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2016 Acura NSX Prototype Burns on Nürburgring, Enters Supercar Inner Circle
Posted on 24.07.2014 | No CommentsA manufacturer can’t expect to be taken seriously as a supercar builder unless a few of its exotics catch on fire every once in a while—take Ferrari, Lamborghini, and Porsche, for example. It appears Acura’s $100,000-plus NSX sports car badly wanted into the gang: One of the prototypes just fried itself during a testing session […] -
The Darth Car: 12 Things You Need to Know About Hot Wheels’ Life-Size, 150-mph Darth Vader Car
Posted on 23.07.2014 | No CommentsComic-Con 2014 opens tomorrow, but details on many of the big reveals have been blasted across cyberspace over the past couple of weeks. Pertinent (sort of) to our milieu was Mattel’s release of its Star Wars–themed Hot Wheels cars, but even more mindblowing is the fact that the company built a full-size, fully operational version […] -
Kentucky Mayor Attacks High Gas Prices by Opening City-Run Fueling Station, Gets Accused of “Socialism”
Posted on 23.07.2014 | No CommentsRight as we’ve lost all faith in our leaders, the folks running Somerset, Kentucky, have proved that government can actually do something good for the people it represents. In two words, here’s what they have accomplished: Cheap gas! Somerset, located about 130 miles southeast of Louisville, refurbished a shuttered municipal gas station and opened it […] -
2015 Ford F-150 2.7-liter EcoBoost V-6 Output, Towing Announced (3.5L V-6, Too)
Posted on 23.07.2014 | No CommentsIn announcing output and towing figures for its new twin-turbo 2.7-liter EcoBoost V-6, Ford published a video of a towing drag race in which a 2015 Ford F-150 stomped a Ram EcoDiesel and a Chevrolet Silverado with a 5.3-liter V-8. Although we’re not inclined to get excited over manufacturer test runs—we do that stuff ourselves—taken […] -
Lego’s Awesome 1869-Piece Batman Tumbler Kit Tumbles Our Hearts
Posted on 23.07.2014 | No CommentsWith a new Batmobile taking over Batman-shuttling duties in the upcoming Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice movie, what better time is there to revisit director Christopher Nolan’s awesome Tumbler from the Dark Knight trilogy? As the bad-ass Tumbler retires, it seems we aren’t the only ones keen on the thing—the geniuses over at Lego have created a […] -
Lego’s Awesome 1869-Piece Batman Tumbler Kit Tumbles Our Hearts
Posted on 23.07.2014 | No CommentsWith a new Batmobile taking over Batman-shuttling duties in the upcoming Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice movie, what better time is there to revisit director Christopher Nolan’s awesome Tumbler from the Dark Knight trilogy? As the bad-ass Tumbler retires, it seems we aren’t the only ones keen on the thing—the geniuses over at Lego have created a […] -
![After returning to The Ridge Motorsports Park in rainy Washington for the fourth annual Pacific Northworst 24 Hours of LeMons, we inspected the 63 entrants and sent them onto the track on Saturday, then watched the hard-fought class battles reach their climax on Sunday. It was wet and blustery out and many cars left important […]](https://cars.store-1.net/wp-content/uploads/2014/07/24-hours-of-lemons-pacific-northworst-the-winners1-115x115.jpg "24 Hours of LeMons Pacific Northworst: The Winners")
24 Hours of LeMons Pacific Northworst: The Winners
Posted on 23.07.2014 | No CommentsAfter returning to The Ridge Motorsports Park in rainy Washington for the fourth annual Pacific Northworst 24 Hours of LeMons, we inspected the 63 entrants and sent them onto the track on Saturday, then watched the hard-fought class battles reach their climax on Sunday. It was wet and blustery out and many cars left important […] -
Hot Wheels Launching Line of Star Wars Characters as Cars—Predictably, They’re Awesome
Posted on 22.07.2014 | No CommentsThe new Hot Wheels Star Wars lineup hits store shelves in October. The cars themselves make their debut at the 2014 San Diego Comic-Con Hot Wheels booth. Here’s what your favorite characters look like when they’re prepped for orange track. Image: Mattel Chewbacca: Han Solo’s trusted Wookiee companion really would make a hell of a workhorse. […] -
Sword Fight, Part Deux: Panoz and DeltaWing Take Out Another Ad Shaming Nissan
Posted on 22.07.2014 | No CommentsLast month, Don Panoz’s DeltaWing concern took out ads in the Tennesseean and Automotive News in an attempt to shame Renault-Nissan’s Carlos Ghosn into sitting down and hashing things out with them. The reason? The remarkable similarity of Nissan’s ZEOD RC to DeltaWing’s own racers. Which, of course, were initially sponsored by Nissan and powered […] -
2014 Jaguar F-type V-8 S Long-Term Logbook: Haunted By Electronic Ghosts of Lucas Past
Posted on 22.07.2014 | No Comments“During one drive, the center display went dark—and stayed that way—and the power-retracting center air vents failed to deploy.” – Alexander Stoklosa, Associate Online Editor Proving that old stereotypes die hard, our long-term 2014 Jaguar F-type V-8 S test car has experienced a few inexplicable electronic snafus. The first issue involved the central air vents, […] -
Safety Swede: 2016 Volvo XC90 to Debut with Two “World First” Safety Technologies
Posted on 22.07.2014 | No CommentsAfter more than a decade of doing basically nothing with its XC90 SUV, Volvo has suddenly kicked things into high gear. The automaker is aggressively previewing the all-new 2016 XC90, first showing off the crossover’s infotainment tech, letting us ride along in a prototype, revealing the interior, and even detailing the super-awesome-sounding plug-in-hybrid powertrain option. Now […] -
Safety Swede: 2016 Volvo XC90 to Debut with Two “World First” Safety Technologies
Posted on 22.07.2014 | No CommentsAfter more than a decade of doing basically nothing with its XC90 SUV, Volvo has suddenly kicked things into high gear. The automaker is aggressively previewing the all-new 2016 XC90, first showing off the crossover’s infotainment tech, letting us ride along in a prototype, revealing the interior, and even detailing the super-awesome-sounding plug-in-hybrid powertrain option. Now […]