Jeremy Clarkson Answers More Questions From A Pub
Current “The Grand Tour” and former “Top Gear” co-host, Jeremy Clarkson answers questions from the past – in this case, from a pub in 2019…
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Latest Score From Washington – Tumbleweeds 1, Cars 0
The Invasion of the Tumbleweeds sounds like it should be a bad horror movie title but it was a real life event near Richland, Washington, as tumbleweeds – usually seen scurrying across a roadway after gusts of wind – instead decided to stay, colonize a highway and engulf any cars that happened to be in […]
Volkswagen Says Goodbye To The Iconic Beetle
Volkswagen says goodbye to their iconic Beetle with a video entitled “The Last Mile” – before they make their presence known in tonight’s New Year’s Eve festivities in New York City’s famed Times Square. The 91-second animated video features Chicago-based Pro Musica Youth Chorus children’s choir singing the Beatles’ mega-hit “Let it Be” before proceeding […]
Ken Block Drives Through Some Fog In The Swiss Alps
Ken Block drives through some fog in the Swiss Alps in a Ford Escort RS Cosworth V2 – but not until 8:15 of the video if you want to cut to the chase…
Rivian Shows Off Tank Turn
Electric vehicle-maker Rivian showed off their R1T’s tank turn capabilities for the holidays…
Charles Leclerc Signs With Ferrari To 2024
Ferrari has signed 22-year-old French driver Charles Leclerc to a new five-year contract until 2024. Leclerc – who is French but lives in Monaco -finished fourth in the 2019 Formula One drivers championship, won back-to-back races in Belgium and Italy and scored seven pole positions, the most any other F1 driver. Ferrari team principal Mattia […]
Adam Carolla Visits Ken Miles’ Ford GT-40
The original Ford GT-40 that British driver Ken Miles drove in the 1966 24 Hours of Le Mans currently sits in a Carroll Shelby Museum near Boulder, Colorado – and Adam Carolla provides a look at the car that should have been allowed to win the 1966 Le Mans race and was featured in the […]
Ford V. Ferrari – Review
“Ford v. Ferrari” is the feature film re-telling of one of the classic battles of automotive racing history – American icon Ford’s clash with Italian icon Ferrari’s domination of what was then one of the world’s most popular races – the 24 Hours of Le Mans. The film stars Matt Damon in the lead role […]
Porsche Joins The Star Wars Universe
Porsche enters the “Star Wars” universe with a starship design…
The Grand Tour Presents: Seamen – Review
The first episode of the fourth season of “The Grand Tour” on Amazon Prime began, appropriately enough – with a prolonged argument over whose boat was better. Substitute boats for cars and it was just alike any other episode of “Top Gear” or “The Grand Tour” previous to it with these three hosts – Richard […]
The Grand Tour Boys Finish Some Sentences
The first episode of the fourth season of “The Grand Tour” is set to debut on Amazon Prime tomorrow, but before that can happen, the boys – Richard Hammond, James May and Jeremy Clarkson – finish some sentences…
The Grand Tour Presents Seamen – A First Look
Richard attempts to park a boat, Jeremy argues with Richard about horsepower and James is not sure what stormy is in this first look at this week’s episode of “The Grand Tour Presents: Seamen” set to debut on Friday, December 13, 2019 on Amazon Prime…
NASCAR Gets its Own Official Vodka
You probably did not realize that NASCAR needed its own official vodka, but apparently it does, and that official vodka is Dixie. The Charleston, South Carolina-based brand has been named the ‘official vodka of Nascar’ and will sponsor the NASCAR Cup Series race at Homestead-Miami Speedway next season, commemorating the track’s 25th anniversary. Additionally, Dixie […]
Audi Gets Animated With E-Tron
Audi is getting animated about their RSQ e-tron concept car with an appearance in Twentieth Century Fox’s upcoming animated film “Spies in Disguise” [release date – December 25, 2019]. Audi has released a video entitled “Lunch Break,” featuring the film’s super-spy Lance Sterling (voiced by Will Smith) and scientist Walter Beckett (voiced by Tom Holland), […]
Bottas’ Month Gets Worse In Abu Dhabi Grand Prix FP2
It seems like it could not get any worse for Mercedes’ Valtteri Bottas this month – he had an engine failure at the Brazilian Grand Prix followed by a penalization for using too many engine parts that will relegate him to the back of the grid for this weekend’s Formula One season-ending 2019 Abu Dhabi […]
It Has Been A Bad Month For Valtteri Bottas
Amongst the many Novembers that Mercedes Formula One driver Valtteri Bottas has spent on this planet, this might not be one of the better Novembers. First, Bottas suffered an engine failure in the Brazilian Grand Prix – his first of the year – and that means a new engine puts him over the limit and […]
Lewis Hamilton Explains F1 Weight Issues On Graham Norton Show
Current six-time Formula One world champion Lewis Hamilton of Mercedes went on “The Graham Norton Show” to explain to Graham, Ricky Gervais and Kylie Minogue how weight issues affect driving in a Formula One race…
Lamborghini Reveals Vision Gran Turismo
Lamborghini was in Monaco to show their new Veneno-looking supercar that they are calling the Vision Gran Turismo [after the Vision GT series of cars in the “Gran Turismo” video game franchise]…
The Grand Tour Presents: Seamen
The trailer for Season Four-opening special episode of “The Grand Tour” – featuring Jeremy Clarkson, James May and Richard Hammond – has arrived and it is a boat challenge in Cambodia and Vietnam. The boys trio embark on a 500-mile river trip across Vietnam and Cambodia, in the episode which has been titled “The Grand […]
Jimmie Johnson To Retire From NASCAR After The 2020 Season
Seven-time NASCAR champion Jimmie Johnson has announced that he will retire at the conclusion of the 2020 season. Johnson won five NASCAR Cup Series championships in a row from 2006 through 2010, then another title in 2013, and finally, added another for good measure in 2016. Johnson recorded his first career NASCAR win at Chicagoland […]