If the old Honda Civic Type R had a fault, it’s that it was perhaps too outwardly a hooligan. All pumped up and aggro, the Type R looked like an anime character being cast into battle. And while that’s cool for paddock cred at a weekend track day, it definitely puts your maturity into question …
2023 Honda Civic Type R First Drive: Maturity Has Its Perks Read More »
IYKYK. Motorsports and driving enthusiasts can hear “Z06” on its own and know immediately that whoever said it is referring to the most track-oriented variant of Corvette sold by Chevrolet in a given generation. We see a decent number of them as NASA race cars and time trial cars, and we’re starting to see more …
First Drive: Chevy’s C8 Corvette Z06 is a Phenomenal Track-Oriented Street Car Read More »
In a world of crossovers, it’s always a treat to spend time with something a bit lower to the ground. Evaluating performance cars on the street only shows so much, though. Painting the most full picture of a sports car’s capability requires track time – something many manufacturers are loathe to approve when I ask. …
2021 Chevrolet C8 Corvette Review: Street Drive & Track Time at Spring Mountain Read More »
I almost had them. It was a hot, sunny day at Summit Point and I’d taken the green flag about fifteen minutes prior. Starting toward the back of my German Touring Series pack, I had a decent start and was chasing the field, battling it out with a black Porsche Boxster, chasing down a brown …
“How’s that been treating you,” I asked my friend Brandon about his newly-purchased 2013 BMW X5 M as we stood on grid at the main circuit of Summit Point Motorsports Park. Brandon’s E70 X5 M had replaced a V8-powered “E92” BMW M3 coupe, deemed too small for his growing English lab. “It’s great! It’s fun …
Racetrack Time in BMW’s First All-Wheel Drive M-Car, the ‘E70’ BMW X5 M Read More »
As car people, we’ve each cultivated an imaginary list of dream cars. They usually vary wildly, from a Ford Centurion to a 1903 Olds Runabout. Whatever your mind can think of, it’s somewhere on this infinite list of cars. For me, there has always been a permanent top three on my list. They’ll slide from …
Ford’s Mustang has been considered an iconic American “pony car” since the first cars were sold back in 1964. Call it a pony car, call it a sports car, whatever. The Mustang is Ford’s bread-and-butter fun-on-wheels and has been built and sold in countless iterations for the better part of sixty years. Shelby American partnered …
The 2020 Ford Mustang Shelby GT500 is a Drag (Strip) Queen That Can Handle a Road Course Read More »
In May of 2019 I made the awesome [I question my sanity] choice to buy a 1998 BMW E36 M3 Sedan in marvelous 90s Resale Silver. First choice on color? No, I would want Techno Violet or Estoril Blue. But somehow I landed with this truly fantastic car. And now, I want to tell you …
Oops, I Did it Again (and Bought Another BMW M3) Read More »
Zach walked up to me as I was checking a few things on my racecar prior to my group’s morning practice session at HyperFest. My staff radio was on the counter, inside my trailer, and I had missed the slightly frantic call from Turn 15’s corner worker, which normally would have been coming from my …
“Tom Rolled, But He’s Okay.” Subaru Crash at VIR Read More »
Although BMW’s 1 series was introduced to Europe in 2004, our first introduction to the baby BMW in the United States didn’t come until 2008. BMW offered the 1 series with two inline six-cylinder engines – either a naturally aspirated, 230 horsepower “N52” in the BMW 128i or twin-turbocharged, 300 horsepower “N54” in the 135i. …
