An Austrian sings the Star Spangled Banner and Land Rover sends its flagship to fat camp.
- Less car shoppers are test driving before buying
- Event tracking black boxes will probably start being placed in cars
- If you’re going to buy a car, don’t deal with someone in another country
- BMW to bring “Sports Tourer” 3 Series Touring wagon to the U.S.
- New, 700 pound lighter Range Rover unveiled
Ken Block goes for a spin in San Francisco, a truck spills some rocks on a now-flat car, and a man attempts to claim a beach with his Nissan.
- This is what happens when you drop a few too many rocks on a car.
- Watch the Subaru BR-Z’s hot (literally) new commercial.
- Recap of Sunday’s F1 British Grand Prix at Silverstone.
- Man drives into ocean while screaming “this is my beach”!
Like most of my coworkers at Mojo Motors, I’m a car nut, though I might have the ‘itus a bit worse. You see I’ve been obsessed since I was a kid. For 7 years I ran an automotive performance shop, did a fair bit of racing (and crashing), and just generally got my hands dirty.
Like any good gear head, I like racing, but it’s always been more about the cars than the sport. I follow NASCAR, but from a technology standpoint it just doesn’t do it for me. Formula One however, is what really gets me going. The thing is, Formula One is also really, really boring.
That being said, I’ve been able to look past the boringness, lack of competition, and lack of action (passes in F1… not so frequent) because the cars are so damn cool. 1300lbs, 900 horsepower, carbon fiber construction, crazy aero – it’s got it all. I mean, the steering wheel alone would confuse an astronaut (see below for evidence). I’ve made the track to Montreal Canada numerous times to attend the Grand Prix du Canada and it’s always worth it. The sound of an F1 car alone is worth the price of admission.
Electric cars and plug-in hybrids aren’t typically seen as being cool cars because they’re not. The Jaguar C-X75 is an exception and a cool used car of the future for a few reasons.
- It’s a hybrid supercar
- Each wheel has its own electric engine that total up to 700+ horsepower
- It will be built by a Formula-1 racing team
- Zero to 60 MPH in under 3 seconds
- Top speed of over 200 MPH
