Despite improvements in automotive reliability, performance, and efficiency, scandals seem to stick around and rear its ugly head every now and then. This time the scandal involves the illustrious and hyper exclusive Ferrari brand. The Daily Mail obtained this story from a lawsuit that they’ve exclusively obtained, where a veteran Ferrari salesman Robert Root sues the Ferrari […] More
Mid-engine rear wheel drive cars are fun for their balanced handling characteristics, but everything comes at a cost. The motors are often more difficult to service on MR cars due to space limitations. Parts can be tougher to find, and practicality suffers because of the lack of a rear seat. Worst of all, they’re hell […] More
Despite its blemished reputation by those who mistreat it, the Subaru WRX STi will always have a special place in our hearts. Images of McRae sliding through turns in his Subaru are permanently burnt into our memories. Aside from the emotions the STi invokes, it’s hard to deny that it packs some unique and interesting […] More
The first season of the Grand Tour is over now and if you haven’t seen a single episode then you are really missing out. Luckily, you can always check head here to check on all of our Grand Tour coverage. If you did watch it and caught the last episode of the Boys’ show then you […] More
The little Ford darling, Fiesta, is about to get a massive redesign. Based on the action-packed video reveal performed by Toni Kelly, a World Rally Championship driver and BMX stunt cyclist Sebastian ‘Bas’ Keep, the new Fiesta ST looks visually bigger than its predecessor. The video is no Gymkhana, but the chase around the Ford Fiesta factory […] More
Mazda Raceway Laguna Seca’s Corkscrew, Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps’ Raidillon Eau Rouge, Circuit de la Sarthe’s Mulsanne Straight, and last but not least the Nürburgring’s Karussell. These are just some of the iconic segments of famous race tracks that we’ve grown up with. We’ve raced them in games like Forza Motorsports, Gran Turismo, and Project Cars. We’ve […] More
It appears that the rest of 2017 will be filled with teasers for both the upcoming Star Wars movie and the Challenger Demon; not that anyone is complaining about either. Dodge released another teaser video today detailing the suspension of the beast that they are about to unleash upon the world. No one seems to […] More
Car guys and girls, rejoice. One of our favorite auto manufacturers has a great chance of staying around longer. This great news is due to some very hard work and difficult decisions on the part of Jean-Marc Gales. Gales took on the role of CEO at Group Lotus in May 2014 after a stint as a […] More
The Nurburgring is a dangerous place, as evidenced by the thousands of crash videos on YouTube. It seems like every single day there is another crash video coming out. Well apart from that, there are other dangerous and stupid things people do on the famous track. Some things these people do are enough to make […] More
The Ford GT is coming and it is going to be glorious. It’s already one of the best looking cars Ford has ever made and the hype behind this car could not be more stratospheric. All in, the GT is going to be a blockbuster and should be one of the most sought after performance […] More
Last year we reported on an engine that no one in the auto community really knew about. It was an engine created by Mercury Marine and it’s totally batshit insane. You can read all about it right here. That article is by far and away the most popular in the brief history of Shifting Lanes. […] More
Drones are so smart and relatively cheap nowadays that everyone and their mothers are interested in them. Everyone wants to see what all the buzz is about. If you haven’t lived under a rock for the past five years or so then you’d know companies like Amazon has been testing their shipping drones. It’s not yet […] More
Today someone will be the lucky owner of this amazing E63 AMG Wagon for sale on Bring A Trailer. In the world of cars, nothing beats a fast wagon. They’re the perfect blend of performance and practicality while staying under the radar. Although fast wagons may not resonate with non-enthusiasts, fast wagons excite the people who […] More
Ummmmm. Well then. This seems like it might be a bit too over the top considering what you get. The Audi R8 is a masterpiece in design. It is gorgeously sculpted, handles like a supercar should, is insanely quick/fast, and is widely considered by many to be the best everyday supercar in the world. You […] More
Love of the Ford Mustang is now global. Although it’s only been on sale for a short time, the Mustang has had a huge impact on Germany. It turns out the Germans can’t resist cheap horsepower making the Ford Mustang the top selling car in its segment. The 5.0 liter American V8 has no borders […] More
The McLaren car company has gone through a long journey to become the iconic supercar company that it is today. But long before it became the company that produced the venerable McLaren F1, the McLaren 675 LT, and the rest of the cars in the Sports, Super, and the Ultimate series, it was a racing company. […] More
Now that we have gone through the details of cost in Part 1 and the hassles of driving through Tokyo in Part 2, we can delve into the true joy of driving the infamous Japanese Touge. About 65 miles southwest of Tokyo is the Mount Hakone area, which contains a set of mountain passes that are similar […] More
