Tag: videos
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More details on ambitious project to build Porsche 917 replicas
We recently told you about an ambitious group setting out to build Porsche 917 replicas aimed at track day enthusiasts keen to live out their Le Mans fantasies in real life. The group’s goal is clear: to build a 917 replica so fans can experience what it’s like to drive the classic racer. Reaching that…
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Get ready for Johnny Cab: Uber offering autonomous ride-sharing
Uber on Tuesday started allowing users of its popular ride-sharing service to hail rides from its autonomous prototypes currently testing in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. It’s not the first autonomous ride-sharing service—that honor goes to fellow American firm nuTonomy, which started a similar service in Singapore in August—but the…
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2018 Audi A5 Sportback revealed ahead of 2016 Paris auto show
Love the svelte lines of Audi’s A5 but can’t bring yourself to owning a coupe? Audi offers a more practical option called the A5 Sportback, and the version based on the second-generation A5 has just been revealed ahead of the world debut later this month at the 2016 Paris auto show. Audi never sold the…
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Bryce Menzies soars to new distance record in his Pro2 truck
Bryce Menzies is an accomplished off-road truck racer. He’s won the Baja 100 a few times. He’s taken the win for the last two years of the Red Bull Frozen Rush. The TORC Pro2 series? He’s a three-time champion. Bryce was looking to do something a little more grand, though, and the idea occurred to…
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What’s the difference between steel and rubber brake lines?
Your car’s brakes are pretty darn important. If you have lousy pedal feel, you should do something about that, right? Stopping is at least as important as going. So when you’re looking to fix or upgrade your brake system, should you go with rubber lines or jump up to steel brake lines? Engineering Explained is…
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Ferrari Enzo designer unveils limited edition Kode57 supercar
Former Pininfarina designer Ken Okuyama, the man credited with the design of the Ferrari [NYSE:RACE] Enzo supercar, unveiled a new creation on Friday in Monterey, California during The Quail, A Motorsports Gathering event. The car is the Kode57, a limited edition, coachbuilt supercar from the eponymous design house Ken Okuyama Design, based in…
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Vision Mercedes-Maybach 6 concept debuts in Monterey
Mercedes-Benz unveiled a new concept for its Mercedes-Maybach sub-brand on Thursday in Monterey, California as part of the ongoing Monterey Car Week. The concept is called the Vision Mercedes-Maybach 6, and it’s in the form of a streamlined coupe with a large grille, slit-like lights and gullwing doors. The concept heralds the new design…
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Rimac Concept_One destroys Ferrari LaFerrari, Tesla Model S in acceleration test
We all know electric cars are quick off the line but it seems even the quickest internal combustion cars don’t hold a candle to the new generation of battery-powered, zero-emission offerings. Racing driver Archie Hamilton recently pitted the Concept_One electric supercar from Croatian firm Rimac against a Ferrari [NYSE:RACE] LaFerrari. The…
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Possible Mercedes-AMG E63 Black Series spied
It’s been a while since Mercedes-AMG last had a Black Series in its lineup but a new one could now be brewing. A prototype for AMG’s new E63 Wagon is featured in this video from YouTube user walkoART – Videos, but the tester is sporting some modifications that suggest it may be for an even…
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Tesla Model S P90D runs 10s at the drag strip
A YouTube channel with the name of Tesla Racing Channel has posted a video showing a Model S breaking into the 10-second range at a quarter-mile drag strip. The car is a Model S P90D with Ludicrous Mode and the revised front end. In the video, you can see the car run a 10.8 with…