Car Culture

For auto enthusiasts in the US, you’re probably aware of the steady decline of the manual transmission.

Amazon has revealed the launch date for its game based on The Grand Tour, and it’s pretty close at hand.

The latest version of Gran Turismo Sport is here and with it a new crop of vehicles. Headlining the new content is the Ferrari F50, which we first got sneak peek at during the Nation’s Cup Final. For this week’s Want, we will explore the F50 and help you get acquainted with the new Prancing Horse.

It’s back! The Grand Tour is returning to Amazon’s streaming service Prime Video on January 18, 2019.

All of Koenigseggs cars are pretty unique to begin with. But back in 2010, it made an extra special car that’s also incredibly rare. For this week’s Want, we are taking a look at that car, a CCXR Trevita.

Nearly every night on the highways around Tokyo, racers set off to prove themselves. With incredibly powerful cars and a sort of reverence to street racing, it’s pretty fascinating. It’s still quite an underground aspect to Japanese car culture, but, thanks to YouTuber Aldo Agunday, we’re getting a better look at it.

When Italdesign and the Nissan GT-R both hit their 50th anniversary this year, the two brands joined forces for a special celebration.

We got a sneak peek at the Subaru 22B coming to GT Sport at the FIA Nations Cup Asia-Oceania Finals. Now with the release of v1.29, we are getting the opportunity to check it out in the game. But what about the real thing? For this week’s Want, we are diving into one of the rarest Subarus around.

This year marks the 50th anniversary for the Hot Wheels brand. To celebrate, Mattel kicked off a 15-city tour back in April to find a custom vehicle that embraced the Hot Wheels style. The winner would then get the honor of their car joining Hot Wheels die-cast fleet. Now, after several months of competition, we finally have our winner.

With Halloween in the rear view, many companies are hopping straight to celebrating a holiday almost two months away. Dodge is getting a jump on the pack with this hellish creation, the Red Eye sleigh.

Every year thousands of vendors and about 70,000 people attend the SEMA show in Las Vegas, Nevada. This year, I had the opportunity to check out the show myself and was completely blown away by everything.

Since 2003 one of the most coveted prizes at the SEMA show is the Gran Turismo Award. Hopefuls from around the world wait and see if their vehicle will find its way into a future Gran Turismo video game. The competition is always amazing and this year was no exception.

The Wednesday Want is no stranger to unusual cars. We even kicked off the series with the bizarre Nissan Nails Concept. However, for this week, we found one that could top the list of weirdness. Meet the 1990 Autech Zagato Stelvio AZ1.

In a world where you can’t even buy an Italian supercar with a gated shifter, Toyota has emerged as the latest champion of the row-your-own approach.

In previous Wants, we’ve covered some of the greats from Group B. These include the Peugeot 205 T16 and the Toyota 222D. Now joining that list is another legendary rally machine, the Porsche 959 Paris Dakar.

Four pots, inline sixes, V8s, and V12s; there’s no shortage when it comes to engine choices. However, there’s one that’s less conventional – the Wankel engine. That’s why for this week’s Want, we’re focusing in on this unique design and one of its ultimate applications.

The French have their fair share of unusual cars. But for the most part, it’s the standard affair of Peugeots and Renaults. One little-known maker stands out though, and if you’re a fan of Gran Turismo 2, you might recognize it. That maker is Venturi.

A little while ago, GTPlanet reported on a poll of the greatest movie cars of all time.

After 17 years, the Porsche 911 GT3 is returning to the Gran Turismo series. To mark this occasion, we are dedicating this week’s “Wednesday Want” to the real thing.

The Skoda Octavia Combi vRS 245 is the holder of a new, very specific world record. However, unlike Jaguar, it’s not on the Nurburgring.