This week, I put my preconceived prejudices against SUVs and hybrids to the test and drove the new Lexus NX300h. This hybrid SUV is from a class of cars that has always puzzled me, so I was excited to test it out and see if I was right or wrong. [Full Disclosure: Lexus wanted me to […] More
The Tesla P100D with its available “Ludicrous Mode” has been shown, on many occasions, to spank cars in the 0-60 mph race. And they can accomplish this repeatedly, without any fuel, exhaust, or precise gear shifting. Assuming it has a full electric charge, an octogenarian will be capable of going toe-to-toe with a professional driver […] More
Before you go out and do this to your Porsche 911. Actually, go ahead and do this to your Porsche 911. We’ll wait. Didn’t work did it? Because you can’t modify your Porsche 911 to run the Doom software. If you can do so, please feel free to leave a tutorial in the comments. We’re thoroughly […] More
When you think muscle cars, you don’t think of outright speed. Let’s face it, the boxy bodies of the old guard of muscle cars wouldn’t let them get up much past 155 mph because of drag. Some special models could go faster, but none of them from factory, that were mass produced that is, could […] More
This weekend while in Wegman’s parking lot I was victimized by a Chevy Cruze. I’m not sure who at GM thought it was a good idea to use reverse lights for anything other than signaling a car is in reverse. But GM cars put in park or responding to any key fob command illuminate their reverse lights. […] More
The BMW tagline “The Ultimate Driving Machine” might be completely right if you ignore reliability issues and electrical and mechanical vulnerabilities. The first four years or 50,000 miles of BMW ownership, where you have warranty coverage and free maintenance, are guaranteed to be the best years you’ll experience, reaffirming the well known marketing trademark. Once you crossover […] More
Call me old fashioned or cliché, but I have always been a sucker for a Corvette. I remember being about 6 years old and thinking that the $100 that my grandmother made off of a garage sale would be suffice for purchasing a Vette but oh how naïve I was. I loved Vettes so much […] More
Automotive suspension is the unsung hero of a vehicle’s performance. Perhaps because it won’t push a car forward quicker and it seems to work by magic. It suspends your ride while keeping the tires pointed in the correct direction and is intimately related to cornering speed and stability. Watching it in action is downright hypnotic, and this […] More
If you’ve never seen the short film C’était un rendez-vous (In English: It Was A Date) made by Claude LeLouch, do yourself a favor and watch the movie below. The movie was about rushing through the streets of Paris to meet someone at Sacré-Cœur Basilica. The entire scene was shot in one take atop a Mercedes-Benz 450SEL, dubbed […] More
The engine air filter is the one thing that keeps your engine functioning at an optimal level. Without it all sorts of dirt, debris, bugs, and other potentially destructive things will happily become part of the combustion process. Run the engine long enough without one and you can expect degraded performance and decreased life. You don’t like […] More
The Daily Mail (TDM) recently reported that The Grand Tour bombed when compared to Top Gear. TDM was specifically referring to the older version of Top Gear when Jeremy Clarkson, Richard Hammond, and James May were the hosts. Here’s why they are completely wrong. On Febuary 8th, in the article linked above, TDM claimed that […] More
How much off-road goodness can be packed into one event? These guys seem to be pretty close to answering that question. King of the Hammers is what happens when a group of friends that is passionate about off-roading gets carried away. They turn their weekend trip into an all-day event with hundreds of drivers and hundreds of thousands […] More
Can a family sedan have a soul? Well after driving the Mazda 6 GT for the past week, I am pleased to confirm that yes, yes it can. Although many see family sedans as appliances, Mazda was able to inject some of their fun-to-drive DNA into their latest offering. After testing their top of the line GT […] More
It’s unfair that the world picks on the Ford Mustang for trying to kill people. You could say the same about any car driven by anyone. Just ask Ralph Nader, he thinks cars are Unsafe At Any Speed. But the internet can’t stop producing footage like this one below. Perpetuating the stereotype that Mustangs are sentient […] More
Say what you will about the state of new Top Gear, there’s no denying that one of their new presenters, Rory Reid, has the skills to entertain. Looking at the new Top Gear trio, BBC now has the underpinnings of something that may become (keyword: MAY) better than old Top Gear. Matt LeBlanc offers a familiar American […] More
Equus Automotive, formed in 2009 and located in Rochester Hills near Detroit, offers one thing: the Bass 770. It’s ridiculously expensive, but there’s a good reason why. The Bass 770 aims to capture the brash spirit of the too-powerful cars of the ’60s and ’70s, and it does exactly that with a supercharged 6.2 liter […] More
