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0Video: Watch a Mazda tackle the Wall of Death, live to tell the tale 1333472400
We love crazy promotional videos with hair-raising stunts that seem to defy gravity, and this particular spot certainly checks all those boxes. Mazda has teamed up with The Demon Drome crew to determine if its Mazda2 can successfully whirl around a motor drome. The motor drome is essentially a ...
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Video: Guinness Book of World Records spin-off shows it's time to make the donuts 1332460860
Ah, donuts – one of the automotive world's purest forms of hooliganism. We've all done 'em, simply because every once in a while, it's just plain fun to light up a car's back end and fling it around in a circle. Fun as they may be, donuts aren't necessarily all that fun to watch. After ...
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Video: PopMech offers a video history of the automotive barrel roll 1325267940
Rob Dyrdek's "kick flip" stunt in a Chevrolet Sonic effectively sealed his place in the hallowed halls of stunt driver lore. As it turns out, actually pulling off a 360-degree barrel roll in a vehicle is one of the most challenging stunts one can perform. Driving on two wheels? Cakewalk. Knocking ...
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Video: Why yes, a garbage truck can drive on two wheels 1314737760
Here in the U.S., garbage trucks are mainly for picking up, crushing and dumping trash. The same garbage trucks roles no doubt apply in Saudi Arabia, except when the trash hauler doubles as a crowd-pleasing stunt car. Beyond the jump is video of a thankfully trash-less garbage truck that has a ...
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Video: Stunt driver attempts to play dominoes with row of busses 1308060060
This may not come as a shock, but as kids, we desperately wanted to become a stunt driver. Maybe it was one too many McQueen movies or a few too many hours soaking up Knight Rider reruns, but we were always smitten with the no-consequences glory of a good fender-to-fender bust up. That's exactly ...
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Video: Fiat 500 does 360-degree vertical loop at AutoRAI 1302893940
If there's an automotive spectacle that rivals the jump in sheer visual excitement, it's got to be the classic vertical loop (aka loop-de-loop or loop-the-loop). There's just something special about seeing a car go vertical, then upside-down and back all in one swift motion that makes the crowds ...
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Video: Sam Hubinette learns how to drive sideways all over again 1298075040
Sam Hubinette learns to drive sideways all over again – Click above to watch video after the jumpSam Hubinette is exceptionally good at getting a car sideways and keeping it there. Now, it seems that the drift king wants to learn a new skill, and he needs just two wheels to do it. No, ... -
Video: Swift + Mini = Anti-Boredom 1292011260
Russ Swift and MINI combat boredom – Click above to watch video after the jumpThe Mini Cooper is a fun little car that we've often praised for its go-kart-like handling. Put one in the capable hands of Russ Swift and it becomes a whole lot more than that. Swift and Mini teamed up for a ... -
Video: Conan O'Brien turns stuntman, pilots explosive '69 Dodge Dart 1287169020
Conan O'Brien does his own stunts – Click above to watch video after the jumpConan O'Brien is getting ready to launch his new late-night talk show. "Conan" premieres November 8th at 11pm on TBS. He wants to show everyone just how bad-ass this new television show will be. Ditching his ... -
Video: Geely Panda gets to stuntin' 1274295600
Geely Panda strutting its stuff – Click above to watch video after the jumpWe hate to say this, but until now, we didn't realize it was physically possible to do a stoppie in a subcompact car. We thought launching a vehicle onto its front rollers was generally left to the two-wheeled ...

