BMW Exec Says Dual Clutch Transmissions Are On Their Way Out
Horsepower sells cars, especially those in the performance segment. BMW knows this, and with its M division pumping out more twist than ever, the automaker is facing an unexpected problem. The...
View ArticleThis Maniac Built a Chrysler That Can Run Low Nines
When blessed with money and time, there are many different ways to spend both. Many go straight to the simple solution, golfing. Others pass the hours and burn the bills on the open ocean, taking up...
View ArticleNASCAR drivers are punching each other again
At the XFINITY Series race at Bristol Motor Speedway Saturday, drivers Jeremy Clements and Ross Chastain solved their rain-delay boredom by clocking each other, according to Fox Sports. Apparently,...
View ArticleFerry Violently Slams into Dock in The Canary Islands
We may not be nautical experts but last time The Drive checked, you are not supposed to crash your ferry into the dock. According to reports, a ferry carrying 140 people left port Las Palmas in Gran...
View ArticleFeel The Brutality of Vintage Racing In This '69 Corvette Onboard Film
For all the safety innovations of the last 50 years-fireproof racing suits, energy-absorbing barriers, boatloads of driver aides-racing will always be a dangerous game. Still, it's a lot different from...
View ArticleThe 1991 Oldsmobile 98 Was The Last Olds That Was Worth A Damn
To paraphrase The Big Lebowski, sometimes there's a car... I won't say a hero, 'cause what's a hero? But sometimes, there's a car. And I'm talkin' about the Oldsmobile 98 here. Sometimes, there's a...
View ArticleWatch A Red Bull F1 Car Race A Superbike At Silverstone
Formula One cars are insanely fast. Sometimes, it's hard to really put that speed in to perspective when watching a Formula One race. It's only when you put one of these cars up against something else...
View ArticleGo Onboard With This Screaming 1974 Porsche 911 RSR At Road Atlanta
The sound of an uncorked vintage racing flat-six is an intoxication that cannot be sated by anything else. We would argue that there is no better uncorked-engine-note than a high strung air cooled...
View ArticleThe CEO Of Exotics Racing Has A Las Vegas Love Affair With A 991 GT3 RS
It doesn't take more than a couple videos from Porsche-obsessed YouTube channel Der Faszination to tell that they are slowly exploring their way through Las Vegas on a mission to expose every Porsche...
View ArticleIt's Easy To Feel The Porsche Heritage In An Old 356C
If you've ever been behind the wheel of an old Porsche, you'll know that there is a connection between the old guard and the new. There is something intrinsic in the way Porsche designs a car that...
View ArticleThe 2017 Toyota Corolla XLE Is the Entenmann's Cake of Compact Cars
Welcome to Critic's Notebook, a quick and off-the-cuff car review consisting of impressions, jottings, and marginalia regarding whatever The Drive writers happen to be driving. Today's edition: The...
View ArticleHonda Tailgates Bicyclist And Receives Instant Karma
The life of a bicyclist can be a difficult one. You are sweating before you even get to work, your friends compare you to Lance Armstrong and you share the road with two-ton projectiles that could...
View ArticleWatch a Superformance Ford GT40 Get Put Through Its Paces
The new, flying-buttressed Ford GT is arguably the hottest supercar of 2017. Today's awesome-internet-car-video, however, doesn't feature the EcoBoosted newborn, but rather, its legendary Le Mans...
View ArticleTexas Toyota Dealer Under Fire After Manager's Wife Wins Supra in Charity Raffle
The Internet is up in arms today after a Texas Toyota dealer has come under fire regarding the outcome of a charity raffle. The dealer, Toyota of Rockwall, recently collaborated with non-profit charity...
View ArticleHonda Might Be Bringing Back the Passport as a 2-Row Pilot
Looks like changes are coming to Honda's crossover lineup. According to a report from WardsAuto, the Japanese automaker is set to introduce a 2-row, short wheelbase version of the Pilot next year,...
View ArticleWatch a Bunch of Rally Cars Crash Into a Ditch
Those who enter rallies do so knowing full well there's a solid chance their car might not make it out in one piece. Crashing is just part of the rally game. This YouTube video shows how a handful of...
View ArticleOld Reliability Stories
What happens when you help create a study that focuses on long-term reliability?Your email runneth over every day with folks who are only too happy to tell you why their daily driver is the rolling...
View ArticleDelphi Plans Tesla-Like Over-the-Air Software Updates for Other Cars
One of the most talked-about Tesla features is the company's ability to push over-the-air software updates to its cars, letting Tesla add new features or fix bugs while the cars sit in owners'...
View ArticleSelf-Driving Cars Coming to British Highways in 2019
A fleet of self-driving car test vehicles will be unleashed on British roadways in 2019, according to a press release from a U.K.-based artificial intelligence company. The autonomous vehicles will be...
View ArticleFormula One Could Add a Second U.S. Race, Liberty Media Says
If you're an American and a fan of F1 racing-which, given the location and predilections of the average The Drive reader, you probably are-we've got some news that'll light up your whole week. Formula...
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