When you’re headed to your Aspen winter home this year, leave the Mercedes-Benz G550 at home and instead get yourself a Project700 Lamborghini Aventador by the Vancouver-based SR Auto Group. This Aventador is ready for whatever Old Man Winter can throw at it, with a body wrapped in satin black vinyl for protection from the ice and salt, and Thule ski box attacked with a custom rear mount (also finished in satin black, of course).

So now that we know what the next-gen Mustang looks like, it’s time to start turning our focus to the next great American muscle car, the Chevy Camaro. While there haven’t been any official announcements about the car, we have been able to piece together a few tidbits which could point us in a direction for the sixth-generation Camaro.

The legendary Dakar rally begins today, and the organizers have released a few videos to get us excited about watching. The rally takes place January 5 to 18, 2014 and the racers will journey from Argentina through Bolivia and finally to Chile, covering more than 9,000 kilometers by car or truck and nearly that much in the motorcycles and quad bikes.

Actor Idris Elba looks back at the history of underground street racing in the United States and around the world in this two-part BBC special, Idris Elba: King of Speed. Beginning with Episode 1, Elba travels from his childhood home in London to the “motor city,” Detroit. 

Ford continues to explore opportunities to power its vehicles using electricity. Now, the company is showing off a new variant of its C-MAX Energi plug-in hybrid subcompact that can be charged using the power of the Sun, allowing it to operate completely off the grid.

Renault Sport Argentina is preparing to compete in the 2014 Dakar Rally with a modified Renault Dacia Duster. In this film, we go behind the scenes with the team as the modify the Dacia and put it to the test in harsh desert conditions.

The Nanuk Quattro is one of the more intriguing concepts to emerge from Audi. What makes the design of this car special is that while it packs sports car abilities, it’s got a higher than typical ground clearance and improved suspension, so it can handle rally car conditions.

Evasive Motorsports takes us behind the wheel of their Scion FR-S with driver Robert Walker as he climbs to the summit of Pikes Peak. The team was able to finish the 12.42 mile run, climbing 4,720 feet, in 10:59 and you can ride along through the 159 turns of the famous climb in full HD.

Volvo is a car company that has been obsessed with safety for quite a long time and has an excellent reputation for delivering on their goal of making some of the safest production vehicles available. Volvo has announced a new vehicle architecture that is designed to reinforce its leadership in vehicle safety.

Pfadt Race Engineering modified a 2014 Corvette Stingray with a bunch of their aftermarket tuning parts, adding a supercharger and new exhaust headers, and tuned the car to boost the car’s 460hp V8 up to a monster 650 horsepower.

Audi has announced it will be premiering its new Audi Sport Quattro Laserlight Concept at the 2014 CES in Las Vegas. The car looks to be a more refined version of Audi Sports Quattro concept announced a few weeks back and we now have more information on the vehicle specs.

The Volkswagen Jetta GLI was first introduced in 1984 and was essentially a VW GTI wrapped in a Jetta body. It included the GTI’s fuel-injected, 90 horsepower engine, 5-speed manual transmission, and sport suspension. The vehicle was distinguished from the standard Jetta with wide body-side moldings, black trim between the rear taillights, and GLI badging.

Ken Block’s Gymkhana Six obstacle course run was incredible to watch and Block’s driving skills are always impressive. The Gymkhana series has spawned a number of tributes, including Snowkhana Two, a holiday tribute in stop-motion miniature.

Another fine, unembellished video from the folks at YouCar takes us inside the assembly line for Porsche’s popular sports coupe, the 911 Carrera (Type 991). We’re duly impressed by the amount of manual labor that still goes into the production of these cars.

When the roads are covered with snow and ice, do your thoughts turn to “time to get my $200,000 Bentley out of the garage and go for a spin?” If so, then the Bentley “Power on Ice” winter driving experience is for you.