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Carbon fibre wheels. The new must-have?
Pimping your car just got pimper. If you like modifying your car, the chances are you've always got your eye on something…
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As well as items for the shopping list, crankandpiston.com also brings you news and images from the ground at local car meets, concourse events and global motor shows, as well as insight into the community. If it’s cool, quirky and interesting to read, then we’ll feature it.
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VIDEO: The pick-up that was quicker than a Ferrari. GMC Syclone
Jay Leno's rather rare early '90s sports pick-up is a bit of a monster. In 1991, the fastest accelerating vehicle in America…
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VIDEO. BAC Mono v McLaren P1 on track
Big power versus light weight. Ah, the old David vs Goliath battle - power vs lightness, agility vs brawn. While no one…
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VIDEO: Top 5 Best-Sounding Cars. XCAR
The XCAR team pick their top aural pleasures. Do you agree? One of the hardest tasks facing electric cars is convincing petrolheads…
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VIDEO: Driving up volcanoes in a Toyota Tundra TRD Pro
Take one big truck and three lava-spewing mountains. Action! Let's say you're Toyota, and you've got to promote a new pick up…
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VIDEO: 1000bhp monster trike. Jay Leno’s Garage
This custom-built drag-engined trike will destroy us all. Colour us terrified; just take a look at this insane Rocket II motor trike…
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VIDEO. Speakers up! Four decades of Porsche noise
From the 1960s to the modern day, Porsches have always sounded good. In case you missed it, it was the Goodwood Festival…
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VIDEO: Recreating a dream. Ferrari 250 TR. Petrolicious
Is this the best replica car in the world? Replicas can get short shrift in the car community. Why bother going to…
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VIDEO: How to build a drift track. Driftland. XCAR
What do you do when you want to drift and there's nowhere to go? Why, you build a track of course. In…
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VIDEO. A tour of the Red Bull F1 factory. With a freerunner
"And if you look over here, you'll see a man jumping over the Formula 1 cars..." A tour of an Formula 1…
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VIDEO. Park your car by smartphone. 2017 Mercedes E-Class
The next Mercedes-Benz E-Class lets you park the car using a smartphone app. THE FUTURE IS HERE. Who remembers entirely mediocre James…
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LEGO Ferrari F40. So. Much. WANT
Dammit LEGO *opens wallet* And there we thought that LEGO couldn’t possibly produce anything else we wanted, given that our respective collections…