Autos

Following its first successful inter-city flight in June of last year, Klein Vision‘s AirCar, its road-legal car-aircraft vehicle, has now received the official Certificate of Airworthiness from the Slovak Transport Authority. The AirCar withstood rigorous testing including 200 takeoffs and landings and 70 hours of cross-country flight tests which examined the vehicle’s full range of flight and performance maneuvers. Impressively, takeoff and landing procedures can be achieved without the pilot’s need to touch any flight controls. “AirCar certification opens the door for mass production of very efficient flying cars. It is official and the final confirmation of our ability to change mid-distance travel forever,” said Professor Stefan Klein, the inventor, leade...

DRIVERS is a series highlighting influential individuals in the HYPEBEAST sphere and their passion towards all things automotive. The approach is simple: what is car culture to you, and why do you have a passion for it? Each contributor is given a chance to shine light on their personal vehicle or vehicles, and asked to remark on how they are driving culture forward, both metaphorically and literally. The car culture community is fairly diverse, largely open-minded, and most of all: inclusive. The commonality that bonds the community together – irregardless of sex, age, religion, sexual orientation or whatever — is the love of all things cars, and our latest DRIVERS subject’s hunger for speed and power is 100% apparent. Emelia Hartford is a California native car fanatic, having a ver...

Chevrolet has just unveiled its new Corvette Z06 70th Anniversary Edition. Both the Corvette Stingray and Corvette Z06 are going on to their 70th year as a household name in the world of sports cars, and so Chevrolet has done something special to pay tribute to the American supercar icon. “Passion for Corvette runs deep at Chevrolet and this anniversary is extra special because of the excitement and sales success we’ve achieved with the eighth generation of America’s iconic sports car,” said Steve Majoros, vice president, Chevrolet marketing. “Even after 70 years, Corvette still makes hearts race and kids dream of the open road.” Arriving in the choice of White Pearl Metallic Tri-coat or Carbon Flash Metallic, the 70th Anniversary Corvette sees distinct wheel center...

Brooks Weisblat from DragTimes has lined up two of the most powerful electric luxury sedans on the market, the brand new 1,111 HP Lucid Air Performance Dream Edition and the 1,020 HP Tesla Model S Plaid, for a head-to-head test. Heading out to an airstrip in Houston Texas, the cars run the drag race four times, once with a 25 mph rolling start. The Tesla Model S managed to win three out of four races quite convincingly, only losing to the Lucid only when Launch Mode was deactivated. While the Tesla Model S has lower horsepower numbers, it’s approximately 400 pounds lighter and has better acceleration with a claimed 0-60 mph time of 1.99 seconds in comparison to Lucid Air’s 2.5 seconds. In an email conversation with Lucid regarding testing their vehicles, the automaker emphasize...

U.S.-based car tuning company 1016 Industries is renowned for its pioneering use of carbon fiber and 3D printing, and after remodeling cars such as the McLaren 720S and the Lamborghini Urus, it now enters the high-luxury realm with its take on the Rolls-Royce Cullinan. Speaking on the custom car, 1016 Industries CEO Peter Northrop said, “1016 Industries engineers vehicles with an OEM-plus attitude, which means every piece of forged carbon in our new Cullinan seamlessly integrates into the existing bodywork… Our company is dedicated to resetting the boundaries of auto engineering and our carbon fiber work highlights the latest innovations in 3D printing processes. We’re incredibly pleased with the new Cullinan, which utilizes advanced manufacturing techniques that have never bee...

Lamborghini has announced plans to release four new cars this year, including two new versions of both the Huracán and the Urus SUV. According to CAR’s interview with Automobili Lamborghini CEO Stephan Winkelmann, the upcoming 2022 vehicles will be the last production cars from the automaker to be fully powered by internal combustion engines. While no exact specifics have been revealed, one of the Huracáns is expected to be a rally-inspired model based on the V-10-powered 2019 Sterrato concept pictured above, while the second is said to be a new high-performance variant of the STO. The Urus will also receive its first-ever update, promising new facelifts and performance upgrades. Looking forward, 2023 will see Lamborghini ramp up its electrification plans with the successor of the Av...

