BMW’s Autonomous Drifting Is Wrong: Ultimate Self-Driving Machines
8 Jan 2014, 11:04 UTC · By: Andrei Tutu / There’s a new game in Vegas this week and it has nothing to do with the casinos. Instead, the hype comes from BMW, which used the CES to showcase a host of autonomous driving tech. For me, the...
Is the MotoGP Show Killing Technological Spearheading?
7 Jan 2014, 16:43 UTC · By: Florin Tibu / A lot of things are changing in MotoGP, but it looks like not every manufacturer is exactly happy with this, and Honda has always been the most vocal of the MSMA against too many changes that Dorna ...
Motorsport Is (No Longer) Dangerous: Schumacher's Ski Drama
30 Dec 2013, 16:33 UTC · By: Alex Oagana / If I was a cynic – which I usually am, to the point of misanthropy sometimes – I would probably start this mild harangue by quoting a non-sympathetic person who recently tweeted “...
2015 Lexus RC F: It Could Be the First Cool Lexus Ever
28 Dec 2013, 16:43 UTC · By: Mihnea Radu / Over the years, there have been plenty of excellent Lexus cars. The hybrid RX was probably the first large SUV to deliver car-like fuel economy and it also looks quite sharp. The GS is also among th...
Here I Am, Rock You Like a Huracan!
20 Dec 2013, 22:16 UTC · By: Mihnea Radu / When the Scorpions released Rock You Like a Hurricane in 1984, I don't think they expected it to be used as a reference to an Italian supercar three decades later. And yet here we are, facing o...
Helmets versus Luck
20 Dec 2013, 15:38 UTC · By: Florin Tibu / To be honest, I really do believe that the "war" between the state which tries to make helmets mandatory while riding a motorcycle and those opposing this has no foreseeable future. Even t...
Why Must Ducati Change
16 Dec 2013, 16:04 UTC · By: Florin Tibu / Ducati is one of the last "big boys" still firmly anchored in the high-end market, but it looks like change is mercilessly forcing Borgo Panigale to revise the course of action. Maybe not ...
2015 BMW M3 and M4: They’re Much Cooler Than You Think
15 Dec 2013, 23:56 UTC · By: Mihnea Radu / Just like with the new Porsche 911 back in 2011, I have been following the F80 M3 and its newborn brother the M4 for more than a year ahead of its official debut. Before there was ever a press relea...
Blame It on the Rider
13 Dec 2013, 16:03 UTC · By: Florin Tibu / I've seen a lot of completely idiot scooter crashes lately and maybe this is why I tend to rant a bit on the matter. I've also talked to some of my riding fellows, both seasoned ones and g...
How the 2015 Mustang Stole Christmas
8 Dec 2013, 11:11 UTC · By: Ciprian Florea / A couple of months back, when the first renderings - based on what Ford had shown journalists during the official 2015 Mustang peek - became available, reactions to the new pony car were more on the...
Brand My Undies. And My...
29 Nov 2013, 13:06 UTC · By: Florin Tibu / I know this piece might sting a bit, but life's not always made of what one wants to hear, solely. This is not even a matter of right and wrong, it's just taking a look at how things are, ...
Gone in 11 Minutes
27 Nov 2013, 17:18 UTC · By: Florin Tibu / 11 minutes is all it takes for one bike to be stolen in the US, barely longer than it took back in 2011. Still, one motorcycle is being stolen in the US every 11 minutes or so, 2012 statistics ...
Nissan GT-R NISMO Nurburgring Time: Fake or Real, It’s Still Wrong
22 Nov 2013, 18:23 UTC · By: Mihnea Radu / Most of the time, words like "fast", "exclusive" and "powerful" sell cars. But some cars, the really cool ones, are described using numbers, unbelievable ones that are ...
Ride in Peace, Modern Day Heroes!
18 Nov 2013, 16:58 UTC · By: Florin Tibu / I can remember at least four professional riders who lost their lives this year, and I am positive their ranks are unfortunately bigger. Learning about the death of Kurt Caselli in the Baja 1000 ral...
Mercedes-AMG is Playing With Our Heads
15 Nov 2013, 15:00 UTC · By: Alex Oagana / Before you start calling me schizophrenic for not making up my mind about the story with the Mercedes-Benz SLS AMG's imminent end of production, bear with me for one more mild harangue. Earl...
Too Much Electronics in New Motorcycles?
14 Nov 2013, 17:25 UTC · By: Florin Tibu / Some will agree with me and some will barge in against me, and this is somehow natural after I openly ask: don't you all think there's too much electronics in the new motorcycles? Some ...
Too Fast to Win a MotoGP Title
13 Nov 2013, 17:10 UTC · By: Florin Tibu / So the 2013 MotoGP season is finally over, and what an ending! Even more than the title being decided in the very last race, the new champion broke so many records that I'm really asking myself...
New VW Golf R: the 300 HP Performance Bargain of the Year
8 Nov 2013, 21:11 UTC · By: Mihnea Radu / For a while now, Audi has dominated the fast estate market, Volkswagen the European compact market and Skoda the European affordable car market. Nobody other than the owners seems to love their cars...
About Eating Food in Cars
1 Nov 2013, 18:09 UTC · By: Mihnea Radu / Because us journalists easily buy into the "this is brand new" that automakers spoon-feed us every day, we don't really see the way cars are actually being used. Sure, we know everyth...
Spaniard Versus Spaniard and the Italian Who Missed
1 Nov 2013, 17:03 UTC · By: Florin Tibu / It is going to be a fiery November in Spain as the last round of the 2013 championship will decide who gets the title. Talk about a tensioned championship so far? Wait until Friday, November 8, and ...