Screenshot: The Smoking Tire on YouTube Every year the Audrain Auto Museum in Newport, Rhode Island hosts the Veteran Car Tour, a 50-mile street drive for brass era automobiles. A 50 mile run might not sound like much, but when you’re driving a car with no roof, wooden wheels, and leather banded brakes, it’s an … Read more
When I showed up to review the Hyundai Ioniq 5 N, I knew it would be quick. Having more than 600 horsepower on tap tends to do that. I’d also seen promises that it would be much more track-capable than the Kia EV6 GT, so I went in expecting it to be pretty good. Once … Read more
Image: Jim Farley/Ford Ford CEO Jim Farley is a genuine car fanatic, which is something of a rarity among car company c-suite execs. It’s about more than just the numbers with this guy, because he understands where enthusiasts are coming from. He gets that the financial decisions we make as car enthusiasts aren’t always advisable, … Read more
Screenshot: The Smoking Tire on YouTube The upcoming Gunther Werks Tornado is the kind of car for which “psycho death machine” is considered a term of endearment. The car pictured here is a pre-production prototype built by Gunther Werks as a development mule for the company’s newest high-horsepower Porsche 993-based hypercar monster. While most development … Read more
