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Winter is holding on for its last gasp here in the Midwest, but it’s not going down without a fight this year. Snow and ice is still a possibility for at least the next couple of weeks.

One glance at the 2019 Corvette ZR1 and you know the beast is fast. The car was on hand at Sebring recently, along with Corvette Product Manager Harlan Charles. At the event, Charles climbed inside the grey ZR1, cranked it up, and gave us some revs. The 755 horsepower Vette on steroids sounds absolutely fantastic, even if one of the folks standing around said it smelled like it was running rich.

Honda rolled out something it called the Mean Mower back in 2013, and the crazy lawnmower had a 1000cc V-twin engine out of a Honda Firestorm motorcycle tucked inside. That mower was able to hit nearly 117 mph, and was very impressive indeed.

Have you really put any thought into how strange it will be to be in a car that you can’t control? Not only that you can’t control, but a car that has no human at the wheel?

I’ve seen some fast cars in my day, and the insane acceleration will always take you by surprise. The fastest vehicles I’ve ever seen in person were NHRA top fuel dragsters and that sort of acceleration (and noise) is mind-boggling to say the least.

Elon Musk has taken his red Tesla Roadster, put a “spaceman” behind the wheel (in a SpaceX spacesuit prototype) and then put both into the nose cone of the massive Falcon Heavy rocket. Both the Roadster and spaceman were successfully sent into orbit in spectacular fashion, and without so much as a hitch along the way.

Chevrolet took its all-new 2019 Corvette ZR1 down to Virginia International Raceway and set the beast loose. The 4.1-mile circuit is described by many as the most challenging road course in the US. The 2019 ZR1 rolled away with the record for fastest production car lap at the track, besting the far more expensive, but less powerful Ford GT.

Ford Performance makes a number of hopped up versions of cars like the Mustang GT350R, the Focus RS, and the F-150 Raptor. They also are responsible for the crazy fast Ford GT and its racing version.

While lots of car companies turned up at CES 2018 with things like EVs, hybrids, and driver-assistance tech, Honda brought along something altogether different from the crowd. The 3E-D18 Robotic Concept is an off-road capable vehicle that can be operated without need for a driver.

BMW is attempting to set a new world record for the longest drift ever. For the record-setting attempt, BMW will put driver Johan Schwartz behind the wheel of an M5 and set him loose on the Nürburgring for a drift they hope will last an incredible 8 hours.

Getting the Christmas tree home can be a bit of a chore. A 6-foot-tall fir tree doesn’t really fit into most cars, so many have to bum a truck or rent one to get your tree home.

I have no problem with trucks or guys hopping up their turbo diesel trucks for performance. I do hate it when they rig the truck to belch black smoke, annoying all the other drivers on the road, and unnecessarily polluting the environment.

The Corvette ZR1 is one serious supercar. We’ve already heard about the specs for the Vette, and 755 hp underfoot sounds pretty darn good. Originally, we heard that the ZR1 would pack in 600 lb-ft of torque, but Road & Track is reporting that the beast will make about 715 lb-ft of torque and a 212 mph top speed.

Jaguar Special Vehicle Operations took its awesome XE SV Project 8 four-door car to the Green Hell of the Nürburgring and unleashed the orange beast on the track with pro driver Vincent Radermecker behind the wheel.

There are a handful of sports cars which have been staples of the American gearheads’ diet for decades. The big ones being the Ford Mustang, the Dodge Challenger, the Chevrolet Corvette, and the Chevrolet Camaro. Each of these cars has followed a unique path of evolution throughout its history, sometimes paying tribute to their heritage, while other times trying to reinvent its looks and capabilities for a new generation.