Jay Leno bought this 1941 Plymouth Special Deluxe Coupe from the son of a man named Fred who passed away and wanted the car to go to someone who would appreciate and care for it. Jay says it represents a time when America made the best cars in the world. This particular car has been purposely left unmodified and unrestored so that it could just be an enjoyable driver.
This is from the same guy who posted the Callaway Sledgehammer video on YouTube. It’s a documentary of the last C4 Chevrolet Corvette built in the Bowling Green Kentucky plant in 1996. It was bought by a Corvette collector and he had all the workers sign the car.
What’s the fastest car in the world right now? That’s probably not a hard question to answer for most car guys: the Bugatti Veyron. Top Gear documented the Super Sport hit 267 mph:
The Quail show at Pebble Beach is probably one of the most exclusive car shows in the world. Tickets are $500 and the show takes place during Pebble Weekend before the RM Auctions. Harry Metcalfe of evo Magazine brought a camera along with him for this year’s show so we could see what it was all about. Highlights include what will probably be the only public appearance of the McLaren X-1, the factory built one-off custom based on the MP4-12C. Dodge brought out the new Viper and Lamborghini showed up with their new SUV concept and the Sesto Elemento (Italian for “6th Element” which is Carbon). A train of Shelby Cobras got a police escort from Laguna Seca where they were participating in the Rolex Monterey Motorsports Reunion. That’s just the tip of the iceberg in terms of describing all the cars that were there.
Autoweek put together this unique view of the Woodward Dream Cruise. It’s a remote controlled helicopter‘s perspective of the festivities including a burnout from Vaughn Gittin Jr’s Formula D Mustang.