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Tuesday, July 7, 2009

World's Fastest Convertible: 253 MPH Bugatti Veyron 16.4 Grand Sport


The Bugatti Veyron Grand Sport is officially the fastest road legal production convertible. That is, if you consider a 223 MPH top-down jaunt across the French countryside road legal and you consider 150 units a "production" model.

Robogasm 2 Begins In 24 Hours...


In honor of the Transformers 2: Revenge Of The Fallen robogasm, we'll have special coverage starting midnight-plus-one tomorrow night at the Transformers 2 tag. You won't want to miss it. Unless of course you hate giant freakin' robots. And America.

Saturday, June 6, 2009

Bentley Hunaudières


After being purchased by VW and separated from Rolls Royce, Bentley needed a new direction. The Hunaudiéres was named for the straight where the company originally made its name during the 24 Hours of Le Mans race and previews a company interested in making speedy super cars.
Closest Modern Vehicle: The design did impact the look of the Bentley Continental GT, but the W16 engine and overall layout wound up in the Bugatti Veyron.

Thursday, May 28, 2009

2010 Mustang Gets Some Serious Wheel Weights, Too


We're familiar with the issue, so when we saw tons of on the Camaro Indy pace car, we thought it strange. Turns out is just as bad. Seems we stirred up the pot with our little observation and the guys over at Super Chevy got curious about the competition's car, so they went poking around some 2010 Mustangs and found an almost identical length of balancing weights. The conventional wisdom says if this much weight was needed, either someone doesn't know what they're doing or there's something wrong with the wheel or tire. We're starting to think these kinds of long strips will be getting more common as large wheels remain popular and lead wheel weights get phased out of usage after the California ban.

2010 Mercedes E-Class Coupe: First Drive


Replacing the CLK, the Mercedes adopts a similar look to the new E-Class Sedan and most of its mechanicals. It's just a shame it's not as fun to drive as the four-door.

Thursday, May 21, 2009

This Is Why People Think Audi Drivers Are Asshats


According to the photographer, the owner of this Audi R8 took up four handicapped spaces at Costco and was appropriately ticketed. Wait, why are we feeling this sense of deja vu all over again?

Friday, April 24, 2009

RENNtech Mercedes C63 AMG SPEC.R: First Drive


Miami Cops have unmarked Altimas and laser guns. The RENN has a top speed of 187 MPH and luckily, sports a custom rear-view mirror-embedded radar/laser-detecting and jamming system. I used it, often.