As if it was not bad enough for English Formula One driver Lando Norris that his team lost to Italy in a tension-packed penalty-kick shootout at the Euro 2020 final at Wembley Stadium in London – he was then mugged on the way to the parking lot and and his McLaren team-issued watch worth $55,000 […]
This week, it is a 2020 Lotus Evora GT that emerges from Jay Leno’s Garage…
One of the few good things to emerge from 2020 emerged from Jay Leno’s Garage last week – a 1955 Bristol 403…
Despite the ongoing Covid-19 pandemic, the college football season is staggering onward with bowl games and one of those is the venerable classic, Cotton Bowl, held in Dallas, Texas. Goodyear has been a so-called title sponsor of that bowl game since 2014. Prior to game day, both participating teams’ coaches and players have visited the […]
Seven-time defending Formula One world champion Lewis Hamilton took a few moments to record a message before the 2020 Gran Turismo Sport World Finals…
Jeremy Clarkson regales everybody with a couple behind-the-scenes snippets from last week’s “The Grand Tour” Madagascar Special titled “A Massive Hunt” that include not being eaten by sharks and ditching the crew…
Chevy Chase and Beverly D’Angelo return for their “National Lampoon’s Christmas Vacation” Clark and Ellen Griswold roles [but, alas, without Juliette Lewis and Johnny Galecki] to tout Ford’s Mustang Mach-E. Chase and D’Angelo recreate the memorable scene from the 1989 holiday classic film in which Clark had installed so many Christmas lights that it temporarily […]
No matter what show it is, what cars they have or what the episode theme is – a drag race between Jeremy Clarkson, Richard Hammond and James May always has to take place. It was like that in the old “Top Gear” days and it continues today in the new “The Grand Tour” days. The […]
“The Grand Tour”‘s long-awaited Madagascar Special [titled “A Massive Hunt”] was finally released on Amazon Prime and we wade through the offering today. The special begins with an introduction of where they are – the French territory of Reunion Island in the Indian Ocean – while James and Richard are engaged in a game of […]
UK-based petrochemical giant Ineos has purchased a one-third stake in the dominant Mercedes Formula One team. Ineos was already a sponsor of the team but Daimler AG decided to reduce their stake and Ineos purchased that opportunity to create an equal three-part ownership consortium consisting of Daimler AG, Ineos and team principal, Toto Wolff. Ineos […]
Jeremy Clarkson, Richard Hammond and James May – the co-hosts of “The Grand Tour” – each get their own button to push to release “A Massive Hunt” [aka The Madagascar Special] early…
A first look at “The Grand Tour”‘s “A Massive Hunt” episode – aka, the Madagascar Special – set to debut on Amazon Prime on Friday, December 18, 2020…
In anticipation of Friday’s release of the long-awaited Madagascar Special from their “Grand Tour” series, Jeremy Clarkson, Richard Hammond and James May play a little game of “finish the sentence”…
McLaren is selling a chunk of their team and Silverstone is renaming a portion of their track after Lewis Hamilton in other, arguably more interesting Formula One news than 2020 Abu Dhabi Grand Prix. McLaren Racing has agreed to sell a third of their company to MSP Sports Capital – a group of USA-based investors […]
Haas has selected Mick Schumacher, the 21-year-old son of seven-time Formula One world champion Michael Schumacher, as one of their drivers for the 2021 season, joining Russian Nikita Mazepin, who was announced earlier in the week. The German Schumacher was signed to a “multi-year contract” by Haas after already having a long-term contract with Ferrari, […]
Seven-time defending Formula One world champion Lewis Hamilton has contracted the Covid-19 coronavirus and will miss this weekend’s 2020 Sakhir Grand Prix in Bahrain. The 35-year-old Hamilton tested positive for coronavirus on Monday and then returned consecutive positive results on subsequent retests, according to Mercedes. Hamilton is now quarantining. Hamilton no longer needs to amass […]
Honda is collaborating with online fundraising platform Omaze to offer a 2021 Honda Civic Type R Limited Edition – but not just any 2021 Honda Civic Type R Limited Edition – the first 2021 Honda Civic Type R Limited Edition to become available in the USA [and carrying the plate numeral 001]. Donations are not […]
It was a return to the usual routine in the first practice session for this weekend’s 2020 Bahrain Grand Prix as Mercedes were again the fastest cars on the track while teams also tested the 2021 tires on their cars…
Hyundai is introducing the Ioniq – their new electric vehicle – to the world with a video featuring fashion designer Maria Cornejo and British adventurer David de Rothschild. The vehicle comes in three eco-friendly versions: hybrid, all-electric and plug-in hybrid. The 95-second video celebrates the Ioniq and a sustainable lifestyle with scenarios of rain forests, […]
Finally! After what seemed like eons of waiting…a new special episode of “The Grand Tour” has been unveiled by Amazon Prime. Titled “A Massive Hunt”, the long-awaited special has the boys [Jeremy Clarkson – when he isn’t busy arguing with people, Richard Hammond – when he isn’t busy annoying local councilmen and and James May…when […]