You've always wanted a Ford Raptor, but you've had two problems with it: It isn't powerful enough and the uncovered bed doesn't provide your family and gear with the protection it so sorely needs. Well, have no fear, Hennessey have come to the rescue with this: The 600 horsepower Velociraptor SUV. Holy crap.

Generally, when someone puts a quarter of a million dollars into an already expensive car like a Nissan GT-R, they don't expect the car to be a cluster of shoddy work and bad decisions, which is exactly what one enthusiast is alleging against a well known tuning company.

 

I've seen dozens of videos where a guy puts his mom in the passenger seat of his fast car and then scares her with it. Finally, somebody made a video where mom drives the car and scares the crap out of her son.

The Bugatti Veyron Supersport has 1,200 horsepower and can go 267 MPH. The Hennessey Venom GT has 1,244 horsepower and can go 265. That's what the SSC Tuatara will have to beat when it goes into production. And with 1,350 horsepower on premium gas, it's on its way.

The NASCAR Sprint Cup Series always generates a lot of sports betting interest – especially in the States – and the 2013 season is proving to be no exception. The action got underway in earnest back in late February and will run until November, which means there is still loads of time to place an outright bet on the winner, if you have not already done so. It makes sense to check out the odds available at the various online bookmakers, as there can be variance, and you want to get the best odds you can – plus this information will help you choose a suitable driver to bet on.

 

This weekend we featured a story from guest contributor Max Prince about the "Coyote," the tire-murdering "battle axe" built from spare parts at Missouri tuner shop Nocturnal Motorsports.

Both the car ? a tube frame rig powered by a 280-horsepower Nissan SR20DET engine and weighing in at a mere 1,400 pounds ? and the story were a big hit with you guys.

But at the same time, more than a few of you asked this question: "Where's the video?" Well, asked and answered. In case you weren't completely convinced of the Coyote's awesomeness, check out this video he just sent us.

The car's fabricator, Mike O'Mara, grabbed a GoPro and recorded some backroad hoonage at his family farm, Max tells me. The result is video evidence of how great/terrifying the homemade speed machine is.

Would you go for a ride in the Coyote?[...]

Bits of rubber and gravel rocks are pelting me. The January cold is mercilessly whipping me from head to toe. Tears are streaming down my face. All of the sudden, that Top Gear episode where Clarkson has his face ripped off by an Ariel Atom is profoundly less funny. I'm riding shotgun in one of the wildest vehicles you'll ever see, and my only thought is one usually reserved for triathletes and WWI fighter pilots: "Damn, I really wish I would have worn goggles."

What in the world is this thing? It's certainly not some backyard spit-mobile thrown together by a kid with a pint of Jack and a MIG welder. No, this is a legitimate automobile, carefully assembled by master fabricator and BMW technician Mike O'Mara, who calls this feral beast "The Coyote."

"We got so sick of people talking about that honey badger YouTube video," Mike told me before we went out on a test drive, "Everyone was saying 'Oh, the honey badger don't care about this!' and ?Oh the honey badger don't care about that!' We looked it up online and do you know what honey badgers hate? Coyotes."[...]

It was probably the cocaine that turned the performance oriented tuning scene of the seventies into something very different a decade later. Or David Hasselhoff's hairy chest.

Either way, what came after the Oil Crisis is something that would even shock even the infamous tuners of today. Like Justin Bieber . Gullwing, Gold and Gadgets from Germany. But fear not, other nations like Great Britain were not far behind. Even the Swiss had a go at being the most extravagant. They still do sometimes .

What's your favorite terrible '80s Euro Tuner car?[...]

 

We've seen a number of matte-black camera cars before, but never a Panamera. This one even has a little tail gunner hatch in the back and we can't get over how cool it is.

The car was spotted by a Rennlist reader in LA last week. We want one.

We're not sure what company uses this Panamera for filming, but it looks like it was wrapped by Premier Wraps in Hollywood. Their site describes the build.[...]

Japanese carmaker Mazda is heading to the 2013 Tokyo Auto Salon next month with three really cool versions of the new ‘6’ sedan and wagon. The first of the three tuning concepts is the Mazda6 Racer that is based on the six-speed manual sedan. It and the Mazda6 Wagon Grand Touring are fitted with an aggressive body kit with sporty black accent peaces for the lower bumpers and side skirts. The ... [...]