The 2018 French Grand Prix is in the books and unsurprisingly, Lewis Hamilton won easily with a new engine in his Mercedes, while Red Bull’s Max Verstappen managed not to crash for the second race in a row and claimed second, followed by Ferrari’s Kimi Raikkonen in the third and final podium position. The race’s […]
Volkswagen’s new electric racing car shattered the existing Pikes Peak record with a run up the iconic mountain in Colorado…
The closest thing you can get to the Audi LeMans race car – the 2018 R8 V10 RWS – emerges from Jay Leno’s Garage this week. It only goes a paltry 199 miles per hour but if you want to get over that 200 mph hump then you can spring for the V10+ model that […]
As expected, Lewis Hamilton with a new Mercedes engine, won easily at the 2018 French Grand Prix at the Circuit Paul Ricard. Red Bull’s Max Verstappen came home in a distant second and Ferrari’s Kimi Raikkonen was an even more distant third. Hamilton was the pole-sitter for the race and led nearly start-to-finish – only […]
The newest season of “Comedians in Cars Getting Coffee” debuts on Netflix on July 6, 2018 – here is the trailer showing what is in store [a Volkswagen Thing and a Toyota Land Cruiser, amongst others]…
Formula One has extended its contract with the Belgian Grand Prix – held at one of the racing circuit’s iconic tracks – Spa-Francorchamps in the Ardennes mountains – through 2021. The Spa-Francorchamps track first hosted a grand prix in 1925. This is the first grand prix circuit contract renewal since Liberty Media took over ownership […]
Red Bull has made it official – they will switch engine suppliers from Renault to Honda – for the 2019 [and 2020] Formula One racing seasons. Prior to the divorce, Red Bull had been aligned with Renault for 12 years and won world championships with Sebastian Vettel at the wheel from 2010 to 2013. However, […]
The Oscar Mayer Weinerfleet [consisting of the iconic automobile along with cycles, rovers and drones] has a new addition – a space-age, James Bond-like JetPack [just in case you are having a picnic on a remote beach and absolutely need to have your hot dog delivered]…
Last week, Jay Leno went back to the future. This week, he goes back to the past with a 1934 Ford Roadster [with a Chevy engine] emerging from his garage…
Fernando Alonso – along with teammates Sebastian Buemi and Kazuki Nakajima – won the 24 Hours of Le Mans endurance race for Toyota, which had never won the fabled endurance motor race. With no major automobile manufacturers in the race, Toyota had little competition though, as the SMP and Rebellion teams in their hybrid class […]
A 1963 Ferrari 250 GTO that won the Tour de France has been purchased for $70 million by Chicago-based David MacNeil [founder and CEO of WeatherTech – which makes floor mats for vehicles]. Only 39 Ferrari 250 GTO’s were built between 1962 and 1964. MacNeil adds the 1963 Ferrari 250 GTO to his collection which […]
Ford has used some of that money they will not be using to build mid-size sedans in the future to buy the Michigan Central Station instead. Ford will reveal plans for the abandoned train station next week [on June 19, 2018 in a community celebration]. The Beaux-Arts Classical building was designed by the same firm […]
Ferrari’s Sebastian Vettel won two races this weekend as he took the checkered flag twice at the 2018 Canadian Grand Prix. It was a snoozer of a race as Vettel, starting from the pole, drove away from everybody else and was mostly never seen again while the other five drivers with the most realistic chance […]
One of the most iconic film cars – the DeLorean used in the 1985 hit movie “Back to the Future” – emerges from Jay Leno’s Garage this week…
Ferrari’s Sebastian Vettel won the 2018 Canadian Grand Prix twice – once when the checkered flag was waved a lap early and once again when the race ended a lap later. Mercedes’ Valtteri Bottas was second and Red Bull’s Max Verstappen finished on the podium in the third and final position. It was a snoozer […]
The LEGO version of the Renault-powered Formula One race car had a difficult time in the first race after encountering the minor issue of keeping a wheel on, but – after an overnight trip to the garage – it was fast enough to beat the fire truck in this advertisement emphasizing the partnership between the […]
Hyundai may want you to get excited about the prospect of owning a 2019 Veloster – but you will be challenged to come to that conclusion based on this preview video from the company…
Despite a pending lawsuit, Jerry Seinfeld’s “Comedians in Cars Getting Coffee” will go ahead with a premiere on Netflix on July 6, 2018. The 12-episode Season 10 of “Comedians in Cars Getting Coffee” will feature Kate McKinnon, Ellen DeGeneres, Hasan Minhaj, Dana Carvey, Neil Brennan, Tracy Morgan, Brian Regan, Alec Baldwin, Zach Galifinakis, John Mulaney, […]
“The King” is a documentary movie on Elvis Presley by Eugene Jarecki that really stars Presley’s 1963 Rolls-Royce. “The King,” already premiered at the Sundance Film Festival and the prestigious Cannes Film Festival before being released commercially by film studio Oscilloscope on June 22, 2018. The film re-traces Presley’s life from his birthplace of Tupelo, […]
Bumblebee is back as a 1967 Volkswagen Beetle – and not Chevrolet Camaro – and also doesn’t like Rick Astley, as depicted in this trailer for the film due out in December 2018 and starring Hailee Steinfeld…