Toyo Tires presents Ken Block’s Climbkhana: Pikes Peak, the next evolution of Block’s award-winning Gymkhana series. Witness man versus mountain, 14,000ft vs Block’s 1,400-horsepower twin-turbo methanol fueled 1965 Ford Mustang Hoonicorn RTR V2, equipped with Toyo®Proxes® R888R™ tires. In classic Block-fashion, his all-wheel-drive Mustang hangs along the razor edge of the legendary Pikes Peak hill climb.
The Bugatti Chiron recently set an astonishing performance mark by making a run from 0 mph to 248.548 mph (400 kmh) and back to 0 mph in under 42 seconds, but that may not be the only thing the 1,500 hp coupe can do better than any other car.
Road & Track noticed that in the end of the video Bugatti released to announce the feat there is an image of its speedometer reading 440 kmh. That’s around 273 mph … More
On Monday, Mercedes-Benz and its AMG performance division unveiled their new Project ONE hybrid hyper car. As promised, the car is an absolute technical marvel.
After dominating in the world of Formula One racing for the past three years, Mercedes-AMG is finally putting its race know-how into a true hypercar.
“The hypercar is the most ambitious project we have ever undertaken. It marks yet another pinnacle of the successful, strategic development of Mercedes-AMG towards a performance and sports car brand,” Tobias Moers, Mercedes-AMG boss, said in a statement. “Project ONE raises the bar … More
WHEN IT COMES TO CARS, RACING DEFINED THE 20TH CENTURY.
The sport laid out the state of the art, pushed us and the machine beyond what we thought possible.
To celebrate this magazine’s 70th anniversary, we chose three pivotal decades in both R&T history and motorsport — the 1950s, 1960s, and 1970s. We selected three manufacturers that made their bones racing in those eras, companies whose balance sheets are now largely dependent on a vehicle unlike any pure-bred track car: the heavy, thirsty SUV.
We chose a vintage race car from each manufacturer, plus … More