What would you do with a stripped BMW chassis equipped with an S63 V8, the engine found in the X5M, X6M and M5? If you live in Russia, the only option looks to be tuning that engine to 600 horsepower, slapping a massive dump truck body over the chassis, and then driving erratically through city traffic.
What a country.
Proper alignment is a key to great handling. On this episode of GRM Live!, we looked at some dirt-cheap methods for doing your own string alignment in your garage.
A motorcycle-powered Subaru 360 microvan sounds like a daunting project. Did this one survive the Grassroots Motorsports $2000 Challenge? Watch and find out.
Learn more about the Grassroots Motorsports $2000 Challenge here.
Presented by CRC Industries
In association with Koni and Tire Rack
This 1983 Ford F-250 runs on biodiesel and features maximized aero. It returns fuel mileage in the mid-20s–real world mileage for this truck should be closer to 15 mpg. Truck owner Bakari Kafele also uses smart driving techniques in order to minimize engine load when driving.
So, what’s the most extreme measure you have taken in order to maximize fuel economy?
Corvette expert Sam Strano joins us to discuss how to buy a good C5 Corvette. The subject is our own Z06 project car.
Working for a car magazine is cool, but do you know what is cooler? Getting in a Camaro and chasing down a U-2 Spy Plane when it’s taking off and landing.
You might be asking why the Air Force employs this tactic, and the answer is fairly simple: An experienced U-2 pilot in a chase car is the best way to guide the pilot in the U-2 through the surprisingly delicate process of taking off and landing.
A rare tour of the factory Mercedes-AMG Support Truck. It stocks all of the parts needed to keep the Mercedes-AMG GT race cars on track and supports both the IMSA and SRO series.
Presented by CRC Industries
In association with Intercomp
and Tire Rack
Cooper MacNeil, driver of the WeatherTech Scuderia Corsa Ferrari 488 GT3 in IMSA GTD competition, shows off Ferrari’s latest Evo package for their customer race machines.
Let rally driver Neil Hickey and co-driver Enda Kennedy show us how much fun a rally stage can be at the Carrick Forestry Rally—lots of chatter, lots of laughing. Good times, folks, good times.
Who knew that all it took to make a Mercedes-Benz S600 sound like an F1 car was a custom-made $12,000 exhaust only available in Japan?
Worth the price?
