Ever wonder what five blown and pissed off V8s running simultaneously sounds like? Ever get the urge to build a tractor with somewhere north of 10,000 horsepower? Then you’ll like the above video, courtesy of BangShift. It shows the Black Widow pulling tractor being started for an exhibition in Holland. Want [...] ... [Read]

Back in the beginning of February I posted up the Top Ten Automotive Flash Games. Well, the response was so overwhelming that I figured we should do a Part II. I mean the Internet is REALLY big and I couldn’t have found all of them right? So, I did more digging, played more games (life’s [...] ... [Read]

We’ve all been caught in the act at one time or another, haven’t we? No matter how careful you are to check under the car seats, delete the call log on your phone or wipe out the cookies on your computer before the significant other asks, “Why were you at a website called tinytrannyhookers.com?”, [...] ... [Read]

I really hope this isn’t true. Obviously Toyota has been under some serious scrutiny over the past few months due to recalling most of their product line for faulty accelerator pedals. These accelerator problems have caused the automobiles to lunge forward without warning sometimes resulting in collisions and even death. Toyota has been working frantically [...] ... [Read]

Rudy Heeman, like most mechanics, likes to tinker in his spare time. Not content to wrench on cars or bikes, the New Zealander prefers to build hovercraft. His latest invention (currently up for auction at the New Zealand site, Trade Me) is dubbed the W.I.G, short for Wing In Ground Effect. Why [...] ... [Read]

The Toyota unintended acceleration debacle has lawmakers pondering ways to keep our highways safe from flaming death. Most obvious is mandating a brake override system on all new cars sold in the United States, currently under consideration by the FHTSA. Just in case you’ve been living in a cave for the past six [...] ... [Read]

I’d held back reporting on the Lexus 200h hybrid’s introduction at Geneva, since we were told that it wouldn’t be coming to the U.S. market. Lexus has apparently changed their minds and will introduce the four door hatch at the upcoming New York Auto Show. So what is the 200h? It’s a global premium [...] ... [Read]

God bless the Ford Motor Company. We’ve dealt with a lot of automotive garbage over the last year at the hands of U.S. auto manufactures. They’ve laid off thousands of workers, closed assembly plants and taken government bailout money. Ford however has done the opposite. They posted profits for 2009 and never took a nickle [...] ... [Read]

Early funny cars were evil tempered, ill-handling deathtraps that were as likely to blow up as make it down the 1/4 mile. The above vid is AHRA drag racing history at its finest: Danny Ongais, best known for his exploits behind the wheel of an Indy car, pilots a 1,500 horsepower Mustang funny car [...] ... [Read]

Cars have gotten good, maybe too good, over the past few decades. Skills that were essential even twenty years ago have all but been forgotten. Who needs to check tire pressure when you have sensors to do this for you? Who wants to learn to drive a manual when there are so [...] ... [Read]

Well Ladies and Gentlemen, this is it. The final segment in Ridelust.com’s car chase series. Over the past 2 months we gathered some of the best car chases from the 1970’s all the way up to present day. In total there are 41 chases… that’s a lot. We’ve got down and dirty originals from such [...] ... [Read]

Lotus will show a hybrid version of the Evora at the upcoming Geneva Motor Show. Called the Lotus Evora 414E Hybrid (at least until marketing works their branding magic), the car is powered by lithium polymer batteries driving one electric motor at each rear wheel. The motors produce 207 horsepower each, so the [...] ... [Read]

For those of you who don’t know, the 24 Hours of LeMon’s Racing Series is a no-holds-barrded showdown between cars purchased for no more than $500. I ran one event last season at Stafford Speedway in CT. in a 1963 Chevrolet Corvair and to say it was chaos would be very kind indeed. To give [...] ... [Read]

The second generation Porsche Cayenne is set to be unveiled at the upcoming Geneva Motor Show, but the widespread distribution of bootleg images on the internet have convinced Porsche to release press photos ahead of time. As you can see from the above and below images, Porsche was conservative with the restyling of their [...] ... [Read]

Denis Leary said it best when he said: “Happiness comes in small doses folks. It’s a cigarette butt, or a chocolate chip cookie or a five second orgasm. You come, you smoke the butt, you eat the cookie you go to sleep wake up and go back to fucking work the next morning, THAT’S IT! [...] ... [Read]

Do you need a four seater convertible that will get you and three of your closest friends from zero to sixty in under four seconds? Need a ragtop that will break the 200 mph barrier (though probably not with the top down)? Well then, roll out the Gulfstream G5 and get your ass [...] ... [Read]