Jalopnik just posted this car buying flowchart. It’s pretty good.
-Nick
Carbuying flowchart….. this sums it up
Category Archives: SHOWCASE
Showcases of various cars for various purposes.
A Morgan 3 Wheeler and a Caterham Seven
Drive’s Chris Harris drives a Morgan 3 Wheeler and a Caterham Seven with the goal of getting back to the roots of driving. Enjoy.
-Nick
Lamborghini’s 50th by Evo
Evo Magazine celebrates Lamborghini’s 50th Anniversary.
-Nick
Chris Harris gets his hands on the Porsche 918
Drive’s Chris Harris tests the Porsche 918 on the track in its final stages of development. He also brings up some good points about technology, and what it means for a hypercar.
-Nick
Chris Harris on Cars: Porsche Turbo S vs Audi R8 V10 Plus vs Tuned Nissan GTR
In this segment of Drive’s Chris Harris on Cars, Chris pits the Porsche 997 Turbo S, the new Audi R8 V10 Plus, and a Litchfield tuned Nissan GTR against each other on the road and track. Enjoy.
-Nick
Auto-Salon Singen Virtual Tour
Take a virtual tour of Auto-Salon Singen, one of the biggest collector car showrooms in the world, in Germany. You will be drooling as you look through their inventory. Few places on earth can you see so many such cars in one place, so it is definitely worth taking the tour if you have some free time. Enjoy.
-Nick
Drive: A quick celebration of Pagani
I love Pagani, the Zonda and now the Huayra. That is all…
-Nick
Psychedelic Car Pictures Part 2
I decided to make a few more psychedelic car art pics. These are all my own photos, heavily edited to look trippy as hell. Let me know what you think. Enjoy.
Chris Harris tests the Mercedes SLS Electric Drive
The SLS Electric Drive is the first electric car that can legitimately be considered a supercar. 750hp and 737ft/lbs of torque going through electronic all wheel drive means that this car will have some staggering straight-line performance. It seems the biggest surprise, though, was the torque vectoring system Mercedes has devised, which can actually apply negative torque to the inside wheels during a corner. Chris seemed pretty blown away by this car, watch the video to see. Enjoy.
-Nick
Autocar tests the merits of stability control, Lamborghini included
Ever wonder what stability control actually does for you? Autocar shows us in the new Lamborghini Gallardo by attempting some real world evasive maneuvers. Given the number of people that seem to crash cars like these, I think its important for us all to know what exactly we are giving up when we turn the driving assists off….. especially when driving someone else’s car.
-Nick
Chris Harris puts his chipped Audi S4 against the Audi RS4
Another great video from Drive: Chris Harris pits his supercharged Audi S4 against the mighty, V8 powered RS4. This illustrates the merits of forced induction well. For just a few hundred dollars, you can make your car quite a bit faster than stock. Sure that naturally aspirated responsiveness is great, but I’m happy to trade that for easy, and massive, performance gains.
-Nick
Secondhand Saint: 1992-1996 Jaguar XJS
Jaguar has quite a storied history with regard to sporting automobiles. The E-Type is still remembered and revered as one of the most beautiful cars ever made (even Enzo Ferrari admitted to this at one point). But, this story isn’t about the E-Type, or the XJ6, or the modern Jags that people lust after. This is about what I see as a potential diamond in the rough–the last generation of the venerable Jaguar XJS, a car that I think is a bit overlooked. Continue reading Secondhand Saint: 1992-1996 Jaguar XJS
Mind Over Motor 