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What do you get when you combine Top Gear’s Hammerhead Eagle i-Thrust from 2010 with a C4 Chevrolet Corvette? As you can see, the answer is an extremely bizarre-looking vehicle. This creation was recently spotted in Florence, South Carolina and while we have only found a single image of it, this photo does give us

The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) today announced that it has made its first-ever whistleblower award. The award is the maximum percentage of the $81 million in cash it collected from Hyundai and Kia allowed by law. The safety regulator said that it is awarding $24 million to an ex-Hyundai engineer who provided information

As someone who has been involved in the production of walkaround videos in the past, I can tell you that we tend to play it pretty fast and loose with the permits. Generally, a walkaround video just involves parking a car and shooting a video before any officials have a chance to ask you to

Across the U.S. more than 165 people have claims pending against the Hertz rental car agency, which they allege falsely reported the vehicles as stolen. In dozens of cases that led to arrests and in some cases it even led to jail time for the claimants. A bankruptcy court was set to hear arguments on

The Legoland California Resort has announced a new Ferrari-themed experience and it might make you look for any excuse you can find to go, be that having your own kids or “borrowing” your nephew or niece. Set to open in the spring of 2022, the experience features a life-size Ferrari F40 made entirely of Lego.

Wrecking a brand new car must be a pretty rough experience for the driver and everyone involved. This is what happened in Spain when a blue McLaren Artura crashed with a silver BMW sedan making it the first reported accident of the mid-engined supercar. Thankfully no one was injured since the cars were traveling at

We have seen plenty of custom vehicles but the imagination of builders seems to be endless. The latest example comes from the city of Székesfehérvár in Hungary and is a genuine off-roader with supermini styling. We are talking about a Frankenstein vehicle with a VW Polo body sitting on Nissan Terrano II underpinnings. The model started

The driver of a yellow Chevrolet Camaro Convertible has taken to social media to show off their driving skills and while they are impressive, the driver’s antics are very dangerous. This video was recently shared to Reddit on the IdiotInCars subreddit and shows the driver of the Camaro Convertible pulling up at a gas station.

Ford’s designers did a fine job with the fifth-generation Mustang, but for the owner of this particular example, the standard car wasn’t quite striking enough. Images of this Mustang were recently shared to Reddit after it was spotted outside a dealership in the Dominican Republic. The pony car has been equipped with a bodykit that

The driver of a U-Haul truck has discovered how badly things can go wrong if you try to enter a tight parking structure with a vehicle that simply won’t fit. This footage shows the driver of the truck trying to drive into the parking area and failing on all possible levels. When the driver initially

The owner of a Nissan Kicks has discovered the hard way what can happen if you let impatience get the better of you. The incident appears to have happened in Singapore in late October. Dashcam footage initially shows the driver of a Toyota Prius reversing into a parking space when, out of nowhere, an orange

On November 5, 1921, the Daimler-Motoren-Gesellschaft company applied for its first patent on the logo by which it is still recognized to this day. The three-pointed star with a ring around celebrates its 100th birthday today. First appearing atop screw cap for the cooling system, it was soon used in other parts of the company’s

The Nissan Leaf has been around since 2010 with both generations of the EV pioneer adopting a five-door hatchback bodystyle. The next generation is rumored to morph into a crossover, but a quick search online proved that there is already an adventurous Leaf out there courtesy of ESB, a tuning company based in Osaka, Japan. The

Sometimes people are so focused on hate and envy that they somehow miss the point of life. This is what happened last Monday on the highway when a woman in a black Honda Civic wanted to punish an NSX driver for looking mint by throwing her drink at his car. The not-so-kind gesture didn’t end

A young family have been fortunate to escape without major injuries after their vehicle got stuck on a bridge as it opened up to allow a ship through. The incident happened in Leuven, Belgium at the Marie Thumas Bridge over the Vaartkom on October 27. Images and videos of the scene show the bridge slowly

While the latest James Bond film was filled with action scenes and car chases that involved svelte performance cars like the Aston Martin DB5 and several Jaguars, Wes Anderson is a little different. The director, who has made a name for himself with his distinctive, and sometimes eccentric, films has filled his latest feature with

