10:19 UTC · By: Andrei Nedelea / We were not aware of the existence of a record for the world’s largest simultaneous burnout, but apparently it exists, and in order to beat it, more than 50 cars were required to shred their t...