Jerry Seinfeld – or rather, Jerry Seinfeld’s lawyers – won a lawsuit regarding the origin of the “Comedians in Cars Getting Coffee” series. The lawsuit was filed by director Christian Charles, who directed Seinfeld in memorable American Express commercials from the 1990s, the 2002 documentary “Comedian” as well as the pilot for “Comedians in Cars […]
Amazon’s “The Grand Tour” is set to get a new production company, moving from W Chump & Sons – a company set up by executive producer Andy Wilman, Jeremy Clarkson, Richard Hammond and James May after they left “Top Gear” on the BBC network – to Expectation, the BBC Studios-backed production company founded by former […]
Swiss authorities have seized a collection of supercars from Teodorin Nguema Obiang – the son of Equatorial Guinea’s president – and are auctioning them off in Geneva, Switzerland. Teodorin Nguema Obiang is vice-president to his father, Teodoro Obiang Nguema, who has ruled Equatorial Guinea for 40 years and Swiss authorities have seized 25 of his […]
It was another Mercedes 1-2 – but it was not the typical snoozefest their 1-2 finishes have been in the past – as defending Formula One world champion Lewis Hamilton comfortably won the 2019 Russian Grand Prix over his Mercedes teammate, Valtteri Bottas in second and Ferrari’s Charles Leclerc in third. The race began as […]
Charles Leclerc took the pole position – his fourth in a row – for Ferrari for tomorrow’s 2019 Russian Grand Prix. Leclerc’s Ferrari teammate Sebastian Vettel took third with defending Formula One world champion Lewis Hamilton sandwiched in between them for Mercedes. Red Bull’s Max Verstappen took the fourth position ahead of Hamilton’s Mercedes teammate, […]
Ferrari’s Charles Leclerc got the top time in Free Practice 1 at the 2019 Russian Grand Prix and Red Bull’s Max Verstappen got the best time in Free Practice 2 as five cars from Ferrari, Mercedes and Red Bull populated the top six spots as usual. The only missing car – Verstappen’s Red Bull teammate, […]
LEGO got a blue Caterham Seven and employed a white rabbit as a driver in their attempt to “Rebuild the World” – and what could be better in a rebuilt LEGO world than a flying Caterham Seven with a white rabbit behind the wheel, right?
Sebastian Vettel won the 2019 Singapore Grand Prix as Ferrari went 1-2 and won their third consecutive race since the summer break. Vettel’s teammate Charles Leclerc finished second and Red Bull’s Max Verstappen claimed the third and final podium position. Leclerc was the pole-sitter with defending champion Lewis Hamilton starting in second and Vettel starting […]
Defending Formula One champion Lewis Hamilton rebounded from a pair of sub-par performances in Belgium and Italy to dominate the first two practices of the weekend’s upcoming 2019 Singapore Grand Prix. Hamilton was fastest for his F1-leading Mercedes team – a mere 0.184 seconds ahead of Red Bull’s Max Verstappen [himself recovering from a pair […]
Haas somewhat inexplicably kept both Kevin Magnussen and Romain Grosjean as their team’s drivers for the 2020 Formula One racing season. After Hulkenberg was dropped from the Renault team in favor of current Mercedes reserve driver Esteban Ocon, Haas was widely expected to snap up Hulkenberg, but instead, Haas announced no driver lineup changes for […]
A 1967 Pontiac GTO used in the 2002 Vin Diesel-starring movie “xXx” emerges from Jay Leno’s Garage this week…
1950s-era cars get after each other in pursuit of the 2019 St. Mary’s Trophy at the 2019 Goodwood Revival…
In the absence of a Formula One race this weekend there is the 2019 Settrington Cup – which was a runaway as Joe Stanley took his blue Austin A40 out faster than Sam Lewis and the two of them left everybody in the dust at the 2019 Goodwood Revival…
It’s a parking lot drag race in Jay Leno’s Garage this week between the 1991 Nissan Figaro and the iconic 1992 Mazda Autozam AZ-1 in an epic Japanese mini-car battle that employs Jay as the driver of the Autozam against comic actor Tim Allen as the driver of the Figaro…
Oliver the 1963 Opel Kadett has resurfaced from the Botswana Special in 2007’s Season 10 of the formerly beloved “Top Gear”. Richard Hammond’s choice of car to drive across Botswana emerges from posterity to take its place alongside the Ferrari 458 Speciale belonging to James May as both of them try to ply current Ferrari […]
Today is National Video Games Day and to recognize that, Honda has concocted a brief ode to their cars that have appeared over the years in a variety of video games. Honda’s video features 15 Honda vehicles starting with the 1996 Civic behind the start line and ending with the 2018 Honda Civic Type R […]
Formula One racing team Haas has – finally – parted ways with one of their primary sponsors, Rich Energy, after a long and convoluted season that involved a lost court case over a bike brand logo, some contract terminations, the formation of a new company and, naturally, some entertaining tweets on Twitter. But this is […]
Global spirits giant Diageo – via Formula One sponsor, Johnnie Walker – began their anti-drunk driving “Join the Pact” campaign in 2008 and have now successfully garnered more than 20 million consumer pledges after August numbers were released. Diageo’s target is 50 million pledges by 2025. Former two-time F1 world champion Mika Häkkinen is one […]
Ferrari has won their second consecutive grand prix in the 2019 Formula One season with Charles Leclerc claiming victory in the 2019 Italian Grand Prix at Monza. Leclerc held off both Mercedes of Valterri Bottas and his teammate and defending champion Lewis Hamilton, who finished second and third, respectively. Leclerc was the pole-sitter for the […]
Charles Leclerc snagged his second consecutive pole position by claiming the pole for the 2019 Italian Grand Prix – making it two-for-two for Ferrari over Mercedes. Mercedes had the next two spots as defending Formula One world champion, Lewis Hamilton, was second and his teammate, Valtteri Bottas, was third. Leclerc’s Ferrari teammate, Sebastian Vettel was […]