Rap Star Ludacris Upgrades from a 1993 Acura Legend to a NSX Supercar
Merry Ludacrismas to Me. @acura #nsx #gooddadgang @cthagod thanks for the plug! A photo posted by @ludacris on Dec 16, 2016 at 12:52pm PST Nowadays most people know actor Chris Bridges from his role as Tej Parker in the Fast and Furious movies, but back in the early 2000s he was better known as rapper […]
Review of Fast & Fhtagn: A Game of Cthulhoid Street Racing
The Lovecraftian racing game that challenges your sanity
In board game stores today, you can’t swing a dead cat without hitting a game that utilizes H.P. Lovecraft’s Cthulhu mythos. Whether it’s in appropriately dark homage (like Eldritch Horror) or campy parody (like Unspeakable Words), it seems like this “crazy” theme is compatible with every type of tabletop game. It’s no surprise that we’ve […]
Dame Helen Mirren Says Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson Can’t Drive Stick
Last year, Helen Mirren told a Yahoo! interviewer that her “great ambition” was to star in a Fast and Furious film, adding that, “my claim to fame is I always do my own driving.” Well, the 70-year old British acting legend’s dream will soon come partially true, when she gets to film a cameo in […]
Nissan Concept Ready for the Silver Screen
The Nissan IDx Concept first captured the world’s attention at the Tokyo Motor Show in 2013. There were strong rumors that the concept would head to production as an inexpensive coupe with retro style, but pretty much all indicators point to the model being scrapped. You can still see some of its design cues in the new […]
Nissan GT-R Shatters Drifting Record
Nissan takes drifting very seriously. Japan was one of the first countries to fully embrace drifting as a sport instead of a driving error, and the drift culture is strong enough for it to warrant its own installment in The Fast and the Furious franchise. The automaker wasn’t happy enough with being good at drifting, however. […]
The Rock Sideswipes Guy’s Truck, Guy is Overjoyed
Maybe you’ve seen that slightly contrived video where a guy in a pickup truck gets cut off by a Mercedes, storms out of the truck looking for a fight, and finds himself face to face with Evander Holyfield. Maybe you haven’t, which is why I’ll just leave this here. In all fairness, Holyfield should have […]
UPDATE: John Cena is Still Alive
A week ago, I noticed that an unusual number of people had come to The News Wheel looking for news regarding WWE Superstar John Cena’s purported demise in a car accident. I then wrote a post refuting that particular rumor, even going so far as to include a Vine from that very same morning of […]
A Brief History of the Mitsubishi Eclipse
Everyone who’s seen The Fast and the Furious remembers Brian O’Connor’s little green Eclipse that he drives in most of the movie. What was it about the Eclipse that made it the quintessential tuner car of the 90s? Find out about each its four generations below. First Generation Back in the early 90s, Mitsubishi and […]
Hennessey Venom GT is World’s Fastest Production Car, Guinness Be Damned (UPDATED)
The Hennessey Venom GT's 270.49 mph run on February 14 tops Bugatti's previous best...even if it doesn't totally count.
The record for world’s fastest production car has been broken (unofficially, at least) after the Hennessey Venom GT topped out at 270.49mph during a run on the Space Shuttle runway at the Kennedy Space Center. According to Top Gear, a Valentine’s Day record attempt yielded a result that bested the 2010 record of 269.86mph set […]