BMW Motorsport has its tentacles spread throughout the sports car world, from the Grand-Am Rolex Sports Car Series to the American Le Mans Series to DTM and beyond. The 2012 season marks the 40th anniversary of BMW’s iconic M brand and the motorsport branch of the company is refocusing its efforts on product-based motor sport, [...]
In the beginning, there was the Monster Miata, which took a first-generation Mazda MX-5 and stuffed a 5.0-liter Ford V-8 between its front fenders. Production versions made around 225 horsepower, which was plenty of grunt to drive a car weighing just 2,100 pounds. The drawback to the swap was the weight of the Ford V8, [...]
2011 Mitsubishi i-MiEV is the company’s first foray into North American all electric powered car market. It is a zero-emissions vehicle. Even when taking into account CO2 emissions at powerplants, which produce power needed to charge the car, it emits only 30 percent of CO2 of gasoline minicar. Strong acceleration is achieved through highly efficient [...]
It doesn’t seem like that long ago when only third world dictators’ sons and celebrities with about a trillion times more wealth than taste commissioned tuners to rework Ferraris. These days, however, there are numerous companies worldwide offering performance and cosmetic enhancements for products of the Prancing Horse. And Prindiville Prestige is one such firm. [...]
Patrick Long has every car guy’s dream job: Porsche pays him, presumably very well, to race it’s cars. That’s a rare enough honor on its own, but here’s something that makes it even more unusual: Patrick Long is an American. American drivers don’t get a lot of opportunities to race directly for European manufacturers, so… [...]