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Battle of the Beasts: Tuned Dodge Viper ACR vs Koenigsegg CCXR
F1: Hungarian Grand Prix Results
Speed, the Real Life Russian Edition: Crazy Bus Driver Simply Won't Stop
Audi R8 Tries Out Gulf Oil Livery
VW Demonstrates its Handsfree Auto Pilot in Action [Video]

Battle of the Beasts: Tuned Dodge Viper ACR vs Koenigsegg CCXR

Posted: 31 Jul 2011 05:49 PM PDT

The Dodge Viper ACR is one of the fastest production cars around packing an 8.4-liter V10 with 600HP and 560 lb/ft (760 Nm) of torque that allows it to accelerate from 0-60 mph (96km/h) in less than 4.0 seconds. It has also proved its mettle by breaking lap records in famous and difficult tracks such as Laguna Seca and the Nürburgring.

But it's one thing going against a Corvette and totally different story when you're challenged by the likes of Koenigsegg and its CCXR that boasts a twin-supercharged V8 delivering close to 1,100-horsepower.

F1: Hungarian Grand Prix Results

Posted: 31 Jul 2011 04:06 PM PDT

It seems like someone was bound to get a present this Sunday at the Formula 1 Hungarian Grand Prix. But it wasn't meant to be Fernando Alonso, who yesterday turned 30 and also raced for the 30th time with Ferrari. Read more »

Speed, the Real Life Russian Edition: Crazy Bus Driver Simply Won't Stop

Posted: 31 Jul 2011 12:06 PM PDT

In the Academy Award-winning film "Speed" from 1994 starring Keanu Reeves as Police Officer Jack Traven and Sandra Bullock as accident-prone ditz Annie Porter, the bus had to go more than 50mph or else it would explode.

But that was only a Hollywood blockbuster whereas the incident you're about to see in the video after the break happened in real life, reportedly somewhere in Russia.

Audi R8 Tries Out Gulf Oil Livery

Posted: 31 Jul 2011 10:16 AM PDT

Joining our long list of cars of all sizes and sorts wearing the classic racing colors of Gulf Oil is this Audi R8 coupe, which was spotted at the Mediterranean town of Marbella in Spain.

While it's still no Porsche 917, the famed baby-blue and orange scheme looks much better on the Audi R8 than on some of the more recent Gulf Oil editions we've seen lately including the Mercedes-Benz CLK AMG DTM Edition.

For more photos of the Audi R8, follow the break to check out the gallery.

VW Demonstrates its Handsfree Auto Pilot in Action [Video]

Posted: 31 Jul 2011 08:42 AM PDT

Back in June, Volkswagen revealed its Temporary Automated Pilot (TAP) system at the HAVEit (Highly Automated Vehicle for Intelligent Transport) event in the city of Boras in Sweden.

TAP can assume control of the car using all its active safety systems without any intervention of the driver, who simply monitors the situation.