The U.K’s ‘lad mag’ culture meant that teenagers in the early 2000s had access to a startlingly adult education. From the top shelf of corner stores loomed titles like Nuts, Zoo, Loaded, and Max Power, which combined rudimentary soft pornography with a fetishized idea of young masculinity: one that centered around the twin pillars of topless girls and modified cars. At their height, these publications were a cornerstone of British adolescence. The glossy pages were hidden from conservative parents, and instead were ogled over between friends in the back of someone’s first car – one which was complete with go-faster stripes and an oversized exhaust, in an eager, if misdirected, attempt to impress girls. They both documented and inspired a short-lived, but vastly influential subculture of yo...

Back in 1979, Pope John Paul II visited the United States, and accompanying the Pope on his tour was a customized open-air Ford Bronco. Now, a one-of-a-kind 2021 Ford Bronco Pope Francis Center First Edition has been created and will be subsequently sold at Barrett-Jackson auctions in aid to raise money for Detroit’s Pope Francis Center, helping it fight against homelessness. Based on a standard four-door Bronco, this edition draws visual cues from the original 1966 iteration and hence features a “Wimbledon White” paint job alongside heritage-inspired wheels from Detroit Steel Wheels (steelies if you will). A contrasting black roof section sits high, while lower down you’ll find red stripes along the side skirts, “First Edition” badges on the fenders, red-pain...

A rare Mitsubishi Lancer Evo 6 RSX is up for sale over at PistonHeads. The 2000 Mitsubishi Lancer Evo 6 RSX is just one of 30 ever built by Ralliart UK — only 10 were painted the Satellite Silver color — and was first owned by a lawyer in Hong Kong where it was kept in pristine condition for 14 years. The legendary RSX Evo VI saw upgrades from its standard counterpart in the form of the removal of ABS, plated differentials, a faster steering rack, titanium turbo impellers, Recaro SR seats, and 30 extra spot welds on the body shell. Together, the RSX shed around 180 pounds. With the help of Ralliart/Extreme, this Mitsubishi Lancer Evo 6 RSX went through a tune that saw performance enhancements by way of a Ralliart three-point strut brace, AP six-pot brake calipers, Proflex suspe...

Fans of offroading are spoilt for choice — you could have the Jeep Gladiator, a Mercedes-AMG G63, Land Rover’s new Defender, and now, Ford‘s brand-new Bronco Raptor. While the Bronco was an already formidable competitor to those SUVs listed above, it has now been given an overhaul by Ford Performance (responsible for the F-150 Raptor) to become the Bronco Raptor, an Ultra4 Racing-inspired machine that’s powered by the American marque’s exclusive twin-turbo three-liter EcoBoost engine that’s set to deliver around 400 HP. Packing a Raptor HOSS 4.0 race-ready suspension system, a fully-boxed, high-strength steel frame, and standard 37-inch all-terrain tires, and coupled with the fact the Raptor is 9.8 inches wider than a four-door Bronco, this SUV is destin...

During the first ever HYPEGOLF Japan Invitational event, held on Monday, December 6 at Tokyo’s Eagle Point Golf Club, German automaker Porsche took the opportunity to showcase its latest electric performance vehicle, the Taycan 4 Cross Turismo. The 4 Cross Turismo is Porsche’s fast-functional iteration of the all-electric Taycan performance car with an extended cabin. With the Cross Turismo body shell, rear storage room expands to 446 liters of storage space, maximized to 1212 liters with the rear seats folded down. Beyond its functionality of storage, the Taycan features a 215 mile range, while maintaining performance feats like a 0-62 mph sprint time of 5.1 seconds through its stabilized four-wheel drive system and comfortable-and-sporty adjustable air suspension. For its att...

Acura has created an anime series featuring its 2022 line-up of cars, which has debuted at the 2022 Sundance Film Festival. The four-part series of shorts, Chiaki’s Journey, features the marque’s new TLX Type S, MDX Type S and NSX Type S as well as a cameo appearance from Acura’s 2023 Integra. The series follows the titular hero’s vehicular quest for victory against her nemesis Erich Kang and can be viewed in full via Acura as well as Crunchyroll, IMDb, YouTube and Kotaku. “Acura is driven to create products that embody our precision crafted performance DNA, and the fun, attention-grabbing nature of anime pop-culture will help build momentum for our new Type S lineup,” says Jon Ikeda, vice president and Acura brand officer. “Chiaki’s Journey combines anime with Acura’s ‘Less Talk, More Dri...