We line up five of the world’s hottest new exotic cars for a once-in-a-lifetime drag race
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It’s not like you think. It’s not busy. Or rushed. Or frantic. There’s no chopping at the wheel, no exaggerated stabs at the pedals. In fact, it’s just the opposite: small, highly calculated and immensely precise inputs direct the Genesis Coupe’s trajectory. Rapid but relaxed steering suggestions translate into dramatic changes in direction and speed. Subtle, deliberate prods at the throttle and shifter blur the scenery on one side, then the other.
This is cool control. This is engineered elegance. This is drifting done right. This is what it’s like to ride in the world’s most advanced drift car: Rhys Millen’s 2010 Hyundai Genesis Coupe
ST. CLOUD, Minn. — On a chilly Mother’s Day in 2002, Bob Mrozek, a high school junior and motocross racer, took his off-road motorcycle out on a familiar trail. His journey ended abruptly when he lost control and was hurled over the handlebars. He lay three hours in a ditch before help arrived.
A spinal cord injury paralyzed Mrozek from the waist down. Today Mrozek is blazing a new trail for himself and other paraplegics by continuing to race despite his physical limitations.
“I thought I couldn’t ride dirt bike or do anything anymore,” says Mrozek, now 24, … Details
This world famous classic, “C’etait un Rendezvous” (“It was a date”), is a short film made in 1976 by Claude Lelouch, showing a high speed drive through Paris. It really angered the authorities at the time. The police tried to find the car and the driver. The problem is the driver and the actual car are never shown. They could never figure out who or what they were driving. They even attempted to arrest Lelouch. It is still a cult classic even today.