It’s no secret that Mitsubishi has been on a steady decline since the 90s. Profitability for the automaker has been spotty at best. In Q3 2006, they posted their first profitable quarter in 4 years. After that, they didn’t post a North American profit in 7 years prior to 2015. Finally, they also apologized to […] More
Every day millions of car drivers wake up, get dressed, and go out into the wild blue yonder known as the daily commute. Anyone who has spent longer than 5 minutes in any sort of traffic jam knows that tempers flare quickly and people do dumb things in their vehicles. Many have endured the painful […] More
Before horsepower was a simple ECU flash away it was hard to come by. In the age of forced induction, we are spoiled by the ease which power is extracted from engines. One tuning shop that keeps it old school is NA Performance helmed by Emmanuel Burciaga. This mad Honda tuner specializes in all motor Civic builds. […] More
Car companies put their cars through some truly rigorous testing. If you don’t believe that, just take a look at this brutal front suspension abuse test done on an E39 BMW M5. If you think supercars are safe from this level of rigor, think again. The super exclusive and very expensive new Ford GT also […] More
In Part 1 of Driving Through Tokyo, I outlined the motivation, monetary cost, and how you, as a car enthusiast, can fulfill your GTR experience in Japan. Part 2 contains all the details on the routes, destinations, and memories created on the roads of Tokyo. Get Enough Sleep The moment I set off from the Rental […] More
The madmen at Flyin’ Miata are professional Miata surgeons. They’ve been performing surgery on Miatas since the 90s but they’re most recent creation is their best yet. They take a new ND Miata, add a 525bhp 6.2-litre V8, and create the maddest Miata you can buy new today. Enthusiasts can’t leave the Mazda Miata alone. Every […] More
Restomodding is not the biggest business in the automotive world, but it sure is one of the coolest. For those of you that have been living under a rock and don’t know what the restomod is, allow me to explain. Start with an old car, restore it, then modify the living shit out of it […] More
The term “g” is thrown around a lot in automotive skidpad tests to represent how much grip and speed it can handle. The results of the test is recorded in “g’s”, representing the amount of lateral acceleration (pointed in the perpendicular direction of traveling around the skidpad). Anything over 1 g is pretty respectable for a production […] More
If you could recall back to the pre Grand Tour days, there was this other show on BBC called Top Gear. It went off the air for sometime after March of 2015. Apparently some guy didn’t like cold food and threw a punch that ended his British public broadcasting tenure. To fill that giant apelike void, […] More
UPDATE: Thanks to our eagle eyed readers and some other reports (found here), this is a totally bogus. Turns out this is just a compilation of the mark IV Supra brochure along with some enthusiast journals out of Japan. Massive bummer. Our original report is below. Supra lovers rejoice, this could be our first glimpse […] More
“Just because you can do something doesn’t mean you should do it.” Just like when you’re browsing down the accessories aisle in Autozone or Pep Boys: You can certainly buy that “chromed out” hood vents, but that’s not going to make Sheila like your rust bucket any better, Doug. This should be the old adage […] More
Used Fiat 500 Abarths are officially sub $10,000 cars. If the 500 Abarth didn’t pique your interest as a new car, what about as an affordable curiosity? Sure $20,000 is a lot of money for a marginally practical hot hatch but at $10,000, it’s quite a bargain. The Fiat 500 Abarth has the personality and soul […] More
He’s officially our favorite person on YouTube because he has gone out of his way to destroy Commercials. Awful commercials. We’ve seen him before, ruining Chevrolet’s “Real People” commercials, by editing himself in it and saying the things we would have said. He has ruined improved the Chevrolet Malibu commercial by calling out their asinine remarks. Even the Chevrolet […] More
For most driving enthusiasts, we can all recall the first time we played Gran Turismo and Tokyo Xtreme Racer. The medium of video games allows us to escape into our television screens and enter a culture of racing. The long hours of customizing the ride to perfection, tuning gear ratios to balance acceleration/top speed, and let us not […] More
In what could be the very definition of epic fail, a 1965 Ford Mustang failing to get inside a trailer might just take the cake. The crisp and clean, all black, with an even blacker dual racing stripes and red accents, classic Mustang looks quite amazing as it’s ready to be shipped elsewhere. The owner must have babied […] More
Easily overshadowed by its V8 sibling, the V6 Mustang never resonated with enthusiasts. It was down on power and didn’t have the signature V8 rumble associated with its muscle car appearance. Today V6 Mustangs are dirt cheap. They offer an affordable way to own a Rear drive coupe with a familiar exterior. Although cheap, would […] More
Toyota has been making some very good trucks for a very long time. As old Top Gear pointed out, the Hilux is pretty much indestructible. That mantra resonates throughout the lineup. Today, Toyota dropped some new truck goodies on us and hopefully we can get our hands on them soon. First, we’ll dispense with what […] More
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