So we’ve found out that the UK viewers are already abandoning the new Chris Evans lead Top Gear in droves. The other day we reported a 1.6 million viewer drop off from the awkward and shouty first episode and also a decline in viewers for the premiere when compared to the last episode of the […] More
So as a person with a mind that is basically forcing himself into the automotive world, I have subjected myself to watching the first two Top Gear episodes along with it’s new sister show Extra Gear. And for those of you who have watched both, are you having the same outcome as I am in […] More
If you haven’t seen episode 2 of the new Top Gear, there’s a segment on the McLaren 675LT where British Formula One driver Jenson Button makes an appearance. He did a wonderful job driving and entertaining during that segment that many on Twitter thinks he should take over Chris Evans’ job as Top Gear host! […] More
Funny cars are some of the most powerful cars in existence with horsepower ratings not in the hundreds but THOUSANDS! It’s not a surprise then when something goes wrong it does so in such spectacular fashion like in the video below. “Fast Jack” Beckman piloted his funny car with a great start but according to […] More
Nostalgia runs deep these days. Cars are getting retro inspired designs and tweaks and they look pretty damn cool. But it’s not only the cars themselves that are going back in time. Nope it’s also the names and the two that have just been claimed should make oyu extremely excited. BMW has official claimed the […] More
He’s done it again. A few weeks ago we showed you the car that Mark Higgins would pilot to glory on the Isle of Man TT course and it was something special. The Subaru STI tuned by Prodrive was sure to come close if not beat the old record set by Higgins last year. Well […] More
In the latest feed from James May’s unemployment tube, the boys found themselves upon some DHL boxes, and in true Top Gear err… The Grand Tour fashion, they made it into an interesting challenge. Watch the videos below as James May takes the competition seriously and methodically in the typical James May fashion, while Jeremy Clarkson […] More
In celebration of National Donut Day (Why is this a thing?) on June 2nd, Nissan recruited the video geniuses at Donut Media to produce a pseudo-Tasty Facebook cooking clip of how to make your own Donut with sprinkles. Placing sprinkles should be a relatively easy feat, however, Nissan employed drifter-turned-“head baker” Chris Forsberg to make […] More
Take your heart rate right now. Go ahead, we’ll wait… Write that number down and watch the video below. When you’re done, take your heart rate again and see if you’ve got a heart condition. This video has been viewed over 5 million times but it never gets old. Guy Martin, an English motorcycle racer, […] More
If you haven’t seen Top Gear’s episode 2 you can catch the synopsis right here (it’s filled with spoilers, obviously…) We thought it was much better than the awkward first episode, but still has plenty of room for improvement. But regardless of its quality or content the British viewers have spoken and they’ve spoken LOUDLY. Straight from the […] More
This one is scary. I’ve been around racing all my life and watching it since I was 3 and able to understand it. I get that it’s racing and I get that anything can happen, but this is getting insane. This is the second ridiculously scary crash in as many weeks. Two weeks ago we […] More
Our latest press car is the 2016 Chevrolet Camaro 2LT. This is not the SS which is a muscle car that possess a 455 horsepower V8 engine. This is the LT which instead has a tiny 2.0 liter turbo four pushing out an un-muscle-car-like horsepower rating. In this video we talk about our first impressions of the […] More
The verdict is in and last week’s Top Gear episode with the new crew bombed pretty hard. But this show will go on as contractually necessary, and the second offering was just aired last night. Was this a continuation of the awkwardness found in the first episode or does the crew finally get into some […] More
Since new Top Gear has premiered, whether you liked it or not, it has us nostalgic. Apart from the presenters, the camera work, the story flow, and the overall quality of program is still very consistent. But when you look back on the way the old boys did it, you have a recipe for one […] More
Formula 1 has come farther than any other motor sport over the years. After all, it’s the pinnacle of racing as we know it. So much has happened that it’s hard to encapsulate exactly how far the series has come. Granted the example below isn’t a representation of all years of F1 evolution, it does […] More
Here’s a different perspective of the INSANE amounts of hail that managed to shut down a huge chunk of the Nürburgring for the ADAC Zurich 24 Hour Race. This video, taken from the perspective of spectators, recorded how awfully fast the weather moved in to completely wreck the Nürburgring. Watch as one poor Porsche managed to […] More
Hyundai is ready to stun the world again. While they’ve been working on their Genesis spinoff brand, which made quite a presence at this year’s New York International Auto Show, they’ve also just made big improvements to their performance lineup, the “N” division. Not sure what the “N” stands for but we guess the F’s, […] More
