I’m not a stock broker and I don’t play one on TV, but you had to see this coming. After shooting up a staggering 41% on the first day of trading, shares of Tesla stock are now selling below their IPO pricing of $17 per share. How much lower? As of today, they’re trading at [...] ... [Read]

Today’s World Cup matches are the last before the quarter-finals begin on July 2. Look for teams to substitute new entries designed to challenge the opposition, as no country wants to go home just yet. Paraguay vs Japan Paraguay is the second poorest country in South America. It has neither domestic automobile production nor foreign [...] ... [Read]

If you were lucky enough to get in on Tesla’s IPO this morning, you probably paid around $17 per share. Congratulations, you’ve already made money: shares were selling for as high as $19 today, before dropping back to $18.75 in afternoon trading. The $226 million raised by Tesla will be used to open the former [...] ... [Read]

Virtually every SUV sold in the U.S. now features some variation of stability control programming. Ford, looking to live down the earlier Explorer’s reputation for being prone to rollover, has announced an enhanced stability control system called “Curve Control”. Software-based and requiring no additional hardware, Curve Control will be implemented on 90% of Ford’s trucks, [...] ... [Read]

LeftLaneNews.com is reporting that these are in fact spy photo’s of the new 2012 Jeep Grand Cherokee SRT8. Yesterday we told you guys that just about every Chrysler fan out there was sitting on the edge of their seats waiting to see how much power the new 6.4L HEMI’s were going to put out. 480 [...] ... [Read]

This past weekend I headed up to Monticello Motor Club in Monticello, NY to do a bit of instruction with the National Auto Sport Association (NASA). I had been itching to get back on the track as it has been over a month since we ran in the One Lap of America. At first I [...] ... [Read]

Remember all those issues of Popular Science that told us we’d be driving flying cars by the year 2000? Sure, the bastards lied to us, but flying cars may soon be a reality thanks to some flexibility from the FAA. The Terrafugia Transition, pictured above, represents our best hope for a flying car. Until recently, [...] ... [Read]

While sitting at my desk wondering what to write about I started pondering if I would one day actually plunk down some money for an electric car. I started running cycles through my head as to the pro’s and con’s and wondered if it would ever make financial sense for me. I thought about my [...] ... [Read]

Though today isn’t a good example, we should see some closer competition in the coming rounds. There are two games today and two games tomorrow, so check back for the latest results. U.S. vs. Ghana As in the last match from June 23, the United States fields the ZR-1 Corvette. The 638 horsepower supercharged V8 [...] ... [Read]

I remember years ago when the mere sight of an exotic car was a special event. For example if you were lucky enough to catch a glimpse of a Ferrari or Lamborghini on the open road you would immediately rush home to tell your friends about it. They were special and something that only a [...] ... [Read]

I love the fact that men in general will do just about anything to publicly humiliate and or cause themselves bodily harm. Maybe it’s in our genetic code or maybe it’s simply the way we are wired. Either way though the body of the human male is extremely good at taking punishment so it was [...] ... [Read]

This has got to be the cheapest way to shave seconds off you lap times, at least on your PlayStation 3. If you’re like me and favor a controller over a steering wheel and pedals for gaming, the HKS Racing controller makes good sense. The left side directional buttons are replaced by a thumbwheel with [...] ... [Read]

People have been creating human powered submarines for years, in fact they’re really nothing new. Now it seems that another one has joined the ranks and it’s called the Subster. Developed by French designers Minh-Lôc Truong and Stéphane Rousson, the Subster actually just completed its first successful test run at a speed of 6.2 mph. [...] ... [Read]

If you’re like most people you’ve always lusted after having a Ferrari in your garage. It really doesn’t matter what model it is as long as it’s got that prancing horse on it. If you’re like artist Anthony James you may in fact get what you’re looking for but in an entirely different sense. I [...] ... [Read]

Motorsports can provide fans with everything they’ve ever wanted. They’ve got speed, adrenaline, excitement and sometimes even crashes. There are times however when the fans and photographers of these events get just a little too close and when that happens, well… things just go wrong. Click play to find out what I’m talking about. Source: [...] ... [Read]

First, let me throw out a “well done” for the U.S. team to advance as far as they did in the tournament, and give congratulations to Ghana for their well earned victory in the “other” world cup. Now back to what matters here – bench racing in a country versus country showdown. Today we’ve got [...] ... [Read]