World Record

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.

While you were busy taking tequila shots and pretending that wearing a sombrero somehow made you look attractive, Toyota was issuing the news that it had earned the title of “World’s Fastest SUV” this Cinco de Mayo.

It’s official folks, Honda has announced that the all-new Civic Type R is now the world’s fastest front-wheel-drive (FWD) production car. On April 3rd, 2017 the new Type R lapped the 12.9-mile loop in a record 7 minutes, 43.80 seconds, in the process setting the fastest FWD lap time in history, crushing the old record by over 3 seconds.

It could be said that the the very first “hypercar” was the original McLaren F1. this car hauls ass along with three people, putting the driver dead center and two passengers to the sides and behind them for a view of the road ahead.

The Volkswagen Beetle has always been a fun little car, but it’s never exactly been quick. The first gen Beetle had like 30 hp, and the current gen tops out around 200 hp in it’s most brawny production variant.

There are a bunch of hypercars out there that can rocket at insane speeds to 62 mph from a standstill. The Lamborghini Aventador can do the deed in well under 3 seconds. Now a group of students from ETH Zurich and Hochschule Luzern in Switzerland have created an electric racecar that can do the deed in about half that time.

Genovation is a company that makes high-tech “green” vehicles. Along the way, they’ve also built an insanely powerful experimental EV – the Genovation eXtreme Electric (or GXE). The GXE has now laid claim to the IMRA top speed record for a street legal all electric car. 

Whover set this record must have had some serious abdominal strength to shoot out a log at 90 mph. Oh, wait it’s not that kind of log… my bad. This Guinness World Record is for a car made from a LOG, as in a tree.

If you have ever spent time around an elderly person who relies on a scooter to get around, you know how slow those things are. If they can reach the speed of a slow jog or fast walk, you are doing good.

If you told me you were about to hit 209.8 mph on a Suzuki Hayabusa motorcycle, I would tell you that you were nuts. If you told me you planned to reach that speed on a single wheel, I would know you are nuts.

The big rigs that I see rolling the highways in my part of the world are always pulling trailers and moving slowly. It’s hard to think about one of these trucks moving that fast, much less jumping like the General Lee.

Yesterday, I mentioned that Honda had set a record in Europe for fuel economy while driving through a bunch of countries. VW didn’t want to be outdone, and has now announced that it has landed a Guinness World Record for fuel economy in the US.

A couple of people from the Honda Europe R&D team have laid claim to an impressive Guinness World Record for fuel economy in the real world. The team used a Civic Tourer 1.6 i-DTEC car to drive across all 24 contiguous EU countries while achieving 100.31 mpg with its stock diesel engine.

If you have ever had to change a tire on the side of the road after a flat, you know how tiring and time consuming that can be. If you have ever watched racing, you also know that races can be won or lost in the pits.

My uncle is a cattleman and has a few tractors he has used every summer for as long as I can remember to cut the hay in the fields and bail it so the cattle can eat all winter.