Burnout


How not to do a burnout in your BMW

We're not exactly sure why burnouts are fun to watch, but boy are they ever. In the hands of an expert, the smell of the burning tires and the roar of the engine are a thing of beauty. For the amateur, burning prolonged rubber can lead to more than some ruined radials. Hit the jump to view one of the saddest burnouts we've ever seen. For some reason, the man behind the wheel of this BMW thought it would be a good idea to lay rubber on a cement embankment. The resulting video ought to be enough to make sure an insurance claim isn't approved. ... Read more →

VIDEO: 2010 Mustang GT burnin' rubber Jonathon Ramsey

The 2010 Ford Mustang has been knocked for being a tad down on horsepower compared to its retro-new muscle car rivals. Nevertheless, if you have some tires at home that you hate, you can still ...

VIDEO: Another Challenger SRT8 sending rubber to the afterlife Alex Nunez

Video posted after the jump Ahh, YouTube: the equivalent of morning cartoons for us grown-ups, only now we drink coffee with our Fruity Pebbles. The post title pretty much sums this up. As more people ...

New York 2008: Hyundai Genesis Coupe burning rubber [w/VIDEO] Chris Shunk

New York 2008: Hyundai Genesis Coupe doing power slides var digg_url = 'http://digg.com/autos/300_HP_Hyundai_Genesis_Coupe_burns_rubber_in_New_York'; The 2010 Hyundai Genesis Coupe is the new ...

VIDEO: Dodge Challenger romping in the desert Dan Roth

Chrysler has released some video of the Challenger zooming around on some desert tarmac. We think that this video is from the same shoot that produced the teaser pics we all salivated over before the ...

Lexus returns the favor to Audi in new ads 2 years ago on Autoblog

Oh, what fun, a luxury sport sedan advertising smackdown. Lexus has returned a volley after Audi made a shot across their bow with a TV spot swiping at Lexus and implying that a self-parking car is for non-driving drivers. Like that kid in class who never knew quite how to shoot back a response, ...

VIDEO: Year One Bandit T/A in action! - UPDATED with latest version 2 years ago on Autoblog

UPDATE: Our friends at Year One graciously hooked us up with the latest version of this video - embedded after the jump. "Bandit you're reckless and you live much too hard..." We feel a full-fledged late 1970s lovefest coming on soon. Not that it'd be any worse than the resurgence of 1980s pop ...

World's First: Lexus LS460 gets loose 3 years ago on Autoblog

click on image to enlarge Upon perusing our October 2006 issue of Motor Trend, we ran across the mag's review of the new 2007 Lexus LS460 and a pair of pictures caught our eye. Before us on the printed page was a bright silver LS sedan doing a burnout and... (gulp) drifting! The Japanese luxury ...

VIDEO: Mustang GT-H burnout finally caught on tape 3 years ago on Autoblog

Monday's contribution to Autoblog from the online treasure trove that is Streetfire.net comes in the form of a civilian demonstration of the Shelby GT-H's burnout abilities. The 325-horse rental-only 'Stang certainly gets the job done, laying down an appropriately thick wall of smoke as the driver ...






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Chris, Dan, and Editor Paukert go over some LA Preview action and quietly whoop it up on the podcast.

 
 

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