Famous 500 Card Game Review: “The World’s Smallest Car Racing Game”
To simulate the excitement of an auto race on a miniature scale, you might assume that you need a lot of components–a big racing board, model cars, die, dozens of cards, and a big rule book. But, the pocket-sized Famous 500 card game proves that successful tabletop racing is more about the technique than the components. […]
[VIDEOS] R34 Nissan Skyline GT-R Is the Latest Sports Car to Crash at Nürburgring
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Nicknamed the “Green Hell” by racing legend Jackie Stewart, the Nürburgring Motorsports Complex in Germany is no stranger to drama. It is the very racetrack where legendary F1 driver Niki Lauda almost burned to death in a fiery crash back in 1976, and just last year an Audi SQ7 prototype tasted the track’s wall. Now a […]
INDYCAR Unplugged – Motor Racing Board Game Review
For as many NASCAR board games that have been released over the years, it’s surprising that IndyCar racing hasn’t received the same attention–especially since the motorsport has been around for a hundred years. One of the few tabletop racing games that embraces American Championship car racing is the colorful, family-oriented INDYCAR Unplugged from Good Ole Games. The […]
‘Thrash-Car’ Board Game Review: A Riotous, Reckless Racing Game
When can you win a racing board game without crossing the finish line? When you’re playing Thrash-Car! For those who thought that tabletop versions of racetrack competitions were too tame, uncompetitive, or commercialized, this wild game pits players against each other in aggressive automotive attacks. Whether you side with the hippies, rednecks, old […]
NASCAR: The DVD Board Game — Review
Remember that period in the 2000s when DVD board games were all the rage? Scene It? started the trend of integrating DVD challenges with dice-rolling board gaming. For a while, seemingly everything was being adapted as a DVD trivia game, from television shows to the natural world. During that time, Specialty Board Games (SBG) Inc.–the […]
Board Game Review: Gear & Piston from LudiCreations
Step back in time and compete to create the best horseless carriage
There are few automobile-themed tabletop games out there that aren’t racing or trivia-based—and Gear & Piston is one of those few exceptions which look at automobiles in an entirely different way. Finnish designer Jjukka Höysniemi takes the theme of car assembly and transposes it to a fascinating time in history, even constructing a narrative […]
Unique Stocking Stocker Gift Ideas for Car Lovers
Shopping for small trinkets for an auto-enthusiast this Christmas? We have great suggestions!
Despite what the commercials show, most of us don’t have the funds to buy our loved ones new cars for Christmas. In fact, money is often tied up getting many gifts for people during the holidays. But sometimes you want to get your family something extra for their stockings. If you want to give something more […]
Honda Restoring Ludacris’ 1993 Acura Legend for 2015 SEMA Show
Rapper, actor, and Fast & Furious mainstay Ludacris has talked at length about his beloved 1993 Acura Legend, which was even featured on the cover of his 2015 hip hop album, Ludaversal. During an appearance on Conan back in April, Ludacris said that the well-worn sedan has racked up over 283,000 miles in the last […]
New Bond Film Reportedly Crashed $37 Million Worth of Supercars
For the new James Bond film Spectre, Aston Martin built only 10 DB10 sport cars for the exclusive purpose of being used for the movie’s car chase scenes, but still many auto enthusiasts were hopeful that maybe a couple of those vehicles would eventually make their way to auction. You can consider those dreams officially […]
Top 5 Discontinued Toyota Models: A Definitive List
All automakers have them: those models that seemed like a good idea at the time, but just didn’t make the cut when push came to shove. While some discontinued models go down in history as legends amongst car enthusiasts, others disappear into the dirt as if they never existed in the first place. With the […]
Watch Kate McKinnon Do Funny Things in Ford Focus Commercial
If you aren’t familiar with Kate McKinnon now, you better start brushing up. Her work on Saturday Night Live for the past three years has taken her from impersonating the likes of Justin Bieber and Iggy Azalea to playing original characters such as Olya Povlatsky and Sheila Sauvage. She’s been nominated for an Emmy and […]
57 Best Car-Related Moments from The Office
It’s been over two years (831 days to be exact) since The Office aired its final episode here in the US, and each day since then, I have been filled with an intense emptiness that nothing can fill—but kudos to you for trying, Parks and Rec. The Office is a sick obsession for me; I can quote […]
Toyota Mirai Runs on Lemonade (Yes, Really)
What fuels the 2016 Toyota Mirai? Perhaps the question should be more about what doesn’t fuel the Mirai. So far, thanks to Toyota’s Fueled by Everything campaign, we know that the Mirai is fueled by water from an oil town and poop (yes, poop). The latest video shows that the Mirai can also be fueled […]
Fiat Chrysler Joins Star Wars Marketing Force
Fiat Chrysler Automobiles might not be Luke’s father, but that doesn’t mean the Italian-American carmaker doesn’t have a lead role to play in the new Star Wars: The Force Awakens movie that opens in December. The carmaker’s character? Marketing sponsor. The automaker was recently named one of seven global companies that will participate in “an […]
Tokyo Drift Nissan for Sale in the UK
Here’s a riddle: what’s black and gray, can perform a drift up a parking garage ramp, and is inexplicably on sale in the UK? If you guessed the 2002 Nissan 350Z driven by Drift King in The Fast and the Furious: Tokyo Drift, then boy are you good. According to the current owners, Cheshire Classic […]
Ford Is Bringing a “Rocket Car” to Oshkosh 2015
Houston, Tranquility Base here. The Eagle has landed! From the lunar surface to the open roads of Earth, the Apollo edition Mustang has arrived, and it’s no ordinary rocket car; this car sports a seriously cool Saturn V paint job. Ford has fused two American icons—the Apollo mission rockets and its legendary Mustang—into one badass […]
Fiat Chrysler Possibly Resurrecting Barracuda Name
There are few muscle cars in the history of the automotive industry that have a reputation quite like the Barracuda. Known for its sex-on-wheels styling, shaker hood, and high-octane performance, the Plymouth ‘Cuda was one of the most distinctive vehicles from the muscle-car era. But sadly, its demise came in 1974 due to a changing […]
Is Back to the Future Coming Back to Universal Studios?
Great Scott! We’ve traveled back to 1989, when rumors of a Back to the Future ride at Universal Studios Orlando were floating around. Only this is 2015 instead. 8 years after the original Back to the Future: The Ride was shut down, whispers of a new Back to the Future attraction have begun to emerge. As […]