Search Results for: "Phillip Oliveira"

By Phillip Oliveira There are a few build that I didn’t think would happen in a million years. The C63/W201 Frankenstein build is one of them. This is another: The Lexus LFA is a $375,000 automotive...

American author Ernest Hemingway famously said “There are only three sports: bullfighting, motor racing, and mountaineering; all the rest are merely games”. While I cannot contest the sporting nature of...

By Phillip Oliveira In case you haven’t heard, Toyota just unveiled the new Prius. Exciting right? Toyota boss Bill Ray thinks so! In a recent interview, he called the new car “beautiful”, which...

By Phillip Oliveira What’s faster than a Viper ACR? A Corvette ZR1 apparently! At this lapping event, the Corvette spent the first six minutes of the video breathing down this poor Viper driver’s...

By Phillip Oliveira Every so often I see a build that was so difficult, so expensive and so time consuming that it leaves me flabbergasted. An American speed shop has been busy all summer doing the...

By Phillip Oliveira Believe me, I’m the first person that will triumphantly proclaim that rear-wheel drive cars are better than their all-wheel and front-wheel drive counterparts in every conceivable...

By Phillip Oliveira Ever since the Acura NSX quietly left showroom floors back in 2005, the world has eagerly awaited its replacement. We’ve seen concept after concept, though very little is known for...

By Phillip Oliveira "Ok students, listen up!"... Racing Science! Oversteer Explained Let's talk about drifting for a moment. It's the slowest way around a corner, it’s an atrociously wasteful use of...

By Phillip Oliveira We live in a world where more is better. Bigger brakes, more power, more grip, higher top speed, faster acceleration, etc. All these things form the basis of what is typically called...

By Phillip Oliveira Get your tissues out, this one is a tear jerker. Try explaining your passion for cars to someone, I dare you. You can’t, or at least not without them thinking you’re clinically...