May 18, 2012 by Benjamin Preston
America is in the midst of the biggest energy boom since Texas' 20th Century Gusher Age. All over the country, new drilling techniques have created an abundance of cheap natural gas. With domestic production at more than 25 billion cubic feet per day, prices are as low as they've ever been. More »
Why We Aren’t Driving Natural Gas Powered Cars
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May 18, 2012 by Matt Hardigree
The Ferrari P4/5 Competizione just made history during 24 Hours of Nürburgring qualifying by setting the fastest lap ever in a Ferrari-powered vehicle, besting the Ferrari 599XX's 6:58.16 with a time of just 6:51. And his car is street legal. Sort of. More »
The P4/5 Competizione Is The Fastest Ferrari Ever To Lap The ‘Ring
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May 18, 2012 by Jason Torchinsky
Times of technological transition make interesting things. Because of the transitional nature of the things, they're usually not destined to be around long, but they're absolutely necessary for a certain magical moment. Think 8-track to cassette adapters or those USB 3.5" floppy drives they had for the first iMacs. More »
How A Mechanical Horse Is Like An HDTV Converter Box
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May 18, 2012 by Wes Siler
Mitsubishi will enter the wild tube-frame, carbon-body AWD electric racecar you see here at this Year's Pikes Peak hillclimb. One electric motor drives the front wheels and two power the rear for a total output of 320 HP. More »
Mitsubishi i-MiEv Goes Evo
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May 17, 2012 by Jason Torchinsky
Like an adorable, tiny zombie popping out of its tiny, adorable window-box grave, the Peel P50 and Peel Trident are back from the dead. Neither of the tiny, tiny cars has been built since 1966, but a new company, with funding from the BBC's show Dragon's Den, is starting production up once again, as announced earlier this year. They're street legal in the UK and US, and you can buy them for an absurd price £10,000 ($16,000). More »
The World’s Smallest Cars Are Back On Sale, For Insane Money
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May 17, 2012 by Bradley Price
My buddy Bradley Price owns an old '83 Alfa Romeo GTV6 and lets me ride in it occasionally. Also he makes these incredible watches for people like him who love vintage style but can't afford to drop thousands of dollars on a car-inspired watch. I can't give you a ride in his Alfa but I did ask him to explain how he started a brand and how his watches ended up looking so unbelievably glorious. More »
How I Turned A Passion For Cars Into This Gauge-Inspired Watch
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May 17, 2012 by Mike Spinelli
If you only know the late Carroll Shelby for his tuner cars, you're missing an amazing story of how, during the mid-1960s, his little, nerd-filled race shop in Los Angeles helped Henry Ford II exercise his famous vendetta against Enzo Ferrari. Playboy editor A.J. Baime tells that story in his book, Go Like Hell: Ford, Ferrari, and Their Battle for Speed and Glory at Le Mans. More »
How Carroll Shelby And A Gang Of Nerds Beat Enzo Ferrari
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May 17, 2012 by Wes Siler
Nelson Piquet Jr. will be running this new livery in the NASCAR Truck race in Charlotte, NC this weekend. Created by UK-based artist Death Spray Custom, the unique livery is a shocking foray into credible design for the popular race series. More »
This Is NASCAR’s New Art Truck
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May 17, 2012 by Benjamin Preston
Mere days before Facebook goes public, General Motors announced that it will pull $10 million in advertising from the social media site. GM execs told the Wall Street Journal they're not getting appropriate bang for their buck from Facebook's paid ad content. More »
GM Will Remove $10 Million Worth Of Ads From Facebook
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May 16, 2012 by Raphael Orlove
A new leaked document reveals the exact layout and plans for the next Formula One circuit, the Grand Prix of America in New Jersey. The map explains some of the many challenges in bringing F1 to the New York metro area. More »
The Complete Master Plan To New Jersey’s Formula One Grand Prix
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