Report: Man stranded in desert builds motorcycle out of his broken car

Filed under: Etc., Citroën, Motorcycle, Specialty, Design/Style According to Merriam-Webster, ingenuity can be defined as “skill or cleverness in devising or combining” or “cleverness or aptness of design or contrivance.” We’d say that’s an apt description of a Frenchman named Emile who reportedly found himself stranded in the deserts of Northwest Africa after breaking a [...]

Video: Ferrari 458 Italia flips at Laguna Seca

Filed under: Motorsports, Coupe, Performance, Etc., Videos, Ferrari, Luxury, Racing There’s the right way to tackle the infamous Corkscrew at Laguna Seca and then there’s the way that puts your Ferrari 458 Italia into the catch fence and on its roof. Ryan Ockey recently gave the latter option a shot during the Ferrari Challenge at [...]

Review: 2012 Mini John Cooper Works Coupe

Filed under: Coupe, Performance, Hatchback, Mini, New Car Reviews Struggling To Find A Reason For Being The six basic building blocks of life are sulfur, phosphorus, oxygen, nitrogen, carbon and hydrogen. Arrange those in any number of ways and you can get either a single-celled paramecium or Angelina Jolie. The Mini brand works much the [...]

Official: Truth in 24 II available as free download on iTunes

Filed under: Motorsports, Etc., Europe, Marketing/Advertising, Audi, Racing Good news, Le Mans fans. Audi has released its “Truth in 24 II: Every Second Counts” documentary as a free download on iTunes. As with the first film, this sequel is narrated by none other than Jason Statham and details the Audi battle for its tenth win [...]

Report: Cadillac Escalade to get new lease on life in 2014

Filed under: SUV, Cadillac, Chevrolet, GM, Luxury Known for unmitigated excess to some, the Cadillac Escalade embodies over-the-top transportation for oil barons and high-rolling hip-hop stars. The Detroit Bureau quotes an unknown senior Cadillac official saying, “We were finding that for everyone turned on by that image there were four (potential luxury buyers) who were [...]