Sports : Car News And Reviews

Dragtimes Russia takes us to the airport runway in Tympaki, Greece to experience the first ever European edition of the Unlim 500+ drag race, which requires that all vehicles involved have at least a 500 horsepower engine – with no top-end power limit.

What do you do if you’re in charge of cooking the Christmas turkey this year, but your oven isn’t working and you haven’t even gone to the store to pick up the bird yet? Well, if you’ve got an Audi R8 V10 Spyder and an Oakley Design Lamborghini Aventador LP760 handy, your problem is solved!

Now that we know what the plain vanilla 2015 Ford Mustang looks like, it’s time to let our imaginations run wild as to what some of its higher-end siblings might end up looking like. Since none of us around here have automotive rendering skills, we’ve left this to our expert friends over at TopSpeed.

Designed by Ignacio Fernandez, this Spanish beauty has muscular, futuristic looks and is definitely one of the more intriguing sports car designs we’ve seen this year. The open wheel 2+2 looks a bit like what might have happened if the Chrysler Crossfire, Mercedes SLS and Chevy Camaro had a three-way in a body shop.

Designer Ken Okuyama used to work at Pinanfarina, where he was in charge of the design for cars like the Ferrari Enzo and 599, started his own design firm in 2006. Okuyama’s latest creation is the lightweight, mid-engine Kode9 sports car.

Lamborghini just unveiled the new supercar replacement for the Gallardo, the Huracán LP 610-4, but we haven’t seen the car driven yet. Fortunately, Lambo’s viral marketing campaign just wrapped up with Episode Four of the Hexagon Project, where three friends from London attempt to get a glimpse at the new vehicle prior to its unveiling.

While Dick Lang’s Cobra-taunting Z06 is headed to auction in January, it turns out you’ll be able to grab one of those rare early 60’s Shelby Cobras from the same racing era at the very same auction.

Autosport managed to score a very special face-to-face with Nissan’s hybrid electric ZEOD RC Le Mans race car on the track.  UK Formula 3 racer Jann Mardenborough was the lucky driver who got to sit behind the controls.

Kia Motors has revealed it will be unveiling a new concept car at the 2014 North American International Auto Show in Detroit. The concept vehicle will be a 2+2 sports car and was designed at the automaker’s design studio in Irvine, California.

After numerous rumors, rumblings and teaser videos, Lamborghini has officially revealed the successor to the Gallardo. The Huracán LP 610-4 supercar is unmistakably a Lambo from the exterior, and under the hood it sounds like one as well.

The late, great rally car driver Colin McRae was responsible for testing this classic MkII Ford Escort, that was later raced by his father and brother in a number of rally wins. It was raced to victory by Colin’s father, Jimmy McRae in the 2006 Roger Albert Clark Rally, and the 2007 British Historic Championship; then, in 2008, Colin’s brother Alistair raced it in the memorial Colin McRae Forest Stages Rally, took home the prize there as well.

There are generally two types of driving video games: those that attempt to be hyper-realistic and those that are more forgiving and “arcade like.” The former includes games like the Forza franchise and the recent Gran Turismo 6 and the latter includes the Burnout series and Need for Speed Rivals.

The Nissan GT-R NISMO GT3 racer is a track-proven winner. Go behind the scenes with the three person pit crew who are responsible for keeping the car at its top performance on the track. This POV camera view features Simon Robotham at Team RJN who shows us the steps the pit crew follows when the GT-R pulls into the pits during practice sessions.

While the 2015 Ford Mustang might be getting some sort of automated burnout control, Ford’s classic pony car has been more than capable of performing the task for as long as we can remember. In this eardrum shattering clip compiled by [WAD]HD, sit back and enjoy six minutes of smoking tires and pavement performed by skilled drivers who clearly will have no use for such high-tech silliness.

Japanese tuning outfit Office-K transformed the Porsche Panamera into a big blue beast, wrapping it in a matte electric blue finish, and adding wide-body enhancements from FAB Design, including a chunky new front bumper, flared out fenders, side skirts, a rear spoiler and a massively revised rear bumper.