Feb 28
Red Bull athlete “Mad Mike” Whiddett tears up the ice on a frozen lake in Wakkanai, a city at the northern most tip of Hokkaido in Japan. Outside temperatures were at -6c (often below that) during the filming of this piece. A converted Mazda RX-7 was used.
Now these are real Rally Cars. Action from the Rallye Legend Boucles de Spa 2010, the biggest Historic Rally in the world
Even in the friendliest competitions there is a winner and a loser. One of Audi’s biggest competitors is forced to face this truth, following the results of three straight Car and Driver comparison tests.
Feb 18
Some mad Russians decided to put Lada Riva 4×4s on tracks. Why? Because they could.
Feb 16
Stupid, Dangerous, he will probably break many bones, but surfing on snow while being dragged along but a Subaru Impreza as it drifts lo0ks like it could be a fun thing to do.
Feb 11
Some brilliant footage of the Monte Carlo Rally 2010, including a good shot of Kris Meekes off.
This “Making of” video takes viewers behind the scenes of a recent Porsche Panamera commercial shoot.
The “Family Tree” ad used 50 different Porsche models, with 22 professional drivers on hand to make it happen. In the final version, the cars race around miles of tarmac, all centered around the new Porsche Panamera. By the end of the video, the cars have splintered off to form the shape of a tree.
The shoot for the television ad took three days to complete, with over 160 crew members involved.
Car sales man posts videos of himself driving Lamborghini Murciélago LP670-4 at 150mph and gets fired.
He had the dreamjob we think…fool
During a rally in Spain, a car slides out of control during a curve and crashes into a mother and her daughter, flipping them into the air. Amazingly, no one was injured in the accident.
Pinned in 6th gear, Monster World Rally Team driver Ken Block goes ripping down the ice roads in Gladwin, Michigan in preparation for the first race of the year in the Rally America series. Plus, his first time ever behind the wheel of his new whip: the 2011 Monster Ford Fiesta Rally America.
We test DieHard batteries under extreme demands. With a DieHard Platinum battery you can cook a hot dog, play your home stereo, use your power tools, get a nice tan and relax in a hot tub. Oh yeah, it’ll start your car too.
In June 2010, Formula 1 will be back on Circuit Gilles Villeneuve of Ile Notre-Dame in Montreal. Recently,Swiss Sebastien Buemi and the Red Bull Racing Formula team ran the Renault-powered Red Bull on a frozen track then on the frozen lake of Lac-à-l’Eau-Claire, North of Montreal.
The car was fitted with special Bridgestone tires designed and built by the Bridgestone Motorsport tech centre in Tokyo, Japan. The front tires were fitted with 420 studs while the rears had 588 each.
All the moments we didn’t show you – the crash, the gnarly landings in practice, Travis’ first look at the catch fence and his suggestion that a double might be possible…
Jan 21
The 2010 Monte Carlo started yesterday. Mikko Hivornen leads over night in the Ford Fiesta S2000.
Pictures below, watch it live all day here
Jan 20
Jan 19
In Russia they have now and then some ice on the road. This provides predictable situations.
Tribute to the ever-fabulous 300bhp Group A Subaru Impreza 555 driven to the very limit in the mid-90s WRC events by such legends as Colin McRae and Carlos Sainz – naturally with pure engine sounds.
