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Gallery: PEDAL TO THE HOT ROD METAL
There are pedal cars, and then there are miniature, mechanical works of art. A series of nine radical, custom pedal cars have been produced by some of America’s coolest hot rod builders to be auctioned by the Peterson Automotive Museum at next week’s RM Auctions event in Monterey, California.
POLAND’S SUPERSTAR SUPERCAR
Maranello, Modena, and St Agata … homes of Ferrari, Maserati and Lamborghini. For many car enthusiasts they define the spiritual centre of the super sports car universe as northern Italy. Others might nominate Zuffenhausen, Germany (Porsche), Molsheim, France (Bugatti), or Woking, UK (McLaren). But if emerging maker Arrinera Automotive hits its ambitious targets, Warsaw, Poland will soon be added to that impressive, geographic roll-call.
Gallery: POLAND’S SUPERSTAR SUPERCAR
For four years, Arrinera Automotive has been developing the Hussarya, a mid-engine supercar designed to take on the world’s best.
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In Pics: the five greatest turbo F1 cars
F1 is in a state of turbocharged metamorphosis, and not for the first time. We list 5 heroes from the original turbo era
In pics: Mercedes-Benz E500 Cabriolet 2014
Mercedes-Benz has no excuses for not being at the top of the four-seat convertible game.
IT’S WAR: Fastest cars in the west go wild!
The Antilag car club in Western Australia has released a video of its recent ‘Race Wars’ speed event, where the (unlikely) winner reached 272km/h in a standing kilometre run.
BMW M powers up with Competition Package
To coincide with upgrades across its 5 Series range, BMW has released a new ‘Competition Package’ for the powerhouse M5 sports sedan, and its M6 coupe/convertible sibling.
Caterham copy is custom LEGO masterpiece!
‘Sheepo’, also known as 27-year old engineering student, Fernando Benavides, makes amazing replica cars from Lego, from scratch, and his latest creation is possibly the best yet.
F1 champ Vettel gettin’ Twizy with it!
Three-time Formula One world champion, Sebastian Vettel, has jumped behind the wheel of an outrageous, F1-inspired version of Renault’s Twizy, the French maker’s quirky, new electric city vehicle.
Drive it like you stole it!
With thanks to hahabird.com, we bring you this perfect piece of prank engineering.
Bentley Boys honoured with Le Mans specials
In the lead up to this year’s Le Mans 24 Hours sports car race (Sat June 22/Sun June 23), Bentley is celebrating its historical connections to the famous French endurance event, with no less than six ‘Le Mans’ limited edition models, inspired by victorious Bentley drivers.
Monster Jam mayhem heading down under
Monster Truck fans rejoice; the international Monster Jam circus is bringing its car crushing, jump flying and wheel standing action down under.
Gallery: Monster Jam mayhem heading down under
Monster Truck fans rejoice; the international Monster Jam circus is bringing its car crushing, jump flying and wheel standing action to Sydney on Saturday, October 19th, for a one-and-only Aussie show.
GALLERY: Corvette continues Indy 500 tradition
Chevrolet has chosen its all-new, seventh-generation (C7) Corvette Stingray to serve as the official Pace Car for this year’s Indianapolis 500; leading the field to the green flag for the 97th running of the world famous race on Sunday, May 26th.
GALLERY: MOTOR’s Top Ten Coolest Concept Cars
The close of this year’s Shanghai and New York motor shows marks the end of the show ‘season’, so MOTOR magazine has put together a gallery of its 10 all-time favourite concept cars.
Great Scott! Mowing robot hits the fairway
New Aussie sporting hero Adam Scott has ripped up the greens and fairways In the US Masters golf tournament at Augusta National, and Honda’s new lawn mowing robot, the Miimo, is ready to do the same.
Gallery: Mega-buck Lamborghini for Dubai cops
Not known for doing things by half, authorities in Dubai have equipped the local constabulary with what is possibly the world’s most exotic highway pursuit car.
Mega-buck Lamborghini for Dubai cops
Not known for doing things by half, authorities in Dubai have equipped the local constabulary with what is possibly the world’s most exotic highway pursuit car.
Indy 500 fires up with Hot Wheels!
The 97th running of the world-famous Indianapolis 500 motor race is happening next month, and Chevrolet has debuted a special edition ‘Hot Wheels’ version of its Camaro muscle car to coincide with the warm-up to the event.
Ford Mustang gets ready for the Big Five-Oh!
Ford is preparing to celebrate 50 years continuous production of one its most legendary models, with the Mustang’s big five-oh in 2014.
World’s wildest golf kart costs 83K!
GERMAN high-performance tuning specialist Mansory has collaborated with luxury golf kart maker Garia to create one of the world’s most exotic golf machines.
Usher builds his Merc superstar supercar
Grammy award winning pop superstar Usher, has dropped into Mercedces-Benz AMG’s Affalterbach factory to get on the tools and help build the engine set to slot into his new Gullwing SLS supercar.
Top Ten Ugly Cars – Jeep’s bold bid for number one
Jeep has unveiled the latest version of its Cherokee SUV, and while Chrysler design chief, Ralph Gilles has defended it as strong and contemporary, others aren’t so sure.
