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Ferrari 250 GTO Brought to Life After 2 Years of Restoration, Sounds Glorious On the Track
Ferrari 250 GTO Brought to Life After 2 Years of Restoration, Sounds Glorious On the Track

5 Dec 2014, 10:11 UTC · By: Mircea Panait / Ask any car aficionado what 1960s classic is his favorite and most will tell you the following three things: Jaguar E-Type, Ford Mustang and Ferrari 250 GTO. Compared to the gorgeous British cat and...

 
Horex Shuts Down, Workers and Management Laid Off
Horex Shuts Down, Workers and Management Laid Off

4 Dec 2014, 10:07 UTC · By: Florin Tibu / Putting it bluntly, exclusivist German roadster manufacturer Horex has kicked the bucket, unfortunately. It looks like the hard times the company has had recently have led to an unfortunate end as H...

 
Old Empire Motorcycles Turns Ducati 900SS into a Real Jewel
Old Empire Motorcycles Turns Ducati 900SS into a Real Jewel

3 Dec 2014, 16:30 UTC · By: Florin Tibu / It’s been quite a while since we last had a bike from Old Empire Motorcycles in these pages, but today’s machine is more than worth the wait. Without any further ado, welcome The Typhoon...

 
28.4-Liter Four-pot Fiat S76 Is Alive and Will Race 2015 Goodwood
28.4-Liter Four-pot Fiat S76 Is Alive and Will Race 2015 Goodwood

3 Dec 2014, 14:38 UTC · By: Gabriel Brindusescu / Thought a 540 HEMI (8.8-liter) crate engine is big and loud? Well, Fiat had an even more badass engine long before MOPAR badges made their way on some of its cars. It’s the 1910 Fiat S76 and i...

 
Very Tidy VW Baja Bug Waiting for You and Summer Days
Very Tidy VW Baja Bug Waiting for You and Summer Days

3 Dec 2014, 11:02 UTC · By: Gabriel Brindusescu / Normally, when you think about a VW Beetle turned into a Baja Bug two things can spring to mind - a fiberglass shelled beach vehicle or a battered Mad Max-like dune jumper. Still, this one we found ...

 
Eric Clapton’s Ferrari 250 SWB Wears a £518,000 License Plate
Eric Clapton’s Ferrari 250 SWB Wears a £518,000 License Plate

28 Nov 2014, 15:17 UTC · By: Mircea Panait / When it comes to prodigious musicians, Eric Clapton is up there at the top. Some call him Slowhand, but the Brit guitarist shaped music as we know it today with his achingly gorgeous guitar work wit...

 
ItalJet Slowly Drifting Towards Electric Motorcycles
ItalJet Slowly Drifting Towards Electric Motorcycles

27 Nov 2014, 17:01 UTC · By: Florin Tibu / An old and revered name in the European bike-making scene, ItalJet had a tumultuous history, with bankruptcy not missing from the list. However, the company was revived in 2005 and is since manufact...

 
Watch the Unrideables 2, a New Piece of Majestic GP History
Watch the Unrideables 2, a New Piece of Majestic GP History

24 Nov 2014, 12:55 UTC · By: Florin Tibu / It’s been more than a year since the first Unrideables documentary was released, but there’s more Grand prix racing history coming from Speed. The Unrideables 2 - The Rainey Days has ju...

 
Rolls-Royce Pickup Truck is the Classiest Way to Haul a Haystack
Rolls-Royce Pickup Truck is the Classiest Way to Haul a Haystack

24 Nov 2014, 10:58 UTC · By: Gabriel Brindusescu / There’s a real craze with Photoshopping high-end cars into pickup trucks going over the Internet these days. Heck, even we did a couple. But this is not thing happening only in the virtual wor...

 
Cummins Diesel Rat Rod Is a Killer Ride
Cummins Diesel Rat Rod Is a Killer Ride

24 Nov 2014, 10:14 UTC · By: Gabriel Brindusescu / Don’t really know what you guys consider a rat rod, but the amount of work and details put into this truck here definitely moves it to the upper hot rod class for us. Yeah, it has a rusty shel...

