Video: Record-setting motorcycle and snowmobile tandem jump rings in New Year

Filed under: Motorsports , Etc. , Videos , Celebrities Red Bull has a rather unique way of ringing in the new year. Back in 2007, motorcycle freestyle daredevil Robbie Maddison jumped 322 feet over a football field in Las Vegas, setting a world record for the longest motorcycle jump.

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Video: Record-setting motorcycle and snowmobile tandem jump rings in New Year

Teased: DC Design previews India’s first supercar

Filed under: Concept Cars , Coupe , Performance , Misc. Auto Shows , India Think “supercar” and only a handful of countries are likely to come to mind. And most of them are in Europe: Italy, Great Britain, Germany… even Sweden and France have pitched in here and there with such notables as Koenigsegg and Bugatti

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Teased: DC Design previews India’s first supercar

Official: Ferrari 458 Grand Am debuting at Daytona

Filed under: Motorsports , Coupe , Performance , Ferrari , Racing Ferrari is headed to the Daytona 24 Hours with a new Grand Am version of the company’s 458 Italia. The 458 Grand Am borrows heavily from the GT3 version of the supercar, though with an eye towards competition here in the States. Like the GT3, the Grand Am car was prepared for battle by the same house that’s been responsible for race-bred Ferrari models since the 288 GTO: Michelotto Automobili. Expect to see the cars share plenty of safety and performance hardware when the 458 Grand Am bows at the Daytona 24 Hours in January.

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Official: Ferrari 458 Grand Am debuting at Daytona

Opel Astra GTC by Steinmetz

Low and menacing, the car features a front spoiler, a black grille and a sports exhaust system.

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Opel Astra GTC by Steinmetz

Report: Opel pondering Manta redux?

Filed under: Coupe , Performance , Opel On the one hand, Opel continues to pump out good looking sedans, hatches and wagons with some gumption and motoring chops. Meanwhile, there have also been so many proposed new products and segment competitors for the German brand ( Calibra , standalone Astra cabrio , Insignia crossover , Junior hatch , vans , etc) that sometimes we wonder which way the lightning bolt is going. The latest imagining of new Opel wares comes from chairman Karl-Friedrich Stracke, who says he could see modern takes on both the Opel Manta and Opel GT. The Manta was a sport coupe rendition of the Opel 1900 that didn’t just take on the Ford Capri, but also Group B rallying.

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Report: Opel pondering Manta redux?