Awesome Rides

To launch the LEGO Technic McLaren P1, expert builders and engineers assembled the most impressive life-size LEGO car model yet. The car has 342,817 pieces, including some custom bricks, and took more than 8000 hours to design and build. It’s powered by 768 LEGO motors and an electric car battery and is the first full-scale LEGO car to lap a racetrack.

This artful coffee table book by Charlotte and Peter Fiell and Taschen catalogs 50 incredible motorcycles from 1894 to 2020. The 512-page hardcover book is loaded with photos, technical specifications, and stories about historic rides from luxurious tourers to high-speed superbikes.

BMW’s X2 coupe SUV has sleek new exterior and a fantastic interior design. We spent a week getting to know the latest version of the German crossover, which handles like a car and offers an array of slick technologies for safety and convenience. Behind the X2’s dark finish kidney grille, you’ll find a 2.0L turbo-4 engine with plenty of power on tap.

French automaker Renault collaborated with designer Ora Ïto to create a retro-modern take on a 1970s classic car. This fantastic electric restomod of an R17 sports coupe features a new grille design with low-profile quad beam headlamps, a skinny horizontal tail lamp, and a mod interior. Those wheels that look like they’re always in motion are amazing.

Sick of stuff sliding around your truck bed or the back of your SUV? TMat makes a cargo management system that helps keep items in place. It uses a set of durable modular baseplates and movable clamps and brackets. No tools are needed for installation and you can slide the unit onto your tailgate for unloading. It also works for car trunks and trailers.

The newest vehicle from Alpha Motor’s modular platform. The SUPERREX is a four-door SUV meant to go anywhere you want while carrying everything you need. It has two motors in an all-wheel drive setup, 325 mi of range, and a maximum towing capacity of 8,500 lb. It has 43.3 cu. ft. of space for cargo with the rear seats removed.

The 2025 Nissan Armada is new from head to toe. The 3-row SUV will come in five trims, including a rugged new PRO-4X and a luxury Platinum Reserve. It’s powered by a 3.5L twin-turbo V6 with 425 hp and 516 lb-ft. of torque and can tow 8,500 lb. It has a refined new interior offering the latest tech, such as dual 14.3″ screens, Google built-in, and more.

Creating metal parts for cars requires massive industrial stamping machines or labor-intensive hand-shaping. Desktop Metal’s Figur G15 machine can precisely shape sheet metal using a computer-controlled ball tool. In this video, car builder Rob Ida uses the Figur to craft parts to help realize Preston Tucker’s never-built Carioca concept car. (Thanks, Rob!)

The Volvo EX90 is the Swedish automaker’s new three-row electric SUV that joins the line alongside the gas-powered XC90. We spent some time getting to know the Twin Motor Performance model, which is the fastest and most powerful of the lineup. Complementing its modern and minimalist design is an impeccably smooth, quiet, and refined ride.

We spent a week getting to know the most potent and capable Jeep Wrangler you can buy. Combining a HEMI V8 engine with a heaping helping of off-road equipment, this special Rubicon 392 Final Edition is fast, feature-packed, and ready for adventure. Priced at over $108K, as seen here, it’s also the most expensive Wrangler we’ve ever driven.

The automotive industry pioneered mass manufacturing and modular assembly. So it’s no surprise that it’s also rife with the same vehicles being sold under different brands with barely any changes made besides their badge. Corsicar takes us through a fun retrospective at the car world’s equivalent of the Always Has Been meme.

This new package for the 2025 Ford Bronco Sport gives the small SUV even more off-road capabilities. It includes 17″ wheels, 29″ all-terrain tires, Bilstein rear shocks, upgraded springs, increased ride height and suspension travel, a new Rally G.O.A.T. mode, a brush guard, skid plates, four recovery points, and more. Available on Badlands and Outer Banks trims.

“Thank you very much for watching. Goodbye!” Jeremy Clarkson, Richard Hammond, and James May have entertained and riled up audiences for the past three decades. Sometimes they talked about cars too. Now, the last season of the Top Gear trio’s globetrotting Amazon Prime series, The Grand Tour, is upon us. Premieres 9.13.24.

Kindred Motorworks‘ twist on a restomod Ford Bronco. The EV Bronco is based on first-generation units from 1966 to 1977, faithfully restored on the outside and modernized everywhere else. Two motors and an 80kWh battery provide 402 hp and 492 lb-ft. of torque. It also features an independent front suspension and multi-link coils at the rear.

Remember when Colin Furze built a 100-horsepower bumper car? Here’s another bumper car that can drive untethered from the amusement park. While home during the pandemic, retired mechanic Dan Hryhorcoff built this 2x scale, 2-seat bumper car. Powered by the drivetrain from a junkyard Chevy Aveo, it’s not exactly quick, but it sure looks awesome.

Drew Builds Stuff previously made an electric vehicle that recharges itself with solar power while driving. While it did add driving range, Drew wanted to see if he could push the idea further and make it add enough range to keep driving indefinitely. We wonder how long it would run for in the Arctic Circle, where the sun lasts all day and night in the summertime.