Pikes Peak is one of those legendary rally stages that everyone looks forward to but is yet one of the most dangerous. It’s happening again later this month and in anticipation of that, we bring to you this 1990 film entitled “Climb Dance” featuring rally legend Ari Vatanen piloting a unrecognisable Peugeot 405 T16 up the famous hill climb. The stage is known for its massive drop-offs and this video just highlights that point. Watch the video to find out for yourself how big your set of kahunas have to be to actually race up this hill. Read more

The Formula DRIFT Singapore ProAm Series 2009 is happening this weekend in Singapore and Goodyear is once again sponsoring the event following a successful sponsorhip of the inaugural Formula DRIFT last year. The event is the pinacle of drift competitions in the region and will see the coming together of great drifters from different countries. As part of the highly anticipated event, cars competing in it are required to pass the Advance Tech Inpsection.

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The 2009 Chevrolet Corvette ZR1 is one car that is very capable of eating anything in its path, “it loves fried Ferrari for breakfast, it lunches on smoked Lamborghini, dinner? baked Porsche, it’s even known to snack on Nissan GTR’s”. It’s so capable that American magazine MotorTrend decided that one of the only credible contender against the ZR1 would be an F/A-18 Hornet from the Blue Angel squad.

While one vehicle puts out 638hp and is able to hit the 100mark in 3.3seconds, the other flier is capable of Mach 1.8 and packs 32,000 pounds of thrust!! It might not sound fair, something like Cristiano Ronaldo vs Bugatti Veyron, but the race is simple, the first to the 1.6km mark wins.

The video also showcases what the plane is capable of pulling off and the G’s that a pilot has to endure when pulling off stunts. Imagine 7 G’s. It’s a great video, but if you just want to watch the race, then skip to about eight minutes. And by the way, if you’re American, this is the most patriotic American automotive video, it doesn’t get any more patriotic than this. Read more

The newest bull in the pen’s officially named after the most legendary test driver to ever tame a rambunctious Italian beast. Meet the 550 HP, RWD Lamborghini Gallardo LP550-2 Valentino Balboni, a bull with a Mohawk.

As the leaked images of the Lamborghini Gallardo LP550-2 turn official, Lamborghini, in a thankful and generous nod to its long-time test driver, has named the rear-wheel-drive, 550 horsepower car after Valentino Balboni. For those of you unaware of the name; shame on you. For those that do; you know the importance. Read more

Swiss automotive tuner SPORTEC, famed for its ultra high performance SPR1 range of 997 based supercars, is adding another mad Porsche to its range of mad Porsche’s, the T80. Conceived, designed and constructed in Switzerland by SPORTEC’s technical team, the new version of the SPR1 offers unrivalled supercar performance and exclusivity.

The T80 builds upon the performance of the SPR1 range by increasing the power of its bi-turbo, 3.6-litre, 24-valve, flat six T80M engine to a staggering 858 bhp, which, when combined with the benefits of permanent four wheel drive, creates a benchmark blend of poise and performance. Read more

According to a recent report, BMW has approved production of the 3-Series Gran Turismo. Destined to go into production in 2011, the 3-Series GT will offer the same odd styling and hatchback versatility of its bigger brother, the 5-Series GT. Read more

The Citroen GT created waves like never before when it was revealed as the ultimate Citroen created with the unique collaboration between the French firm and the creators of the Gran Turismo video game. It was never meant for production, in fact the only one ever created was to be used as a show car and to be used to digitize the final version which gamers would be able to play on PS3. But Citroen has confirmed that the car will make production - but only six of them. Read more

The Nissan GTR is a great car, there’s no doubt about it already. All that Nurburgring laptimes, constant hype, the technological advancement, etc etc. But I’m sick of it. I’m sick of looking at it, I’m sick of reading about it, I’m sick of hearing about it. I know it’s a great car, I know it’s a fast car, I know it’ll kick the crap out of much more expensive cars, I just know already. It’s like being forced to smoke eight cigarettes when all you’re craving for is one. But that’s a personal opinion.

I’m sure there are a lot among you who have 50 posters of the GTR on your walls and worship the technology in the car, well this is for you. Nissans European arm announced that the GTR has made its way into the Italian edition of the “Guinness Book of World Records” as the fastest four-seater production car with a sprint time of 3.5 seconds. It’s another achievement for the Playstation generation “supercar”. Rejoice. Read more

The Lamborghini Murcielago is about to phased off. Together with the Murcielago, the V12 engine is also about the be phased off. Why? Well that’s probably because it shares its genes with the Miura which goes all the way back to a time where most of us were hardly even tiny swimmers yet. Well, not that long, it was only 1966. But anyway, the Murcielago is going off with a bang in the form of the AWD LP670-4 SV. A stripped off, carbon-fibered beast that reigns above mere supercars and chills with the hypercars. And of course, as always, Top Gear has their way with it. Lamborghini fans, this is for you.

All-Wheel-Drive BMWs are quite rare here in Malaysia but AWD Beemers go all the way back to the 80s when the AWD 3-Series was first introduced. Several years later, an AWD variant of the 5-series arrived on the scene but that was it. Now, more than just “several” years later, BMW has announced that its range topping 2010 7-Series sedan will finally get the AWD “xDrive” treatment.

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