The guys over at Rallye-Mad.com put together this pretty well mixed compilation of rally racing footage from last year. It has everything from pros to amateurs, amazingly fast driving and a few crashes thrown in. Basically it covers everything that makes rally fun to watch.
YouTube’s push for exclusive content (kind of like having their own TV shows) has resulted in some very high quality car reviews. This is Motor Trend’s segment called Head 2 Head where they do direct comparisons of two cars. In their first episode of H2H they do one of their favorite comparisons, the Corvette vs. the 911. Motor Trend has been pitting these two against each other for years in the pages of their magazine. Editor Angus Mackenzie takes the first part of the video to explain why they like comparing these two cars despite of the fact that they are in completely different price categories. One thing I’ve noticed with the new Motor Trend content is that they are really trying to go into extreme detail talking about what it’s like to drive the cars they review. It makes for far more interesting videos about cars that I can only dream about driving.
Founded in 2007, the King of the Hammers race combines high speed desert racing with technical rock crawling to form one of the ultimate forms of off-road racing. This is highlights from this year’s race that took place in February.
I came across this video of what has to be some of the best motorcycle racing ever caught on film. It took place during the 2009 MotoGP season at Catalunya. At the time, Valention Rossi was the defending world champion but was trailing his Fiat Yamaha teammate Jorge Lorenzo. They have a head to head battle for the last few laps of the race for a surprise win. I won’t spoil the results for those of you who have never seen this before:
Source: Tim Fowler on Vimeo
You wouldn’t think designers could make something as simple as the turn signal cool, but you’d be wrong. Mercedes Benz introduced these “kinetic signal lights” on their new Concept Style Coupe. They use a rippling shutter effect instead of a blinking light. It looks pretty awesome.
Audi has taken a different route with this concept demonstration of what they are able to do with Organic LED technology. YouTube user TheBoxophist remixed the original soundless video with Daft Punk’s song Derezzed from the Tron soundtrack. I thought it was a great match and made the video much more enjoyable.