The Focus RS is the new King of the Hot Hatches! 350 horsepower and 350 lb-ft of torque out of a 2.3 liter Ecoboost, all-wheel drive, and for a sticker price of just a hair under $36,000? These are the ingredients for insane sales and even more demand. Now, one must wonder whether there is […] More
The Grand Tour starring Jeremy Clarkson, Richard Hammond, and James May, has finally revealed their first filming location! The show won’t air until the Fall (Autumn for you Brits) of 2016, so it’s good they are finally filming their Tent sessions for the first episode. As you may already know, the Top Gear Grand Tour […] More
Invisible driver pranks have been done before. Someone dressed up as a driver seat pulls up to a drive-thru and fools the employees handing out food. This time Youtuber, MagicOfRahat, has replicated this prank and took it one step further by riding in a Tesla and using its Autopilot feature. We’ve driven the Tesla Model S […] More
We love the internet, and this is one more reason why we do. Some genius from Youtube spliced together the new Top Gear intro, which had less than stellar ratings for its first offering, with some old Top Gear and The Grand Tour footage of Clarkson, Hammond, and May. The finished product is just pure […] More
Our friends over at Car Throttle just sent their own, Alex Kersten, to be the very first passenger driven in a Bugatti Chiron around the Nürburgring Nordschleife. The Bugatti Chiron is the car that sounds like a bear fighting a rhinoceros, so let’s just say we’re a bit miffed we didn’t get an invitation to […] More
Oh Former Stig, how we’ve missed you and the old Top Gear Trio so very much. The new Top Gear is not quite cutting it just yet, but we’re open to see how the show goes until The Grand Tour premiers in the Fall. In this review video Ben Collins does infinitely more talking than when […] More
This footage from the NHRA Kansas Nationals show the skillful control of driver Doug Kalitta, taking charge of his Top Fuel Dragster car when it started drifting. This could have ended up as a tank-slapping death wobble, instead he got the car back into control and crossed the finish line epically. What’s even better than the […] More
Fast & Furious 8 is currently being filmed and based on what the actors have been posting on Instagram, it looks like a movie that’s going to be completely different than previous ones. Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson posted this on his Instagram EXCLUSIVE FIRST LOOK: #HOBBS #F8 When you strip a man of all he […] More
In case you missed the craziness over at the Nurburgring for the ADAC Zurich 24 Hour Race, the Nurburgring Youtube channel has got you covered! They just packed the highlights from the day-long race into a neat 5 minute video, filled with the disasters you can expect from 24 hours of racing. And this year’s […] More
Some people like to make a big deal out of the completely mundane facts about their cars, and they do this to make their car seem more exclusive than it really is: “My so and so limited edition was the second one to have ever been sold in the state of Texas!” or “This sports coupe right here has […] More
So new Top Gear, led by Chris Evans and Matt LeBlanc, pulled in a whopping 4.4 million views according to a report by the BBC. A pretty good number until you start to unravel the layers this onion holds. First off, Evans has said that he’d be “disappointed” with any number that was south of […] More
It’s no secret that Jaguar Land Rover (JLR) is upping the ante these days for the Jag side of their ever rotating coin. First came the extraordinary F-type 2 years ago. Now we have the XE to look forward to and if the other journals that have driven it are to be believed, and why […] More
There’s something to be said about having the right amount of power. Then there’s something else to be said about loud V8s being put into cars they have no right being in. This is the story of the latter. I’m sure some Jeep purists will weep for all that is Jeep holy on this one, […] More
Say what you want about Mazda, they scored a ton of points in my book with this bit of news. Apparently, according to multiple reports, someone emailed Mazda about their new RX-Vision Concept. However, it wasn’t a journalist asking for specs or another company asking for info about the car. Nope, it was a person […] More
How this guy isn’t dead can only be described as a miracle. The only thing we know about this video is that there’s a massive crash between two cars, there’s some language we don’t understand in the background (though it does sound Russian? Maybe?), and that the motorcycle in the foreground is about to get […] More
Who do you think will win this race: A Kawasaki Ninja H2 that has a supercharged 998cc engine versus a Bugatti Veyron that has a 16 cylinder quad turbo engine? The speeds these vehicles attain is just downright insane and shows that the adrenaline rush you get from a million dollar car can be attained at […] More
