Once again Scion held its annual “Tuner Challenge”.  This year the canvas of choice was the new Scion iQ microcar although there were a few entires built on Scion’s xB and tC platforms as well.  The contestants of the challenge came up with really cool themes and unique executions including a completely paint-less iQ and a [...]

My twitter buddy from across the pond @MasterLudo gave me heads up on this latest piece by Caradisiac.com, which is the biggest car enthusiast site in France.  In this piece Cardisiac pits young vs old as Bob Sejourne, a “seasoned” automotive journalist and skilled driver and Soheil Ayari a young hot-shoe who is a GT Open Champion [...]

We showed you the teaser video that the Mercedes Petronas AMG team released last week and today the W03 chassis makes the full monty for the press and rest of the world.  Like many of the other teams it looks like Mercedes Petronas AMG has adopted the “stepped nose” design in an effort to dance along [...]

Last night I was graciously invited by NOS Energy Drink and The ID Agency to an advance screening of “Drive” (in theaters this Friday).  The plot of “Drive” revolves Ryan Gosling’s character (who has no name) who stunt drives for B-movies during the day and offers his services as a get-away drivers for two-bit crooks at night.  Both endeavors seem to go [...]

In the official “WTF” story of the day I got an email from DC Shoes to inform me that Subaru Rally Team and pro BMX legend Dave Mirra is in the process of training for a physical hand-to-hand fight with Ford Racing Rally driver and FMX rider Brian Deegan.  Yes, you read right.  Dave Mirra [...]