Autos & Vehicles

World’s Fastest Hybrid Returns! – The Downshift Episode 43

On this episode of The Downshift, we take our 2013 Jetta Hybrid back to the Bonneville Salts Flats to the World Finals. Can we reach the elusive 200mph and officially set the record for the world’s fastest hybrid?

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2013 Rolls-Royce Phantom II Drophead Coupe – Is it a BMW or a Rolls-Royce? – Ignition Episode 44

On this episode of Ignition, Motor Trend’s Testing Director Kim Reynolds determines the validity of the BMW-built Rolls-Royce Phantom II Drophead Coupe. Are the veins of the car filled with the same oil of its heritage or do they hold the oil of their German Stepfather?

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727 Cubic Inches and Australian Tire Smoke! – Roadkill Episode 10

On this episode of Roadkill, there’s endless burnouts and powerskids as David Freiburger and Mike Finnegan of HOT ROD magazine are on the loose in Australia with 727ci of Sonny Leonard hemi-headed madness. The massive big-block makes 1,275 horsepower between the fenders of a 2006 Holden HSV VE Clubsport R8. In American, that’s like a Pontiac G8. This display of overkill is the product of “Gup,” the promoter of the Powercruise series of events in Australia, New Zealand, and Minnesota (USA) where tire smoke is the rule. On the show, you’ll see tire fire from Gup’s infamous “Elvis” ’74 Holden HQ, from his 727ci Clubbie, from a 1,500ci diesel semi truck, and from Downunder’s most throttle-happy petrolheads on both coasts. The miracle is that Freiburger and Finnegan aren’t still in an Aussie jail. Of course, that might have been less punishing than the 30-hour flight home.

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Adult Sandbox! Playing In The Dirt with Heavy Machinery – Wide Open Throttle Episode 43

On this episode of Wide Open Throttle, Jessi Lang heads to Las Vegas, Nevada to live out her childhood dream of operating a 40,000 pound piece of construction equipment. Find out how she fares in the Caterpillar D-5 bulldozer and the hydraulic excavator.

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Building an AMG Engine! – The Downshift Episode 42

On this episode of The Downshift, Motor Trend’s Senior Features Editor Jonny Lieberman goes to Affalterbach, the home of AMG, to build his own twin-turbo V8 by hand; as all AMG engines are.

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