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Petrolicious, the creator of quality, original films and articles for classic car enthusiasts, has released its latest video, featuring automotive devotee Jürgen Claus who tracked down the car of his dreams, an original Alpine A110 rally car. After a couple of years away, the Petrolicious website and YouTube Channel has been recently rebooted by duPont REGISTRY Group, and new films are now dropping every Friday. Petrolicious celebrates the inventions, the personalities, and the aesthetics that ignite a collective lust for great automotive machines, and it seeks to inform, entertain, and inspire its community of aficionados and pique the interest of…
Renault has revealed the Filante Record 2025 concept The electric single-seater will be used for an attempt at an efficiency record in the first half of 2025 The concept serves as a rolling laboratory as well as a nod to Renault’s earlier record cars Renault has revealed an electric concept car that looks like something Batman would drive if he cared as much about his carbon footprint as catching bad guys. It’s called the Renault Filante Record 2025, and Renault will present it to the public for the first time during the Rétromobile auto show in Paris from Feb. 5-9.…
Ford will return to the Pikes Peak International Hill Climb with an electric vehicle this year, aiming for another impressive EV showing at the legendary race. The automaker confirmed Thursday in a press release that it would send a new one-off demonstrator based on the Mustang Mach-E to the 2025 Pikes Peak Hill Climb, scheduled for late June. It follows EV demonstrators based on the F-150 Lightning pickup truck and Transit van that ran in 2024 and 2023, respectively. Ford revealed no information yet about this Mach-E-based race car but said it will be driven by Romain Dumas, who also…
Audi’s outgoing A5 family consists of coupe, convertible, and liftback body styles, but a new A5 generation, revealed last year and due this spring or summer for the 2026 model year, only features the liftback plus a new wagon body style in most markets, while China also gets a new sedan body style. High-performance RS 5 versions of both the liftback and wagon are planned, and a prototype for one of them, the RS 5 Avant (Avant is Audi-speak for wagons), has been spotted again, and this time we have video of it testing on Germany’s Nürburgring racetrack. Prototypes for…
Ford will enter the FIA World Endurance Championship’s premier Hypercar class in 2027 Ford will compete with a factory team running a new LMDh race car Ford will be chasing the outright win at Le Mans for the first time since 1969 Ford is returning to the 24 Hours of Le Mans to take on Ferrari and a host of other leading automakers for top honors—something it has not done since 1969. The automaker, late on Thursday, announced plans to enter the premier Hypercar class of the FIA World Endurance Championship, whose blue-ribbon race is Le Mans, with a new…
Be too aggressive with the throttle or the steering through a series of turns, and the mix of power and mass means that it’s easier than many might expect to get the car out of shape. And while the steering is wonderfully precise and the body control outstanding, there’s not much feedback from the former and not much roll from the latter – in other words, you don’t get a massive amount of warning about when the limits of grip are about to arrive. You’ll certainly need your wits about you. Dial into its limits, however, and you can keep…
Ford will return to the Pikes Peak International Hill Climb this year with another one-off demonstrator, this time based on the Mustang Mach-E. The automaker confirmed plans to take on Pikes Peak for a third time in a row Thursday in a brief statement, adding that Romain Dumas will drive the Mach-E demonstrator. The Frenchman also drove Ford’s previous two entries, wheeling the electric SuperVan 4.2 in 2023 and the F-150 Lightning SuperTruck in 2024. Dumas will look to repeat his success at Pikes Peak last year, where he set the fastest time of the event, completing the 12.5-mile course…
Scattered across Japan is a mythical chain of stores that bring wonder and excitement to all who visit. ‘Up Garage’ reads boldly in blue and red over yellow, a name well-known to JDM enthusiasts. But for those who think manga is some new American political term, a visit to Up Garage feels like visiting eBay Motors in the real world. Think of it as eBay circa 2008, back when genuine bargains could still be found. That’s because Up Garage isn’t your average parts shop. Everything here is used – wheels, bumpers, headlights, exhausts, and more. Best of all, no two…
Ford on Thursday showed what its Mustang Mach-E electric SUV might look like as a NASCAR race car. The prototype is designed to look like a Mach-E, but is actually built around a carbon-fiber tub chassis with components from a current NASCAR Cup Series car, including the suspension, brakes, steering, and wheels, Ford said in a brief statement. NASCAR unveiled its own electric SUV prototype, without any manufacturer-specific styling, in 2023. This Mach-E prototype shares some of its specs—both have tri-motor powertrains and 78-kwh battery packs—but Ford did not comment on these similarities. The powertrain differs from the offerings in…
Ford on Thursday unveiled a prototype Mustang Mach-E electric SUV outfitted for NASCAR racing. The prototype, revealed at a preview event for the automaker’s 2025 motorsports activities, is a Mach-E in name only and doesn’t have much in common with the Mach-E road car. It combines Mach-E style bodywork with a carbon-fiber tub chassis and components from a current NASCAR Cup Series race car, including suspension, brakes, steering, and wheels, Ford said in a brief statement. Three motors provided an undisclosed amount of power for the Mach-E electric race car, with energy supplied by a 78-kwh battery pack. That’s in…