Two Mitsubishi Lancer Evolution models have been badly damaged in California during a recent Cars and Coffee event. Footage has been shared to social media that shows the aftermath of the crash but we haven’t yet found a video that actually captured the crash. However, a number of witnesses suggest that the owners of the

Have you ever looked at a car and wondered what was going through its owner’s head when they modified it? We certainly did with this third-gen Mitsubishi Eclipse that we saw on Reddit, which not only has a front end from an ’80s/’90s Chevy truck, but also a pickup bed to match. On one hand,

The Toyota Automobile Museum in Japan has just added a particularly special car to its collection: a first-generation Honda NSX. The sprawling museum is located in Nagakute city near Nagoya and doesn’t just celebrate the most important cars Toyota’s history, but the history of the automobile industry as a whole and has dozens of cars

The fine for having an aftermarket exhaust that is too loud in New York state has risen from $150 to $1,000 thanks to new legislation that has just been signed into law. The new bill, dubbed the SLEEP Act (Stop Loud and Excessive Exhaust Pollution), was sponsored by State Senator Andrew Gounardes and signed by

Lamborghini has joined as an official partner of the Movember charity, which raises money for men’s health issues. Thus, the fundraising and awareness campaign taking place every November will be slightly more prone to petrolheads this year since 1,500 Lamborghinis will parade wearing stickers in the shape of a mustache, the Movember symbol, on their

A BMW driver from Boston claims that he was “terrorized” by a group of 20 to 30 bicycle-riding teenagers who surrounded his car at a red light. The incident, reported by CBS Boston, was caught on video by his girlfriend who was in the front passenger seat. The man, who wished to remain anonymous, said

A video has surfaced online showing the moment police fired a Taser at the driver of a Hyundai Sonata in Brooklyn last week. Local media reports that police officers initially spotted the white Sonata parked in a no-parking area in Crown Heights with three occupants inside. They approached the car and immediately smelled marijuana and

Motorists on Toronto’s highway 407 on Wednesday were surprised to discover that the left-lane hog slowing traffic on the toll road was actually a small, single-engine airplane. The plane was forced to make an emergency landing on the stretch of highway, shortly after taking off from Buttonville airport in Markham, Ontario, just north of Toronto.

San Francisco has a serious issue with car break-ins and new dashcam footage shows a brazen thief stealing bags from two vehicles in broad daylight. The video initially shows an individual wearing a hoodie breaking the window of a Toyota Sienna and proceeding to steal a backpack from the second row. The thief, along with

With cars getting bigger and featuring more and more equipment plus, increasingly, electrification, weight has inevitably increased. However, in the late ’80s, Warren Mosler was already unhappy with how much supercars weighed. Intent on remedying the situation, he made his own car: the Consulier GTP. The American car was designed to take on the world’s

F1 pundit Martin Brundle has called upon celebrities and their bodyguards to “learn some manners and respect on our patch” after being snubbed on live TV at the star-studded U.S. Grand Prix.  If you’ve ever watched Brundle’s grid walk, whether on Sky F1 or with any of his previous broadcasting commitments — including the BBC’s

Marcello Gandini, the designer of the original Lamborghini Countach, has spoken out against the new Countach LPI 800-4, claiming that it “does not reflect his spirit and his vision.” Gandini, who has also been credited with iconic shapes such as the Lancia Stratos and Alfa Romeo Montreal, went as far as issuing a press release distancing

It’s not uncommon to find weird and wacky vehicles up for sale through Facebook Marketplace but this RV, currently up for sale in Fontana, California, could be one of the most bizarre we have ever come across. This RV has been created by mating a 1996 International 9200 semi-truck to a 2004 Arctic Fox camper

Feel free to correct me if I’m wrong, but I’ve always viewed driving jackets with the same bemusement as driving gloves: something that would look cool in my head, but in reality, would make me look like a bit of a pretentious doorknob who takes his already crippling fascination with cars and driving a bit