How to Win America's Longest, Toughest Endurance Race

They call it the world’s toughest car endurance race for a reason. Despite a performance advantage over those chasing us, our transmission seemed sure to fail. We were just nine hours into this 25-hour marathon and already we were limited to running just fourth and fifth gear.

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    There are 3,108 counties in the lower 48 states of America, and chances are you haven’t been to many of them. Two people that have, however, are Jon and Jennifer Riehl, a couple with an appetite for road trips and a love for their forest green 1999 Dodge Intrepid – a car capable of completing the…

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  • You'll Never Believe What This VW Thing Just Sold For

    Volkswagen Things have always been cult cars since their introduction on these shores — yet one sold this weekend at Amelia Island for a distinctly non-cult price.

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  • Driving the 2015 Ford Edge, the Old New Kid on the Block

    The long-delayed makeover for one of America's most popular SUVs brings new youth to an aging player.

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  • See how the cars from "Furious 7" skydived out of a cargo plane

    Hollywood movies are teeming with stunts, many of them faked by green-screen trickery. If you saw the trailor for upcoming movie "Furious 7," where the stars drove their parachutte-equipped cars out of a C130 cargo plane, you'd presume the devious boffins and their clever computers did it…

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  • Misha Designs FXXKs Up the Ferrari 458 Italia

    The Ferrari 458 has been in production since 2009. After giving it the Speciale treatment, Ferrari recently unveiled its “replacement,” the 488 GTB, a reworked, slightly redesigned, and retuned version of the car at this month’s Geneva Motor Show. But not everybody is ready to put the 458 in the…

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  • This Briggs Cunningham-Owned Mercedes 300SL Was The First Of The Gullwings: Video

    Based on looks alone, the Mercedes-Benz 300SL is a car of significance. But this particular example was the first one delivered to a customer in the country, a customer who just so happened to be racing legend Briggs Cunningham, which means it also has some historical significance. That’s why the…

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  • Vaughn Gittin Jr Goes Ice Drifting In His New Mustang RTR: Video

    Vaughn Gittin Jr and pretty much any Ford Mustang are a match made in tire-shredding heaven. His latest rubber assault vehicle is the 2015 Mustang RTR that he'll use to do battle against others in the upcoming Formula Drift season. It's not quite time for that yet, and there's still a chill in the…

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  • Watch a Lexus IS F Take to the Air in a Drag Race

    This insane video of a drag race gone wrong features a Lexus IS F that thinks it can fly. It all happens in just under 20 seconds. The EkanooRacing twin-turbo Lexus IS F bolts off the line and within seconds you can see things go terribly wrong. The car catches air and the front end

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  • BMW Releases New Video On First Electric Car: 1972 BMW 1602e

    Today's BMW i3 may be the first electric car available to the public in large quantities from the Bavarian brand, but it's certainly not BMW's first-ever electric vehicle. Over the past four decades, BMW has built numerous concepts and prototypes to experiment with electric propulsion.

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  • You Can Actually Buy this Disney World Monorail

    Many Disney fans would kill to bring a part of the Magic Kingdom home with them after a trip to Walt Disney World, but sadly, massive amusement park rides don’t come up for sale too often and certainly aren’t all that easy to transport.  Happily though, thanks to the Internet, you can now purchase…

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  • Mitsubishi Gives Up On Sedans, To Make Only SUVs Henceforth

    With the 2012 departure of Suzuki from the U.S. market, the title of "most challenged" automaker probably passes to Mitsubishi. According to the Australian site CarAdvice, Mitsubishi has halted work altogether on the next generation of its Lancer compact sedan. Under the arrangement, Mitsubishi…

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  • 60 Years of Small-Block: We Salute Chevy’s Iconic V-8 Engine

    Watch how a Chevy V-8 gets rebuilt in four minutes — with a few special effects.

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  • ‘Top Gear’s Jeremy Clarkson Hints He Will Be Sacked

    As if the drama surrounding Jeremy Clarkson’s suspension from Top Gear couldn’t get any more fevered, comments from the BBC motoring presenter at a charity auction in north London have brought tensions to a new level.  According to The Guardian, Clarkson appeared at the charity event to auction off…

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  • Everything you need to know about buying wiper blades

    How’s the world looking through your windshield? If your wipers are leaving streaks or blank spots, it’s probably time for a new set. Our tests have found that even the best windshield wipers sho...

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  • Here’s Your Chance to Buy a Real ‘Tron’ Light Cycle

    The Tron LIght Cycle made its debut on the big screen back in 1982 and became one of the most famous motorcycles to ever appear in a movie. The 2010 sequel featured the bike once again and that inspired a team of engineers to build this fully functioning version. It looks just like the bike

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  • 2016 Chevrolet Malibu To Get Teen Driver Mode

    Most of us were at one point teen drivers, and we’re all too familiar with the more risk-riddled mentality of youth. Compound that with less actual driving skill and experience, and it’s a deadly combination. ALSO SEE: Tesla Reveals Trip Tools: Do They Quash Electric-Car Range Anxiety? GM cites…

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  • 2016 Chevrolet Malibu Coming With Nanny System To Watch Over Teen Drivers

    Chevrolet is set to unveil an all-new Malibu at next month’s 2015 New York Auto Show, and in the lead up to the car’s arrival the bowtie brand has been dropping a number of details about the upcoming mid-sizer. Similar to the Ford Motor Company’s [NYSE:F] MyKey feature launched several years ago,…

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