French car manufacturer Renault is one of the main producers of engines for Formula 1 racing, and they added a touch of that design to their turbo-powered mini-electric concept car called the Twizy Renaultsport F1. And it's crazy cool.
The F1 manufacturer added a modified KERS system, the high-tech system that stored kinetic READ MORE
Pat's Take: I don't care what it pays I want this guys job.
Ray's Take: Did you know the first in-car mount in an F1 car was done by director John Frankenheimer for the 1966 film Grand Prix? Frankenheimer also directed Reindeer Games with Ben Affleck and The Island of Dr. Moreau with Val Kilmer, two of my least favorite actors READ MORE
The brilliant folks at Bugatti recently made a special edition of the worlds best car, the Veyron. The "Super Sport" model of the Veyron topped out at 267.8 MPH, making it the fastest production car in the world. Congratulations, Bugatti.
Not so fast (pun intended)! A Texas company, Hennessey Performance, has just made a pretty READ MORE
Sure, you have probably bought at least one or two new Lamborghinis in your lifetime, but you're not a real "baller" until you buy one, crash it within hours, and then leave it on the side of the road. Step up your game, rookie.
That's what happened in La Jolla, California this week when a driver whose disposable income was READ MORE
We've already covered Jeremy Clarkson of BBC's Top Gear taking on the three wheeled death trap known as the Reliant Robin. Now, Clarkson has upped the ante and designed a ridiculously tiny car that he dubbed the P45. Why stop there though? Clarkson actually drives the pint-sized vehicle on British motorways.
Clarkson "pitched" READ MORE
It's pretty well known that we are huge fans of the show Top Gear here at Bro Council. What we aren't typically fans of are the Top Gear branded shows from other countries, where the hosts are nearly as funny and they just run slight variations of the same gags and stunts. For instance, one popular bit on the show has a sports car READ MORE
Gear heads will recognize the name Ariel Atom, one of the best track cars ever built. The "Atom" has given some of the big boys a run for their money in laptimes, and now the Ariel company has partnered up with Motion Simulation to create a 180 degree HD game simulator. The viewing area has up to three ultra high definition READ MORE
Alright, so I would like to say that in most things the US is greater than Britain. I'll give you a list of things we've done better:
The Office TV show
Comedy in general
Winning revolutionary wars
Madonna now chooses to live there instead of the US - another win for the US-of-A!
But the Brits do have this: the American READ MORE
A while back we detailed the story of a man in Maryland who was busted for driving his Lamborghini with no license plate while he was dressed as Batman. At first it was pretty funny, but it turned out that the driver, Lenny Robinson, was providing hospital visits to sick kids and we were impressed.
As we talked about in that READ MORE
When I saw this car I gasped with excitement. Ford has done special editions of their signature vehicles for the Oshkosh Wisconsin Airshow's charity auction the past several years, and this year was no different.
For those of you who haven't picked up a history book in a while, the "Red Tails" were the US Army Air Corps first READ MORE
An F1 racing experience? If I ever get an expense budget that will net me more than a 12 taco pack from Taco Bell, I assure you that I will do this and film it for the site. This is going right on my bucket list, slightly above watching Ray get kicked in the head by a kangaroo. You would be surprised how high that actually is on READ MORE
You may not know this but it's also election time in Jolly Old England, and this Thursday they are determining the mayor of London. The usual things like taxes and jobs are not the only things on the line. The historic and iconic double-decker buses are in danger of being dismissed, for the "bendy bus". The official Bro Council READ MORE
Just yesterday, I was walking to work when I realized that I had a car. I totally forgot about it. Apparently I had put it in a garage 5 years ago and have been walking ever since.
That situation never happened, because I don't drive a Prius. Miami-Dade County tried to start using the little Toyota that couldn't though, and it READ MORE
The Dodge Dart is making a comeback in the 2013 model year. I could never buy one because the name just sounds silly, but before they were discontinued in 1976 they were one of the most successful compact cars in history. And, the executives at Chrysler actually wanted the name "Zipp" so at least it Dodged that bullet. (Get it? READ MORE
The DeLorean - one of my favorite cars as a child (because of Back To The Future), a durable and rugged vehicle (because of the solid steel body), and a corporate disaster (because the company lost 2,500 jobs and over $100 million). But, it's still an awesome car because of the Back To The Future connection. And a company called DMC READ MORE
