With 1,800kW of power and roughly 6,800Nm of torque the Banks Super-Turbo Freightliner is a thing of mechanical beauty. And terror. Sheer, sphincter-clenching terror. With a supercharger, a turbocharger, methanol-injection and Hollywood stuntman (read: insane, crazy person with no fear who will do anything) Mike Ryan driving it, there is clearly no more insane way […]
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The GIF is awesome enough, but check out the on-board video of this Soviet-era GAZ truck competing in the Rally of Estonia! Note at about the 1.45 mark he drives off the road, but instead of crashing into the trees, simply drives over them. That is the way to rally…
The CRC Speedshow was on this past weekend and, as with previous years, just keeps getting bigger and better every year. The sheer range of incredible cars on show is staggering, and the amount of interesting stuff to spend vast amounts of money on in between the cars is more than a little tempting. OVERSTEER […]
At an event held in the Emirates Team New Zealand headquarters in Auckland today, Toyota New Zealand announced the details and pricing of the long-awaited stripped-out Toyota 86 RC, as well as details of the new one-make racing series for the TR 86 racing car that is based on the RC. The 86 RC is, […]
The Williams F1 Team and Mercedes-Benz are pleased to announce the signature of a long-term engine partnership from the 2014 Formula One World Championship season onwards. Under the terms of the agreement, Williams will be supplied with a Mercedes-Benz Power Unit (Internal Combustion Engine plus Energy Recovery System) by Mercedes AMG High Performance Powertrains (HPP) […]
To mark the start of deliveries of the 12C Spider in North America, McLaren Automotive has released a pointless, contrived, silly and utterly awesome new short film. Shot at the notoriously treacherous Loveland Pass in Colorado, the 12C Spider navigates the tricky, snow-covered route “racing” against professional snowboarder Chanelle Sladics. The quotation marks around “racing” […]
Bentley will mark the tenth anniversary of its historic Le Mans one-two victory at this year’s Goodwood Festival of Speed by unleash some of its fastest and most powerful cars. The flying Bentleys include the 460kW and 325 km/h Continental GT Speed Convertible and two of 2003 Le Mans-winning Speed 8 race cars. Instantly recognisable […]
The Renault Group and four-time Formula 1 world champion, Alain Prost, announced today that they will be continuing their relationship for the coming year. Alain Prost has been the Brand Ambassador for Renault since 2012 and will take on an “enlarged consultancy role” within Renault Sport F1 this year. In addition to his current […]
Fantastic news for New Zealand race fans today when Toyota NZ CEO, Alistair Davis, not only confirmed that the Toyota Racing Series would continue with a new engine and a new chassis, he also confirmed a fully-fledged support series that would be run with the acclaimed Toyota 86 sports car as a basis. Speaking at […]
The first of three specially commissioned short films goes live today, depicting the McLaren brand in a way never seen before as part of its 50th anniversary celebrations. Instead of focusing on the high-tech, high-octane world of the Vodafone McLaren Mercedes Formula 1 team, or even the Group’s new Automotive division and its groundbreaking 12C […]
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