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No Engine Required
by David Gaston David Gaston View Photo GalleryForget about primitive wooden contraptions driven by towheaded tykes down a homemade ramp in Your Hometown, U.S.A. The new—make that the extreme—take on...
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Three-Wheeled Racer
by Courtesy Peugeot Courtesy Peugeot Talk about a dream job. A handful of lucky engineers just outside Paris earn their euros creating wild concept cars for Peugeot, and their only imperative is to...
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Go, Street Racer, Go
Lucky Brits Caparo's T1 is street-legal only in the U.K. To be sold in the U.S., it needs crash-testing and airbags. Courtesy David Kimber; Background Illustration: Graham Murdoch Wanna buy a racecar?...
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NASCAR Not All That Much "SAFER"
Kurt Busch's vehicle, after hitting the SAFER barrier at Homestead-Miami Speedway in 2006. Jared Smith (cc-by-sa 2.0) It's likely that the death of Dale Earnhardt has saved lives. From head restraints...
View ArticleGo, Street Racer, Go
Wanna buy a racecar? No problem, I know a guy. Two, actually--veteran engineers from the renowned McLaren supercar shop. Their new company, Caparo Vehicle Technologies, has…
View ArticleNASCAR Not All That Much "SAFER"
Its likely that the death of Dale Earnhardt has saved lives. From head restraints to stronger frames, significant action has been taken since the NASCAR stars passing to protect other drivers...
View ArticleMore Speed, Less Guilt
It's hard to think about the planet when you're hurtling across it at 150 mph. Yet recent auto shows from Geneva to New York have unveiled concept sports cars that pursue…
View ArticleSpeeding Past the Competition
Checking your tire pressure might save you a few cents on gas, but the technology behind rubber meeting road is a bit more critical in F1 racing than in commuter frugality.
View ArticleNASCAR Driver Fined $200K for 0.17 Cubic Inch Engine Violation
How much is 0.17 cubic inches worth to you? If your name is Carl Long, the answer is: much more than $200,000. That's the monetary fine (the largest in NASCAR history) that Long received last week for...
View ArticleFerrari's F458 Italia In the Flesh, Adorned With LEDs: Beautiful
Ferrari's latest V8 supercar, unveiled with renderings last week, has now been photographed in carne e ossa. It is unsurprisingly pretty, right down to the grid of LEDs…
View Article767-Horsepower Hybrid Porsche 918 RSR Unveiled in Detroit
The Detroit Auto Show is kicking off this morning, and the first big news from the showroom is the Porsche 918 RSR, a hybrid supercar that not only takes design cues from sexy predecessors like the...
View ArticleVideo: Bloodhound Driver's Suit Survives Flamethrower Bombardment,...
As the Thrust SuperSonic Car team constructs the 1,000 MPH Bloodhound rocket car, separate teams are working on a protective suit for driver Andy Green, so he feels safe even…
View ArticleStudent Engineers Use 3-D Printing To Boost A Custom-Built Electric Racecar
For the Formula Student 2012, a motocross competition held at England's Silverstone Circuit, 124 teams from universities around the globe spent a year designing and…
View Article10 Electric Race Cars, From The Dragstrip To Pikes Peak
Click here to enter the gallery Electric cars are certainly becoming a more familiar sight on the roads these days, but in the ultra-competitive world of professional motor…
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Formula E Releases Calendar for 2015-16 Season
FIA Formula E Worldwide Race Schedule 2015-16FIA The FIA World Motorsport Council recently approved a second 11-race season for the Formula E series, which will have 10 teams competing in 2015-16....
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A Human Driver Vs. Robby The Autonomous Racecar
How Does Robby DriveAudi engineers program Sonoma Raceway’s general specifications—its width and elevation changes—into the autonomous RS7, but it’s up to the car, known as Robby (short for “robot”),...
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Erica Muxlow Hacks Cars--On A Budget
Erica Muxlow Races on the 24 Hours of LeMons CircuitMuxlow in Sesame State, her team’s hacked 1986 BMW 325es, in Buttonwillow, CA, this June. The car lost third and fourth gears midrace—and still...
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This Cop Turned A Helicopter Into An Amphibious Racecar
DIY A custom chopper-pontoon-racecar Jeff Bloch, a novelty-car builder and D.C. police officer, turned a junked helicopter into an amphibious racecar.
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A portable jump-starter for 71 percent off? I'd buy it.
Gadgets It can charge your phone. It's $170 off. A portable jump starter for my car, 71 percent off? I'd buy it. Read on.
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The worst thing about electric cars might not be an issue for much longer
From Our Blogs: Nexus Media News Is "range anxiety" a thing of the past? In addition to nationwide volunteer peer-to-peer sharing, cities, states, utilities and private companies are setting up...
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