tag:blogs.insideline.com,2009-10-19:/straightline//6 2012-05-17T01:14:50Z The car enthusiasts news blog from Inside Line Movable Type 4.35-en tag:blogs.insideline.com,2012:/straightline//6.59155 2012-05-17T01:10:00Z 2012-05-17T01:14:50Z

This is Vishnu Performance Systems' 2007 BMW 335i. It looks like a secretary's car. Looks can be deceiving....

Jason Kavanagh tag:blogs.insideline.com,2012:/straightline//6.59233 2012-05-16T22:15:17Z 2012-05-16T22:44:29Z

Toyota has just released their contenders for the 2012 24 Hours of the Nurburgring which takes place from May 17 - 20. Toyota has enlisted Gazoo Racing to field one Lexus LFA and two GT 86s in the famed...

Mike Magrath tag:blogs.insideline.com,2012:/straightline//6.59227 2012-05-16T20:50:04Z 2012-05-16T21:00:36Z

Project Sea Lion gives a whole new meaning to drifting! Sorry. Since man first drove his car to the edge of the water and stared into the murky deep, he's felt hampered by the constraints and limitations of modern...

Mike Magrath tag:blogs.insideline.com,2012:/straightline//6.59226 2012-05-16T20:42:20Z 2012-05-16T20:50:47Z

The Aston Martin Lagonda brand has been on-again-off-again for the past four or five years. We've heard it was on indefinite hold and then heard that it was going to spawn 2-3 different vehicles. We've even seen a concept...

Mike Magrath tag:blogs.insideline.com,2012:/straightline//6.59216 2012-05-16T17:40:37Z 2012-05-16T17:57:20Z

In a move that could make Ice Road Truckers even more boring and prevent "up to 56 percent of rollover crashes each year and another 14 percent of loss-of-control crashes," the US Department of Transportation is proposing a new...

Mike Magrath tag:blogs.insideline.com,2012:/straightline//6.59214 2012-05-16T17:31:00Z 2012-05-16T17:39:01Z

"Insane. Those leathers have been crashed before." --Mark Takahashi Genki Hagata is ripping around Infineon Raceway during an AMA event when all of a sudden things don't go so well. But then, thanks to incredible grip strength, smarts, balance,...

Mike Magrath tag:blogs.insideline.com,2012:/straightline//6.59209 2012-05-16T16:21:37Z 2012-05-16T16:35:54Z

"...I burried the throttle, closed my eyes, bounced off a few trees and came up in the road..." -Subaru Rally Team driver David Higgins. Why more people don't watch rally I'll never know. Check the video after the jump...

Mike Magrath tag:blogs.insideline.com,2012:/straightline//6.59187 2012-05-16T13:29:03Z 2012-05-16T04:47:54Z

If you're anything like me, you hate Dax Shepard. First, he was the worst guest start on the old Adam Carolla radio show here in LA and he was on ALL THE TIME. Second, he's dating Kristen Bell. Third,...

Mike Magrath tag:blogs.insideline.com,2012:/straightline//6.59188 2012-05-16T11:48:15Z 2012-05-16T05:08:17Z

The Wall Street Journal yesterday reported that GM would pull advertising from Facebook after the marketing team determined that the ads had little impact on consumers. I use Facebook and can confirm that the ads are, mostly, ineffective. This...

Mike Magrath tag:blogs.insideline.com,2012:/straightline//6.59184 2012-05-16T11:27:05Z 2012-05-16T00:25:55Z

Road Test Editor Mike Monticello gives you the pros and cons of the Hyundai Sonata Sedan along with insight on pricing, safety, and fuel economy plus a list of competitors of the Hyundai Sonata to check out including the,...

Mike Magrath tag:blogs.insideline.com,2012:/straightline//6.59167 2012-05-16T03:42:04Z 2012-05-16T15:54:38Z

Inside Line tests hundreds of vehicles a year. Cars, trucks, SUVs, we run them all, and the numbers always tell a story. With that in mind we present "IL Track Tested," a quick rundown of all the data we collect...

Mike Magrath tag:blogs.insideline.com,2012:/straightline//6.59175 2012-05-15T22:22:18Z 2012-05-16T19:12:23Z

Nissan’s new (we can’t bring ourselves to say “all-new” because the chassis and engines are carryover) will be in showrooms on June 26, little more than a month from now. We don’t think the 2013 Altima’s styling is pushing...

Mike Magrath tag:blogs.insideline.com,2012:/straightline//6.59152 2012-05-15T18:35:17Z 2012-05-15T19:31:35Z

The great question of our time has finally been answered: Food Network star and hair-bleach enthusiast Guy Fieri will pilot the pace car at the 2012 Indy 500. In case you forgot, this year's pace car is a pretty...

Mike Magrath tag:blogs.insideline.com,2012:/straightline//6.59147 2012-05-15T18:20:51Z 2012-05-15T18:35:04Z

As happens all too frequently these days, the news that Tony Hawk jumped a skateboard over a Lexus LFA broke via Instagram via Twitter yesterday. And, like most things that break on Twitter/Instagram, this is pretty pointless. But, hey,...

Mike Magrath tag:blogs.insideline.com,2012:/straightline//6.59146 2012-05-15T17:59:16Z 2012-05-15T18:20:18Z

You read the title; you're either into this video or you're not. If you are into loud, smokey, ridiculously painted supercars going unreasonably fast, here's your daily dose of rear-mounted-camera dizziness for the day!...

Mike Magrath