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Bugatti Released A Carbon Fibre Pool Table That Costs $300,000

Bugatti already sells lamps, chairs and a bed for your home, and now it’s turned pool hustler with the release of this carbon fiber table. Intended for use on superyachts, it even features a motorized gimbal to keep the playing surface level out on the water.


How Did Anyone Survive This Horrific Nissan 350Z Barrel-Roll Smash?

May has only just started but we doubt we’ll see a more incredible crash video this month than this one showing a 350Z somersaulting end over end after trying to squeeze ahead of a semi.


Chevy Spied Benchmarking C8 Corvette Z06 And ZR1 Against Ferrari 458 And Porsche GT2

Ferrari’s final naturally-aspirated V8 sports car went out of production in 2015 but it’s that 458 and Porsche’s 911 GT2 RS that Chevy has chosen to help hone its Z06 and ZR1 Corvettes.


Skoda’s All-New 2021 Fabia Debuts With A Bit More Space, Tech, And Power

Skoda’s supermini gets an upgrade to the latest VW Polo’s MQB platform, and a choice of three- and four-cylinder engines topping out with a 147 hp 1.5. There’s more safety and convenience tech, but no word on a new vRS hot hatch.


U Spy The 2022 Hyundai Santa Cruz Pickup Truck Out In The Open

These pics of the new Santa Cruz out in the wild parked give us a chance to see exactly how compact Hyundai’s compact truck really is. This one is packing the 275 hp turbocharged version of the two available 2.5-liter fours.


Switzerland’s Morand Cars Wants To Build A Hypercar With Hybrid And EV Powertrains

Another 1100 hp supercar startup? We know what you’re thinking, but with a former Le Mans team owner and ex-McLaren and Renault F1 race director buddied up to get the project off the ground, the $1.9m machine might actually hit its target and reach the prototype stage by 2022.


Is Cadillac Testing A Blackwing-Powered 2022 Escalade V?

Cadillac is moving towards an EV-only future, but not before it’s unleashed the most powerful factory Escalade yet. This camo’d test car is rumored to be fitted with the 668 hp supercharged 6.2-liter V8 from the CT5-V Blackwing.


What Else Is Making The News


The Army’s New Night-Vision Goggles Look Like Technology Stolen From Aliens

The US military’s grainy green night vision tech has just been replaced with something called Enhanced Night Vision Goggle-Binocular, and as Gizmodo reports the images looks like something we imagine extra terrestrials can see.


Triple Indy 500 Champ Booby Unser Dies At 87

American motorsport legend Bobby Unser raced everything from stock cars to F1, NBC says, but is best remembered as one of 10 drivers to win the Indianapolis 500 three times, having crossed the famous bricks first in 1968, 1975 and 1981.