Aircraft
18 Jan
Hitting 7 G's + 300 miles per hour & living to tell the tale

Aerial adventure company Sky Combat Ace invited Nicolas Stecher to jump aboard one of their Extra 330 LC stunt planes — the most agile prop plane on Earth — and fly with one of their fighter pilots for AskMen. Little did he know that he would be piloting his own plane through an Evel Knievel list […]


15 May
The world's first plug-in hybrid supercar... with 770 Horsepower

As one of the most anticipated hybrids ever conceived, Porsche has released a new set of images of its 918 Spyder prototype and announced that it has begun testing… which, at this point in development, seems obvious. With production slated to begin in September 2013, Porsche expects first deliveries to hit showrooms by end of […]


20 Dec
Flying high just got personal... expensive & personal

Fans of James Bond will tell you that there’s a certain coolness factor that goes with flying whilst simultaneously saving the day. We can’t promise that you’ll save anyone’s day with Parajet’s latest flying gear, but you’ll certainly have a good time giving it a shot. Paramotoring is a relatively new sport that gives everyone — […]


8 Sep
Music festivals, a brewery-based economy and car test-driving...

We’re gonna be in Portland this weekend at the launch of the 2012 Hyundai Veloster at the boutique Jupiter Hotel, and the crew at Hyundai have quite a full 12-course meal of activities in front of us. It’s gonna be a doozy, but we’ll throw up a gallery of the weekend as it goes down. […]


16 Aug
Jetpacks, gorillas, zombies, Bollywood & an Epic Meal Time cameo

Ken Block’s potent Gymkhana series just seems to keep getting bigger and bigger, with the stunts getting evermore tighter and complex. A little while ago he did his madness at the Battersea Powerstation, and now for the latest edition Block turns it up to 11. Gymkhana 4: The Hollywood Megamercial is about as over the […]


5 Aug
Italy's latest automotive weapon unveiled at Pasadena Art Center

It’s not uncommon when you see a supercar for the first time, in the flesh, to be stunned stupid by its majestic beauty. Much like the mythical glamor that moose give hunters, who upon first seeing their splendor in the wild instead of pulling the trigger put down their rifles and simply stare at the […]


17 Jun
197 mph and 0-62 in 3.8 seconds... with the top down...

Today Audi unveiled the proof-of-life video for its upcoming topless shredder, the R8 GT Spyder. The fastest drop top the 4-Rings has ever created, the soft-top GT Spyder boasts the same 5.2 liter FSI V10 as its hardtop GT counterpart, which delivers 560 hp (412 kW, 552 bhp) and 398.28 lb-ft of torque. That’s a […]


21 Sep
The unsubstantiated AVX Aircraft Company's new airborne SUV

In these worldwide interwebs there are a lot of vehicles “unveiled” and “released” that have absolutely no chance in hell of ever actually existing in the meat world. Such is probably the case with Texas-based AVX Aircraft Company’s new airborne SUV. While other prototype flying cars are getting closer to reality (such as the Terrafugia […]