Autos & Vehicles

2013 HOT ROD Power Tour Week! Starting July 1st on the Motor Trend Channel

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HOT ROD Power Tour is HOT ROD Magazine in action, a week-long roadtrip where readers, racers, and manufacturers hit the back roads of America to show everyone what being a car-nut is all about. If you missed your chance to join the thousands of muscle cars, customs and hot rods cruising 1500 miles from Arlington, Texas to Concord, North Carolina, you can still catch the tire smoke as the Motor Trend channel devotes a week to videos showcasing the burnouts, cars, and venues of HOT ROD Power Tour 2013, presented by Chevrolet Performance. See seven cities in seven days, all through the windshields of some of the hottest cars in the country, and culminating in a world record 73-car burnout. ... Read More | Share it now!

Tank Smashes Prius! Toyota Prius Battles AMC Gremlin & Suffers Crushing Defeat – Roadkill Ep. 17

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On this episode of Roadkill, a tank squashes a Prius to smithereens! It runs over that junk without even noticing. That’s all you really need to know about this episode of Roadkill, but if you jump straight to the tank carnage you’ll miss a bunch of cool stuff. Like when Freiburger and Finnegan attempt a shootout between a Toyota Prius hybrid and a ’75 AMC Gremlin, trying to prove that the Gremmie is more of a greenie. It was all fun and games until the Prius engine let go on the race track in a ball of flame. Because Roadkill. After that, you’ve gotta see the guys once again embrace their own Kryptonite: flat-towing. Yup, as it turns out, dragging a dead Prius with a lighter, smaller Gremlin ends real badly. But in the end, the Prius is wafer thin and the Gremlin’s still on the road. Still want to jump right to the tank smash? Don’t be that guy.... Read More | Share it now!

Future Hypercars! Ferrari LaFerrari, Porsche 918, McLaren P1 & Acura NSX – The Downshift Ep. 59

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On this episode of The Downshift we explore the McLaren P1, Porsche 918, second generation NSX and the LaFerrari – a new crop of hypercars that have been introduced from the world’s most technologically advanced manufacturers. Coincidentally or not, they have all arrived at the same conclusion, hybrid technology is the future of speed. We talk with the people behind the scenes pushing the limits of gasoline/electric power in the McLaren P1, Porsche 918, second generation NSX and the LaFerrari.... Read More | Share it now!