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Current Performance Cars vs Recent Supercars (0-100 mph Times)
While 0-60 mph and quarter mile times make all of the headlines, 0-100 mph time is perhaps the most underrated and relevant of the acceleration tests/measures. The 0-100 mph time gives a strong...
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Will Hybrid Electric Power Take Us Into the Horsepower Abyss?
1998 Geneva Auto Show. BMW takes the automotive world by storm and unveils what was for that time and era, an unimaginably awesome creation – the venerable E39 M5. Journalists gawked, enthusiasts...
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Jeep Grand Cherokee Altitude Review - Update 2
Every year in north country the return of the chill brings a rediscovered appreciation for all things warmth.And so, on a sub-freezing morning it was with great interest that we first really noticed a...
View ArticleMcLaren 570S: Less Technology, Less Perfect = More Fun?
As suggested in our BMW M4 review, modern performance cars are becoming so technologically advanced that at road speeds, and under normal driving conditions, it's possible to develop a sense of...
View ArticleThe new Mustang GT350 has a Voodoo engine. Voodoo rubber as well. And a big...
Whether you prefer naturally aspirated, turbo, or supercharged, dual clutch or manual, straight 6 or V8, Hillary or Donald (or Ben, or Bernie, or Carly)… we can’t imagine an automotive enthusiast who...
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New Cars vs Used Performance Cars – Some Unexpected, Intriguing Equal Money...
First off, this is not an exercise in average new car disparagement, although it may read that way.The following also does not take into account all of the positive factors associated with buying and...
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The Long-Awaited Hypercar Showdown
We’ve been supporters and fans of Chris Harris for some time now. Dating back to his Autocar and Driver’s Republic days. Chris’s unbridled, unfiltered enthusiasm for his work shines through in all of...
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2016 Audi S7 -- The Sensible Middle Ground?
It wasn't long ago that a four door packing 450 hp and 406 ft lb would have been a top of the food chain performance sedan. Nowadays it represents a sort of sensible middle ground between the BMW...
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In Defense of Automotive Fanaticism
Historically speaking, to be human means to be confined to bipedalism. Now surrounded by efficient forms of transport, it's easy to forget that for eons mankind worked with two feet, and however much...
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Re-release an engine? We'd take this one again. Dear BMW...
In almost every industry progress is paramount, and certainly that's the ethos in the automotive industry. It's an unwritten rule that every generation of performance car must exceed and improve...
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Supercar financing and ownership - how foolish is it, really?
Conventional wisdom is that supercar financing and ownership is an abysmal decision from a financial vitality standpoint. It's also common belief that supercar ownership is reserved for the ultra...
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Jeep Grand Cherokee Altitude Review - Update 3
First things first, the superficial: How good does the Jeep Grand Cherokee Altitude look in a snowy environment?We continue to think that the Grand Cherokee Altitude is one of the best looking Jeeps...
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BMW M2 Technical Brochure
If you're like us, surface level details about a new ///M car just won't do...This "BMW Group University" M2 Technical Brochure (via Bimmerpost.com) provides copious details on the M2's powertrain,...
View ArticleLamborghini Aventador SV Review (Video)
It's possible to get the impression that Lamborghini has been shunned by the automotive press in recent times. European based journalists in particular seem somewhat disillusioned with the fighting...
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Mercedes-AMG C63 S Exhaust Sounds
You can learn a lot about a car by throwing it sideways.And so strictly for the purposes of educating ourselves about the handling characteristics of the new Mercedes-AMG C63 S, we ventured out on a...
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Hennessey Performance sets a new convertible world speed record
Bugatti, the storied French supercar manufacturer synonymous with multi-million dollar creations and world speed records, is waging a battle against physics. And also some dude from Texas.Okay,...
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Ford Mustang manual selling well in Europe
As longtime E39 BMW M5 fanatics, the news that the upcoming F90 BMW M5 will not be offered with a manual transmission (option) hit us like a ton of bricks. It’s not that we didn’t see it coming --...
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BMW M2 vs E46 M3 Performance and Value Comparison
The BMW M2 is positioned as an entry level ///M car, and one that will attract and usher in a new, younger generation of enthusiasts.And while that may be true, it’s also simply the most...
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2017 Corvette Grand Sport: The most desirable C7 to date?
Conceptually sound. That's the phrase that comes to mind when considering the 2017 Corvette Grand Sport.The Grand Sport includes the 460 bhp V8 from the "standard" C7 Vette, drops weight (exactly how...
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2017 Ford Raptor promo video is awesome
Despite being red-blooded American males, we never did live up to the billing and become truck guys.Yes, we recognize their utility. And it’s not that we’d mind having one, but trucks never became a...
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