by Fast Machines | May 23, 2017 | Exterior
The 48 contiguous United States sprawl across approximately 3.12 million square miles of land, or more than 33 times the surface area of the entire United Kingdom. Over there, they invented tiny roadsters that slip tidily down narrow lanes lined with hedgerows. Here,...
by Fast Machines | May 23, 2017 | Auto News
Scott Dixon and Dario Franchitti were robbed at gunpoint while at a Taco Bell drive-thru. The robbery came hours just after Dixon captured the pole in the upcoming Indianapolis 500 race. News reports say Dixon, his wife and Franchitti were at a Taco Bell on West 16th...
by Fast Machines | May 22, 2017 | Fast And Dangerous
From the June 2017 issue There is no such thing as a clean-sheet vehicle design in 2017. In its relatively brief existence, the automobile illustrates Darwin’s natural-selection theory better than the platypus, which has persisted—mostly inexplicably—for somewhere...
by Fast Machines | May 22, 2017 | Formula One Blog
Former MotoGP world champion Nicky Hayden died in hospital on Monday, five days after he was hit by a car while training on his bicycle. Hayden was 35. Maurizio Bufalini Hospital in Cesena, where Hayden had been since the collision last Wednesday, made the...
by Fast Machines | May 22, 2017 | Exterior
What It Is: A new Volvo crossover that will anchor the small end of the Swedish automaker’s SUV lineup. Previewed last year by a concept called the 40.1, the XC40 will continue the styling renaissance begun by the flagship XC90 but with a more youthful character to go...