The Col de Turini is one of the most famous stretches of road in the world, curling along the Alps close to the French/Italian border. Watch this video and you'll understand why it's so well known.
The 2015 Chevy Colorado is the most refined mid-sized truck in America right now, and packs plenty of capability. But for some reason you just don't care. Toyota sold almost twice as many Tacomas last month and the brand-new GM only beat the geriatric Nissan Frontier by 74 sales.
The Amish, a famously nice people who tend to avoid modern technology, appear to have discovered there is one joy of modern life that is completely impossible to resist. And that joy is the snow-nut, or a donut in the snow. Even if your snow-nuts can only be done with horse and buggy.
Behold! The Cayman we've been waiting for! The GT4 has everything we've ever wanted in Porsche's mid-engine sled. It has the 991-derived 3.8-liter flat six, components shared with the GT3, and only one transmission option: a manual. Oh, and it ripped through the Nürburgring in 7:40 – right on par with the last-gen 911…
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AAAAAAHHH MOTHERLANDDD! I, Daniil Kyvat, wrestle Formula One cars as if they were a bear! Oh, hey, that's a wall. Uh. Uh. We brought a spare, right? NYET? Turns out, Red Bull's mad dash to get the car ready for testing at Jerez meant that they only had one front wing on hand. Oops!
So Chrysler isn't the only one into sticking crazy Easter Eggs in their cars. Ford's fond of doing it too, at least in their press photos. Check what's playing on the 2016 Ford Focus RS's infotainment system.
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Uber and Mothers Against Drunk Driving last week put out a report suggesting Uber helped reduced drunk-driving accidents. However, the claim gets a little wobbly when you take a closer look at the numbers, as ProPublica just did. Now MADD is backing away from the assertion, claiming the relationship is "purely…
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If you've been waiting to obsessive over every weld, every bolt, every carbon fiber and unobtainium bit on Honda's latest entries in MotoGP, today is your day.
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Time for your weekly edition of the Deadspin Funbag. Got something on your mind? Email the Funbag. Today, we're covering Gronk, warring with Canada, caveman masturbation, and more.
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An iconic London double-decker bus was just driving around London, doing its thing, when it hit some low-hanging branches and got its top completely peeled back like the people inside were delicious, delicious sardines. Which isn't very nice.
I was invited to Topaz Detailing last week to take some photos of the supercars they're putting paint protection film on. These are only very quick snaps, but I hope you enjoy them anyway.
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London's Metropolitan Police is out with a new study that estimates over 6,000 cars were stolen in the city using electronic key spoofing technology, accounting for an average of 17 vehicles lifted each day.
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When a winter storm left bus drivers in Canada's biggest city literally spinning their wheels, residents asked public officials whether or not transit vehicles are fitted with winter tires.
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Before new cars are released, manufacturers often give prototypes to their established factory drivers, if for nothing more than a little fine-tuning. In Gymkhana master Ken Block's case, Ford gave him a brand new 2016 Ford Focus RS prototype, just so he could drive it like a nut through the company's own factory.
As gas prices fall, more people are considering larger displacement vehicles to drive to and from the buffet. Newsflash, Cletus - it makes more sense than ever to buy a car that gets great mileage, while still giving you a swift kick in the back every now and again. Here are the ten best cars for less than $4,000 that…
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IMSA announced today that BAR1 Motorsports' #16 car, a hilariously liveried "SpongeBob SquarePants" Prototype Challenge entry, failed to meet the minimum drive time required for one of their amateurs at the Rolex 24 at Daytona. IMSA isn't cutting them a break on it, either.
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Proving that he's not some one-trick lying pony, Lance Armstrong branched out from his trademark lying about taking performance-enhancing drugs to try lying about hitting some parked cars according to police reports. After a night out in Aspen, Armstrong lost control of his Yukon, hit a couple parked cars, and sent…
I wanted a Lancia Delta Integrale. I really did.
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Motorcycle drop tests are one of those things that everyone does, but no one really talks about. Alta Motors wants to shed some light on the process, even if it's just a video of them dropping their new electric bike a couple stories from a makeshift rig.
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Here's a great example of trucks helping trucks, and an even better opportunity for Ford fanboys to fap themselves silly. The snowdump might be finished, but the streets of Chicago look pretty hopeless in the aftermath and this F-150 pulls off a righteous recovery effort.
