Screenshot: Engineering Explained Headed into the 2025 Chevrolet Corvette ZR1 reveal, we knew it would be powerful. After all, the Corvette Z06 already made 670 horsepower and 460 pound-feet of torque from a 5.5-liter, naturally aspirated V8, and the rumor was, the ZR1 would get a set of turbos. So a power figure in the … Read more
Photo: Facebook Marketplace By any metric the first-generation Dodge Viper is an absolutely fantastic car. Fast, loud and ostentatious, it’s the perfect American vehicle. Unfortunately, everyone else knows this, so early Vipers are often ruinously expensive. Not always, though. Sometimes you come across a Viper like this one, where the seller out in Maine is … Read more
Screenshot: Ferrari The first two Ferrari road cars have been lost to time, but New Zealanders Amanda and Philip still have, and regularly drive, the third example. This 1948 Ferrari 166 Inter, a right-hand-drive coupe, is the oldest Ferrari road car in the world. The couple found the car while reading Hemmings by gas lamplight … Read more
One of the most common discourses surrounding the automobile is whether or not cars can be considered art. The answer is that obviously they are, you idiots, but that’s besides the point. Perhaps the most compelling argument for car as art is the Lamborghini Miura, widely regarded as one the most beautiful cars ever made. … Read more
I don’t know what I was expecting to hear — I was pretty bleary from a monster EV road trip. But when the Chevrolet engineer said “1,064 horsepower,” the words “holy shit” escaped my mouth. I really try not to give that kind of feedback, but the 2025 Chevrolet Corvette ZR1 warrants it. A four-figure … Read more
How good are you at reverse parking? How reliant are you on that backup camera to stop you from stopping too far from or too close to that car behind? How do you think you’d fare in a reverse parking challenge against Max Orido, who can throw an MR-2 back to within an inch of … Read more
The ad for today’s Nice Price or No Dice Jag explains its sale is owed to the car being too much powerful for the present owner’s daily commute. Let’s see if it’s priced well enough for a new owner to attempt to tame this wild cat. The Audi RS6 Avant GT Is One Wicked Wagon … Read more
Photo: Facebook Marketplace Remember when Subaru brought the STI Type RA over to the U.S., and buyers collectively wondered “Hey, are you really charging $50,000 for a car with five more horsepower than the standard model?” This happened because American enthusiast buyers are by and large spec-sheet shoppers, who will endlessly compare and nitpick spreadsheet … Read more
Mad Mike Whiddett has some of the coolest cars out there — especially his drift stable. Earlier this year, Whiddett started on his boldest project yet: Dressing up a McLaren 650S GT3 in P1 GTR bodywork, slapping a triple-rotor engine in back and getting it sideways at Goodwood. Top Gear America Sneak Peek: Dax Drives … Read more
Photo: Czinger This year’s Goodwood Festival of Speed saw the outrageous Ford SuperVan claim the fastest hill climb time of the weekend, running up the hill in just 43.98 seconds. Sadly, that wasn’t enough to take the overall record crown from the McMurtry Spéirling, but there was a broken record in another major category. The … Read more