 
Toyota Sports 800 Reviewed as Never Before - The Forefather of Fun
Toyota Sports 800 Reviewed as Never Before - The Forefather of Fun

18 Nov 2014, 15:48 UTC · By: Gabriel Brindusescu / Few people know about Toyota’s first sportscar; it was very small, was very light, had a two-cylinder engine, bubbly looks and thanks to it, you can now drive a GT 86. It’s the Toyota Sp...

 
An Exclusive Chat with Matchless’ Massimo Fiorentino Reveals Plans for More Bikes. Maybe.
An Exclusive Chat with Matchless’ Massimo Fiorentino Reveals Plans for More Bikes. Maybe.

18 Nov 2014, 10:26 UTC · By: Florin Tibu / Retro style is back with a bang, and for those looking for the best exposure in the motorcycle world, there’s technically no better choice than the EICMA show. That’s why Matchless has b...

 
Brough Superior’s Albert Castaigne Interview: the Story of the Handmade Beauty
Brough Superior’s Albert Castaigne Interview: the Story of the Handmade Beauty

17 Nov 2014, 18:44 UTC · By: Florin Tibu / Together with Matchless Model X Reloaded, the Brough Superior SS100 is one of the truly spectacular blast-from-the-past apparitions at EICMA 2014. Just like the Matchless, the Brough Superior is a b...

 
This Ford Econoline Van Clip Will Give You the Goosebumps
This Ford Econoline Van Clip Will Give You the Goosebumps

13 Nov 2014, 14:15 UTC · By: Gabriel Brindusescu / In case you’re a gearhead that hasn’t heard of Gearhead Flicks up until now, do visit their webpage and subscribe to their Youtube channel because you’re in for some of the best au...

 
The Stunning Triumph Bonneville Concepts of EICMA 2014 <span>· Live Photos</span> <span>· Updated</span>
The Stunning Triumph Bonneville Concepts of EICMA 2014 · Live Photos · Updated

8 Nov 2014, 09:32 UTC · By: Florin Tibu / No name, no info, no tech details can be seen around two special bikes at the Triumph booth in Milan, 2014. The only thing around the bikes is a small plate that prohibits touching the bikes and obv...

 
How Singer Restomods Old Porsche 911s, a Beautiful Documentary
How Singer Restomods Old Porsche 911s, a Beautiful Documentary

10 Nov 2014, 17:23 UTC · By: Andrei Tutu / Imagine you have the chance to take your high school crush out to dinner after many years, during which you’ve only thought about her. Once you two settle at the table, you realize she’s...

 
Rare Lamborghini Diablo Oro Elios Up for Sale
Rare Lamborghini Diablo Oro Elios Up for Sale

10 Nov 2014, 10:24 UTC · By: Mircea Panait / Anyone remember the Diablo? It was the last ‘proper raging bull’ from Sant’Agata, the last Lambo developed without Audi’s helping hand. It’s a bit of a relic by modern ...

 
Volvo 855 T5-R Meets V60 Polestar - Out With the Old, In With the New
Volvo 855 T5-R Meets V60 Polestar - Out With the Old, In With the New

9 Nov 2014, 07:08 UTC · By: Mircea Panait / It's been 20 years since Volvo made an impact in the highly-specialized segment of performance estates. The Volvo 855 T5-R is the bruiser that started it and there's much to like about the...

 
Ex-Sultan of Brunei Jaguar XJ220 to Be Auctioned Off
Ex-Sultan of Brunei Jaguar XJ220 to Be Auctioned Off

7 Nov 2014, 16:02 UTC · By: Mircea Panait / In a land far away in Southeast Asia, there’s a country known as Brunei. Although it’s populated by less than half a million souls, Brunei hides a petrolhead’s dream - the country&...

 
Glass Steam Engine Works Like 18th Century Witchcraft
Glass Steam Engine Works Like 18th Century Witchcraft

7 Nov 2014, 16:13 UTC · By: Gabriel Brindusescu / We’re now cranking up internal combustion engines that are incomparably more powerful and efficient than those turning in cars 100 years ago. And we take it for granted each time we get into o...