Awesome Rides

LEGO Ideas contributor Ozzyeatingbats presents a concept for a model of Jaguar’s greatest design achievement, the car Enzo Ferrari once called “the most beautiful car ever made.” It’s appx. 1:10 scale, made from 1664 bricks, and has a big inline 6-cylinder engine.

The F-150 Raptor is back, and Hennessey has a new VelociRaptor upgrade package for it. The biggest additions are the second rear axle and extra pair of wheels. It also has better suspension, bumpers and the option to go up to a 600+hp twin-turbo engine kit.

Like most gearheads, we’re stoked for the return of Clarkson, Hammond, and May, with their epic new Amazon series. The trailer gives only the tiniest taste of what’s to come, but we’ve heard the opening sequence is the single most expensive shot in the history of television.

Building on the success of the G35 and G37, the new Q60 is one of the best looking luxury sport coupes you can buy. Its most potent variant has a 400 hp twin-turbo V6, direct adaptive steering, dynamic dampers, and a wealth of tech features. Read our full review on 95octane.

Red Bull shows the exacting standards of Formula One by taking us through the life of RB12-FS-00663-02, a front suspension bolt. It’s one of the over 1 million bespoke F1 car parts that race teams design, produce, inspect and test every year.

Jay Leno shows off his Panhard et Levassor 17, a compact six-seater that’s “unusual even for a French car.” It’s unruly at low speeds, but otherwise it’s a beautiful oddball that’s full of personality while remaining practical. Driving footage at 18:37.

Jeremy, Richard, and James May dropped by The Late Late Show, but not to perform Carpool Karaoke. Instead, they took host James Corden for three laps around Willow Springs in a Corvette Grand Sport while he offered up trivia questions which affected their lap times.

GM and the US Army created this badass concept truck for military operations. The 6.5 ft. tall truck runs quietly thanks to a hydrogen-electric 4WD drivetrain, its power pack can be removed to power field operations, and can produce clean drinking water as a by-product.

Jezza, The Hamster, and Captain Slow’s new show The Grand Tour appears to be exactly the same as their old show. They still race cars, make dad jokes, and need a tame racing driver. Perhaps they’ll choose the old Stig, who turned up in this post-Top Gear clip that’s making the rounds.

Renault’s big reveal at the 2016 Paris Motor Show is… the Saab Aero X?! On the other hand, the Trezor has more elegant proportions and an electric motor that produces 350hp and 280 lb-ft. of torque to go with that familiar 180º windshield and cockpit canopy.

LEGO Ideas members saabfan and gabriele.zannotti’s proposal for a LEGO set based on the 1968 Fiat 500 L. The scale model of the vintage Italian beetle is made of 1,157 pieces with lots of moving parts. It even has an Abarth 595 variant.

A beautifully restored specimen of the Land Rover, the Series IIA. It’s been repainted in orange  (one of the options when the off-roader first came out), with Wolf Wheels, Mud BF Goodrich tires and a few modern amenities such as a USB charging port.

The convertible version of Ferrari’s monster hybrid has a reinforced chassis to make it equally rigid. It has the same 949hp V12, electric motor and KERS combo as the coupe, but its carbon fiber roof is optional. Of course, all 209 units have already been sold.

An insane version of Ram’s Rebel pickup, ready to do 100 mph+ off-road. It’s driven by a supercharged 6.2L V8 Hemi (aka the Hellcat engine), tuned to 575 hp, an extra-wide track with monstrous 37″ tires, 13″ wheel travel, and six-point racing harnesses for all passengers.

How It’s Made walks us through the making of the modern day Peel 50, a tiny fiberglass-bodied car with a 1-cyl engine that doesn’t seem like something you should be driving on public roads. The original version dates back to the early 1960s and is worth up to $200k.

The badass big brother to Honda’s hot new hatch looks incredible, with beefy aero bits, a brushed aluminum wrap, carbon fiber skirts, 20″ piano black rims, and a 2.0-liter turbo-4 rumored to push out around 340 horses. The best part? This Type-R is coming to America.

Petrolicious introduces us to lifelong gearhead Hans-Michael Gerischer. He started with VW Beetles, then moved on to a Porsche 964 to try track racing. As he got better at driving, he would tweak his car to suit his needs. Now he restores 911s as a side gig.

Drivers Justin Oquendo, Ryan Kibbe, and Ken Block take on Chris Forsberg, Dustin Jones, and Ballistic BJ Baldwin, kicking up dirt for days in the widebody Can-AM Maverick X3 ATV, with its crazy 24″ of suspension travel, 15″ of ground clearance, and speedy 154hp turbo 4 engine.

A sporty new variant of Honda’s ubiquitous daily driver. In Sport trim, the fantastic looking hatch version gets a 1.5L turbo 4 with up to 180hp and 177 lb-ft. of torque, a 6-speed manual or CVT, and great fuel economy to boot.

With the U.S. Presidential debate’s viewership right up there with the Superbowl, Audi decided to run a commercial spot right up there with the best of them. Just like the debate, a man and woman are fighting over the ticket, but for a very different reason. Bravo, Audi. Bravo.

One of only 40 racing variants of the BMW M1 E26. It was originally a spare race car for the Procar Championship, but it never saw action and was refitted to be a production car. Canepa put back as many Procar parts while keeping it street legal.

DragTimes presents a quarter-mile drag race between two cars coming from opposite ends and meeting in the middle. In the red corner, we have a comfortable and mild-mannered entry level supercar. In the blue corner is a family sedan, albeit the world’s quickest one.

The Paseo is a Ford Transit van that’s been modified to have amenities previously found only in larger motorhomes. For example, it has a microwave oven, a 2-burner stove, a fridge, a sink, a toilet and shower, gas generator, exterior AC/DC receptacle and more.