Watch AMG?s Performance Media Telemetry Display as an SLS Laps the Hockenheimring [VIDEO]

Mercedes-Benz recently debuted its 2012 SLS AMG roadster (you can check out our first drive here), and among the car’s other notable features?including the debut of the SLS lineup’s adjustable suspension?it boasts a very cool AMG Performance Media (APM) telemetry function. It’s accessed and displayed via the central COMAND display, and offers driver-selectable, real-time info [...]

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Video: Kenneth Moen drifts a hillclimb with his bonkers Toyota Supra turbo

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Kenneth Moen drift hillclimb

Nothing incinerates a perfectly good set of tires better than a drift car. And no drift car makes as much smoke as Kenneth Moen's turbocharged Toyota Supra. Yes, Ken Block turns out some great videos with high production values and plenty of tail-wagging craziness... but wait 'til you get a load of this.

Moen pointed his battle-scarred Supra in the general direction of 'up' at the Lysgårdsbakkene Ski Jumping Arena in Lillehammer, Norway, a facility you may recall from the 1994 Winter Olympics. Smoke-filled antics ensued, and it was all captured on video for your viewing pleasure.

If you fancy yourself a fan of drifting insanity, do yourself a favor and watch the video after the break.

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2012 Chevrolet Sonic LTZ Turbo Hatch Tested: What?s This?A Really Good Small Chevy?

Small-car excellence now available from Chevy. While we?re of the strong belief that you can?t dig half a hole, we do know with absolute certainty that it takes only time to dig one heck of a deep one. Give a car company, oh, four decades, and you might be surprised just how deep that hole [...]

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Change to 107 per cent rule unlikely

Formula 1 teams have discussed the idea of increasing the sport's qualifying limit to 110 per cent for next season, but the move appears unlikely to find any support. At a meeting of F1's Sporting Working Group in Korea on Thursday, one of the ideas that was talked about was an opening up of the current 107 per cent limit. Such a move would help the outfits at the back of the grid avoid the risk of being sent home from races next year if a team like Red Bull Racing makes a big step forward in form

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Indy title rivals expect better race

IndyCar title rivals Dario Franchitti and Will Power are optimistic that they can still get to the front in the Las Vegas finale despite only qualifying on row eight. Both drivers struggled for speed on Friday, qualifying 17th and 18th, with Power ahead. Penske driver Power, who trails Franchitti by 18 points, said his car simply did not have the pace in qualifying trim, but hopes to race his way forward on Sunday

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