The Nissan GT-R is one badass vehicle. We’ve driven one during the International Motor Press Association Test Days up in Monticello, New York, and it was very capable on the street and a true blast on the track. It was so good that we have been thinking about buying one for the Shifting Lanes garage. Preferably, the […] More
By now we all know the new Bugatti Chiron sounds ridiculous. If you didn’t know that, click here and you’ll see just how monstrous it is. Before the Chiron came to be, Bugatti designed a car for Gran Turismo’s Vision Concept platform where auto makers could expand their horizons on what it means to design […] More
50 years ago, Ford dominated the 24 Hours of LeMans by sweeping the podium with their GT40 race car. As the story goes, this was a direct slap to the face of Ferrari. As Ford tried to buy Ferrari back in the 1960s, it was all but assured the deal would go through. There then […] More
We covered the North American reveal of the facelifted 2017 Nissan GT-R at the 2016 New York International Auto Show. The slight evolutionary design is a welcomed change as the new version brings more livability with a redesigned interior, more power, and a more corporate face. There’s been rumors that this will be the last […] More
New Top Gear’s Matt LeBlanc did an interview with Vulture and shared a bit more detail about the show’s structure and his thoughts about people’s expectations of the show. We are just days away from the return of the show, and if the internet is any gauge for success, many plan on boycotting the show […] More
Buying the Shelby GT350 and never taking it to the track is like hiring a professional chef to help you operate the microwave, it’s a total waste. You can say the same about most track dedicated cars, but the hardware and engineering of the Shelby GT350 is something you truly need to experience within the confines of a race […] More
So, here’s the thing. We can bitch and moan and whine and throw a temper tantrum all we like, but there’s a fact of life in the automotive world that’s here to stay for good it seems. That fact is electric cars are here to stay. While many old the old guard of gear-heads will […] More
Here in the U.S. the International Institute of Highway Safety (IIHS) is in charge of crash testing any and every car that could be on an American roadway. The IIHS crash testing is widely regarded as some of, if not the tops in the entire industry, subjecting cars to brutal crashes with stationary walls and […] More
So Rory Reid, former CNET employee and new Top Gear presenter on the TG spinoff “Extra Gear,” just sat down with Car Throttle for an interview about his new gig, what he’s currently driving, his media portrayal as a “gangster” because of an unfortunately timed pic, and other topics. But there’s one thing he chatted […] More
We Finally Found A 2JZ Engine That Failed; granted it was on purpose and had crap tons of power. The car in the video below, a Nissan Silvia with a 2JZ-GTE swapped into it, is a purpose built drift machine and all around burnout brawler. Cars like this are built for one single reason: to […] More
I think Nico just took the blame for the first lap crash between he and Lewis Hamilton during the Spanish Grand Prix. By now we all know what happened: Nico takes the lead, engine in wrong mode, Hamilton gets a run, Nico moves down to block, Hamilton in grass, spins, take out Nico, both drivers […] More
This old video is one of a pretty brutal crash. We’re not exactly sure why the Porsche 911 RSR did not manage to make the turn, perhaps it was bad pace notes, stuck throttle, bad judgement in braking and turn in points, or perhaps other mechanical failure of some sorts. Prior to impact the brakes definitely locked up […] More
That powerplant found in the new Ford GT, the one Ford claims to produce over 600 brake horsepower, may just be made available for purchase in the near future. So if you’ve got a project car lined up and want some supercar juice, the Ford GT’s Twin Turbo 3.5 liter V6 may just be the […] More
Well here’s your dumbass of the day. Or is he? In the video below we have what appears to be a man piloting a Tesla down a congested highway. But taking a closer look, it seems as though he’s asleep. Concluding that, because it’s a Tesla, he’s put it on Autopilot and has nodded off. […] More
We’ve all experienced it, whether we caused it or are on the receiving end of it. I’m talking about Road Rage. That instantaneous urge to cause humanity to cease to exist, because the person in the other car just did something really dumb or really dangerous. Perhaps you experienced a little bit of it just today. Sometimes […] More
The 2017 Chevrolet Camaro ZL1, the same one which has a double digit speed automatic transmission and can shift faster than Porsche’s PDK, has been caught testing around the Nurburgring, being all shouty and American. The sounds coming out of the LT4, a 6.2 liter supercharged V8 engine and the same one found in the Cadillac […] More
We know what you’re thinking, “ANOTHER ONE?!” At this point, we’d need more than one hand to count the number of trailers Top Gear has released, and it really shows the BBC so badly wants you to watch their program come May 29th. This time we get more detail about what Extra Gear is all about, […] More
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