This Petrolhead Corner episode is dedicated to one of the fiercest rivalries on and off-track in the world of endurance racing. I’m taking you back to the mid-nineties, specifically to top-tier endurance racing. During the better part of the 1990s, endurance racing hit an all-time high again, coming out of the bonkers Group-C era. Its […]
Whenever sports cars are discussed, the debate revolves around several trivial things. The type of engine and where it sits, the amount of horsepower, the top speeds you could potentially hit, two versus all-wheel drive, and so on. Something that’s often overlooked, or simply ignored I think, is the amount of fun it provides. Sure, […]
The V12 is dead, all hail the V12! Lamborghini has ended production of its V12 engine, and it is truly the end of an era. An era full of iconic bedroom-poster sports- and supercars with a heritage that started with one of my all-time favourite cars, the Lamborghini Miura. This car is pretty much considered […]
It is sometimes stated that the very first car race happened 5 minutes after the second-ever car was built. And to an extent, that is very true. Racing has been part of the automotive industry from day 1 basically, as people try to find out who is quickest in what car. The direct result is […]
Almost every week there’s some new hotshot car company announcing some magical better-than-everything type vehicle. And sadly, in today’s day and age that’s more often about volts and watts instead of controlled explosions and exhaust chatter. I often have mixed emotions about this push for “green” energy, because on one hand I am not convinced […]
Clad in dramatic Rosso Corsa, donning the yellow-and-black Prancing Horse logo, and fitted with a high-performance engine, preferably in the back, there’s just something mystical and evocative about a Ferrari. Even when that Ferrari was never raced like it was intended to do, or a painstaking, home-built replica of a car that doesn’t exist anymore. […]
Say what you want about electric cars, but by now we have to accept it is the very real future we’re heading towards. One by one car manufacturers are moving away from internal combustion engines in favour of electrification. And whether or not this is at all beneficial to the environment, in the long run, […]
In today’s day and age, it sometimes seems enough is never enough. Every other week some new fantastically over-the-top hypercar gets announced, with even more power than before, an even greater top speed, and an even more absurd price tag. Cars costing 2 million, 4 million or even 10 million euros are no exception anymore. […]
If there’s one thing we’ve learned from the art of timekeeping, is that no matter how far time moves, some things are able to happily stand still. As far as technology has evolved, we can argue that the mechanics of watchmaking hasn’t changed much in the last few centuries or so. New innovations here and […]
New information regarding the 2021 edition of the 24 Hours of Le Mans has been gradually released, as this year’s edition is shaping up to be quite the game-changer in endurance racing. Although the event has been pushed back to August (21st and 22nd), there’s a lot going on, and the provisional list of participants […]