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Nitrous Muscle Truck and Mini Bikes! – Roadkill Episode 18

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A Vette-powered stepside truck. Nitrous oxide. Honda Trail 70s. Drag racing, and lots and lots of burnouts. Those are the basic plot points on this episode of Roadkill, as Freiburger and Finnegan have big fun with retro trail motorcycles on their way to revitalizing a long-neglected HOT ROD magazine project vehicle and road-tripping it to the eighth-mile drags. The vehicle is the Muscle Truck, a ’74 Chevy shortbed stepside beater powered by an all-aluminum Corvette LS6. It also has a Turbo 400 transmission, a Gear Vendors under/overdrive, a Ford 9-inch with 5.13 gears, and the most wicked sounding exhaust ever. The goal is to get thrown out of the dragstrip for going too fast without a rollbar, then race the minibikes instead. How much nitrous can the Muscle Truck take?

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The One With The 2012 Lamborghini Aventador and 1985 Countach! – World’s Fastest Car Show Ep. 3.11

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Justin Bell puts rubber to pavement in the House of the Raging Bull’s two most iconic creations, the Countach and Aventador. The drive can tell you more than any history book, and as the odometer accrues mileage, Justin gains insight into the impact the revolutionary Countach has had not only on its eventual successor, the Aventador but the experience aspect of driving as a whole.

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Behind Motor Trend’s Testing! Plus Bentley Performance & Subaru Safari – Wide Open Throttle Ep. 75

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On this episode of Wide Open Throttle the crew sits down to discuss how Motor Trend tests their vehicles and what each test can tell about a car. Also on the agenda is Bentley’s performance version of the Continental, the GT Speed and the GT3. Epic Drives host Arthur St. Antoine is also on the panel to discuss his latest episode in which they went searching for the elusive White Rhino in South Africa.

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2014 Chevrolet Corvette Stingray Z51! Testing the New High Tech Vette! – Ignition Ep. 77

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Finally! On this episode of Ignition, Carlos Lago gets behind the wheel of Chevrolet’s hotly anticipated 2014 Corvette Stingray Z51, the most technologically advanced production Corvette ever made. First, Carlos heads to the test track to put the reborn 460hp V8-powered Stingray through the full barrage of Motor Trend’s instrumented tests: 0-60 mph acceleration, quarter mile, 60-0 mph braking, lateral acceleration, and figure-eight. The raw data backs up what Carlos can already feel from the driver’s seat – the 2014 Corvette goes fast, stops quick and handles corners with ease. Then, its off to the winding roads of Central California to see how the C7 Vette’s continuously variable-locking differential, magnetic damping, rev matching and other high-tech features perform in the real world.

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2014 Mercedes-Benz C63 AMG Edition 507 Wagon! The Modern Hammer Wagon? – Ignition Ep. 76

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On this episode of Ignition, Jonny Lieberman travels to Germany to drive a car we don’t get, the Mercedes-Benz C63 AMG Edition 507 Wagon. Through the winding roads of the Black Forest to the mean straights of Germany’s notorious Autobahn, Lieberman puts the 507 horsepower, 450 pound-feet of torque super wagon through its paces. The question isn’t whether or not a wagon fanatic like Lieberman likes the 507 wagon (he does), but if the new AMG grocery hauler can live up to the legend that came before it, the mighty Hammer Wagon.

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Racing Vintage Cobras, Daytonas & Mustangs at the 2013 Shelby Convention! – HOT ROD Unlimited Ep. 38

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By now every car lover knows who Carroll Shelby was, but what makes his cars so great? To find out, we headed to the Autoclub Speedway in Fontana, California, where the Shelby American Automobile Club was holding its annual Shelby Convention. We talked with racers and collectors, and got a chance to ride in a GT40 with a man who raced for Shelby back in the days, High Performance Driving School founder, Bob Bondurant. We also were on hand for the debut of the newly restored Essex Wire Cobra, one of the winningest big block Cobras ever to compete. We also take a look at what makes driving these cars special, and why people come from all over the world to see them in person, and hear them on the track.

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The One With The 2014 Audi R8 V10 Plus Coupe! – World’s Fastest Car Show Ep. 3.10

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Already one of the world’s greatest supercars, Audi takes the R8 to the next level. But what exactly does the plus stand for? Justin takes the Audi R8 V10 Plus Coupe Quattro S Tronic to the canyons of Malibu, through sound blasting tunnels and finally to the track in order to investigate that very question.

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Talking 2014 Chevrolet Camaro Z/28 with Chief Engineer Al Oppenheiser! Wide Open Throttle Ep. 74

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Special guest Al Oppenheiser, Chief Engineer at General Motors, sits down with Jessi Lang, Carlos Lago, Elana Scherr and Scott Evans to talk about the new Camaro Z/28.

While the street/track ZL1 utilizes a supercharged 6.2-liter V-8 to provide its 580 hp and 556 lb-ft of torque, the Z/28 utilizes the outgoing Corvette Z06’s 7.0-liter naturally aspirated LS7 V-8. Final power figures have not been announced, but Chevrolet promises at least 500 hp and 470 lb-ft of torque. The LS7 was selected over the supercharged LSA for its broad torque curve and high 7000-rpm redline, which makes it well-suited for high-speed track driving. Both the engine and Tremec TR606 six-speed manual transmission, the only available, have dedicated high-capacity cooling systems.

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