The current E92 BMW M3's V8 engine is a glorious powerplant, a testament to all that is good and wonderful about internal combustion. But I'll always have a soft spot for the straight six in the old E46 M3. There's just something right about it.
The common stereotype of the polite, restrained midwesterner entirely breaks down in a little sliver of insanity called Lincoln, Nebraska. All the people have the reserved countenance and robustness of the God-fearing flatlander, yet that only serves to hide the real truth: These people are nuts. Is it football? is it…
Thanks to a loophole, one team built their own Porsche 917 and raced it at Le Mans in 1981, ten years after the car was effectively banned. Maison Blanche has the whole story. (H/T
The 24 Hours of Le Mans hasn't even started and already a Ferrari has crashed. This impact was big enough to break a tire wall and its retaining fence, as well as red flag the practice session.
Here's the scenario: a "14-year-old in Indonesia" sits in front of a laptop, gives an evil laugh and says whatever is Indonesian for 'check this out.' He furiously types on the keyboard, dramatically hits "enter," and then immediately cars start crashing in LA. AOL says this can happen. We say that's bullshit.
What appear to be three very stupid criminals shot and killed a man three weeks ago in suburban Toronto, but not before slowly driving past five neighborhood security cameras. Can you help the police identify the car?
With little fanfare or widespread media attention outside of Indiana, Carbon Motors filed for bankruptcy on June 7. It would seem that the saga of their purpose-built police cars with powerful BMW diesel engines has finally come to a sad and ignominious end.
You, the Internet, raised $22,226 for "Easier Said Than Done,"
Derek Jenkins arrived in a dune buggy. A vicious little Meyers Manx street rod, snarling and popping from dual Webers and a Yoshimura motorcycle exhaust, sinister in semi-glossy gray paint—it's a Lamborghini color in fact, Grigio Telesto.