We were directed to this documentary video by a friend who lives in Saudi Arabia. Keen-eyed observers will realise that it was made in the United States, but while it delves on many stereotypes, it is wholly inaccurate on two counts — Saudis don’t dress like that, and Saudis wouldn’t ever want an Audi.
If you’re eagerly awaiting the release of Transformers 3, don’t fret because it is still being filmed, and here is a glimpse of the action, even if unplanned. While filming in Washington D.C., a real Chevrolet Suburban police vehicle was responding to an emergency and cut across the set to save time. The “Bumblebee” Chevrolet Camaro collided with the Suburban, but there were no serious injuries. The Camaro was quickly covered up and moved away.
We don’t know the context of this old video, but it is still cool enough to have a look. It involves a few 1980s Chevrolet Camaro and Ford Mustang police package cars as well as a few 1990s Chevrolet Caprice police cars strutting their stuff on the racetrack, likely with professional drivers.
Here is a trio of 1980s Volvo 760 sedans dancing in the wintery hills with skinny snow tyres, professional drivers and an old guy following them in an older Volvo. A promo video doesn’t get any weirder than this.
Normally we don’t put up reviews from other sources, but we came across this ancient Top Gear video from 1997 that tests a Toyota Corolla hatchback from that era. They even pit it against a Volkswagen Golf GTI, and the results are satisfying. Interesting to note how many awards that car apparently won back then. We also own a 1997 Corolla that we bought new, but we had no idea how class-leading it really was at the time. I was just a high-school kid with no internet back then.
What started out as a very entertaining driving video has become a very entertaining advertisement for cheesy products, but Ken Block’s “Gymkhana 3” is definitely worth a watch. The man knows how to put on a show with his heavily-modified all-wheel-drive turbocharged rally “Ford Fiesta” racecar, this time in France.
It might take 600 hours to put together a BMW Z4 GT3, but it only takes less than 4 minutes to take apart and put back together an old-school Army Jeep, as demonstrated by this skilled Canadian military team.
The special-order BMW Z4 GT3 is a fixed-roof racing car offered by BMW to anyone ready to cough up US$ 400,000. The only problem is, in true IKEA style, you end up overpaying for something that comes in self-assembly-required boxes. Swedish racing team, Team West Coast Racing, bought the Z4 GT3, powered by a 480 hp 4.0-litre V8, and took 600 hours to finish building it, over 25 days.
Suppose you are a wannabe “American” and have fulfilled your lifelong dream of buying a pickup truck for the sole purpose of commuting to your office desk-job and back. However, you suddenly realise that your fuel costs are through the roof and the sheen of acting all “cowboy” is quickly wearing off. The following entertaining video explores several known methods of improving the fuel economy of your pickup truck.
Piloting a heavily-modified 2010 Suzuki Kizashi, dubbed the Bonneville Special, editors for proper U.S. car magazine Road & Track drove it to a speed of 325.95 kph at this year’s Bonneville Speed Week at the U.S. Bonneville Salt Flats. Thanks to this publicity stunt, the barely-stock Bonneville Kizashi now hols the record for “Land Speed Record for the Blown Gas Coupe Category”, if that means anything. That’s Bonneville for you.