April’s fastest-selling cars mixed luxury models with recent redesigns and, oddly enough, a few oldies. The Audi Q5 and Q7 — frequent speedy sellers despite their age — met the likes of the BMW X3, Land Rover Range Rover, Mercedes-Benz GL-Class and Lincoln MKZ. A couple 2014 redesigns also made the list: the Subaru Forester [...]
Open-top motoring is about taking in the scenery more than about speed, but it’s good to have the capability to do both. This line of thinking has been taken to an extreme at Volkswagen’s ultra-luxury subsidiary Bugatti, which produces the open-top Veyron 16.4 Grand Sport Vitesse. Powered by a 1200-hp, quad-turbocharged 8.0-liter W-16, it is [...]
For the last three years, the Bugatti Veyron Super Sport’s tested and proven 267.8 mph top speed has made it the fastest production car in the world, according to the people at Guinness World Records. Or so we thought. Unlike the NFL, as it turns out, Guinness records can be reviewed even years later—and upon [...]
One of the most important world premieres of this week’s New York Auto Show has been officially revealed after weeks of leaks and counter-leaks. The all-new, second generation of the Range Rover Sport is a more compact and athletic interpretation of the Range Rover Mk4, both in terms of styling and performance characteristics, and it [...]
Updated: February 24, 2013, 9:25 PM ET ESPN.com news services Texas wide receiver Marquise Goodwin ran the 40-yard dash in just 4.27 seconds Sunday at the NFL scouting combine, easily the fastest time of the day and just shy of Chris Johnson‘s all-time dash record. The 5-foot-9 Goodwin was the only player to post a [...]
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Updated: February 24, 2013, 12:58 AM ET By Darren Rovell | ESPN.com Speed at the NFL combine doesn’t immediately boost draft position, but at least it will guarantee the fastest player at the event a shoe contract. Adidas has had billboards in Indianapolis, the site of the event, promising a shoe deal to the player [...]
Fast don’t lie and money talks. Coinciding with the oft discussed NFL Combine and the speed showcase that is the 40-yard dash, adidas will be offering a contract to the player with the fastest time. If they sign the dotted line, expect them to lace up the adizero 5-Star Prime.
Previously seen previewed at the 2013 NAIAS, the MINI John Cooper Works GP once again impressed the crowds at the CIAS media presentation. We were reminded that this fastest MINI ever built churns out 8 min 32 sec lap times on Nurburgring North Loop and 0 – 100 km/hr sprints in only 6.3 seconds. With [...]
If Toyota’s genie-granting Super Bowl XLVII ad got you thinking about the RAV4, you might have to wait for your local dealer to ramp up stock. The automaker’s redesigned SUV was January’s fastest-selling car, averaging just five days to move. It joins a number of 2013 redesigns: the Ford Fusion Hybrid, Land Rover Range [...]
Automakers won’t report December sales results until later today, but we have data on the month’s fastest and slowest sellers. The redesigned Toyota Avalon hit dealerships in the first week of December, and it stormed the fastest-selling list, with regular and hybrid versions averaging just eight days apiece on dealer lots. Shoppers moved toward [...]
BMW presents to you The Fastest Christmas Song and Card in the World. To properly celebrate Christmas, the Bavarians created two videos featuring the BMW M135i, the Zurich Acapella Group and a card illustrator. In the first video, BMW DTM racing driver Martin Tomczyk takes the Acapella Group on a hot lap at the Circuit [...]
Land Speed Record (LSR) holder Andy Green recently visited the Hakskeen Pan in the Northern Cape Province of South Africa to view progress on the world’s fastest race track. A team of 300 previously unemployed people funded by the Northern Cape government joined some volunteers to clear 2471 acres of desert race track. With only [...]
July 6, 2012 at 5:11pm by Sam Schembari Perhaps the most intriguing aspect of the Nissan Leaf is its single-speed transmission. Because of its elastic power delivery—which compensates for the lack of further forward-gears—the Leaf, in theory, can drive just as fast in reverse as it can in drive. At the Goodwood Festival of Speed, [...]
The Audi R8 e-tron uses torque vectoring across its rear axle to help it corner. (Credit: Audi) Celebrating both its win at Le Mans with a diesel-electric hybrid race car, and the upcoming production release of the R8 e-tron electric vehicle, Audi set a lap record on the Nurburgring for a production electric car. The [...]