Articles by Darren Cassey
The Puritalia 427 Is A 605hp Supercharged V8 Homage To American 60s Muscle
This new Italian-made sports car runs a 5.0-litre Ford V8, and takes its inspiration from the likes of the Shelby Cobra
This Indian Driver Travels Everywhere In Reverse
After his car's forward gears broke one day, this guy was 'forced' to drive in reverse. The idea stuck, and now he's modified his car with four reverse gears
Watch This Ford Mustang Pull A Double Wheelie At The Drag Strip And Somehow Not Wreck
This guy's quarter mile effort is the definition of 'if in doubt, flat out', as he powers through two wheelies before catching the mother of all tank slappers
This 650bhp Pickup Truck Is A Genuine 10-Second Monster That Can Teach Godzilla A Lesson
Packing a 6.2-litre Chevy V8, complete with a beefy turbo bought off eBay, this truck manages to get all of its power into the tarmac and catapults into the distance

This Elderly Couple Nearly Died After Getting Locked In Their Keyless Entry Car
A couple in New Zealand were trapped in their vehicle for 13 hours after it locked itself, with neighbours eventually alerting paramedics who took the pair to hospital
This Is What It's Like To Drive A 1966 Ford GT40 In New York City
Driving a retro, Gulf-liveried Ford GT40 through a hectic city is not a job for the faint hearted

Why The GT86 Proves That Big Power Doesn't Get You More Fun
In a world riddled with traffic, speed cameras and cars more capable than us, the lightweight GT86 is all the car we could ever want

The Vauxhall VXR220 Is All The Pared-Back Road Racer I Was Hoping For
A decade ago, there was a scramble to own one of just 60 Vauxhall VXR220 Turbos. This week, I got to find out what made them so special...

We Took The 550bhp Jaguar XFR-S Supercar Spotting In London And Held Our Own Among The Exotics
We set out to discover if a big fat super saloon like this can hold its own with the supercars of Knightsbridge, then met the cop responsible for seizing loads of expensive metal
Watch Chris Harris Drift The Crazy 577bhp HSV Maloo, The World's Most Ballistic Ute
Chris Harris is back, and giving an Aussie Ute the sideways treatment
Can An Autonomous Audi RS7 Beat A Human Around The Ascari Race Track?
Mat Watson set a lap time in an Audi RS7, then jumped into an autonomous version to see if it could beat his time - the result is a lot closer than you'd think
This Motorbike Vs. UTV Snow Drift Battle Is An Overdose Of Skill And Massive Explosions
Drifting a motorbike is incredibly tough, so doing it on ice, with a UTV blatting around and explosions going off left, right and centre takes a ridiculous amount of skill

The HSV GTS Has Just Been Given A Whopping 680bhp Makeover
Walkinshaw Performance has just revealed its tyre-massacring W507 package for the already stonkingly-quick HSV GTS
This Is The Shocking Result Of A Three-Year-Old Not Wearing A Seat Belt In A 30mph Taxi Crash
British law allows young children to be unrestrained in taxis, so Fifth Gear sat a child-sized crash test dummy in a black cab and smashed it into a wall at 30mph
Watch This Reviewer Break A Toyota 4Runner Through Ice Into A Freezing Pond
While testing the Toyota's off-road capabilities, this reviewer found out the hard way that this ice isn't as thick as it seems
This Is How A Driverless Car Sees The World
Nokia's 3D-mapping division has driven over a million miles while scanning roads in 30 countries, using insanely complex equipment that collects more than 700,000 points of data every second
Forza Horizon 2's Storm Island DLC Takes Epic Off-Road Action To A Rain-Soaked New Map
Horizon 2's first DLC is available from December 16, providing six new vehicles, 80 new events, extreme weather and a new area to explore
This G-Wagen Teaches A Tuned Toyota Supra A Tug-Of-War Lesson
Despite having loads of horsepower-adding stickers, this Supra simply spins up its wheels and loses the contest in a cloud of tyre smoke

Why The Mercedes S500 Plug-In Hybrid Is Exquisite For Passengers But Will Leave Drivers Frustrated
I recently had a brief drive of the new Mercedes S500 Plug-In Hybrid, and although the interior was a lesson in opulence, the driving experience left a lot to be desired
Blasting A Koenigsegg Agera R At 215mph Is Why The Autobahn Is Petrolhead Heaven
These guys were on their way to a day of drag racing their 1124bhp Agera R, and clearly felt it would be rude not to warm the car up on the autobahn first
This Modified 1972 Porsche 911 Is The Result Of One Man's Obsession With Shaving Seconds Off His Lap Times
Jack Olsen bought his '72 911 as a weekend toy, and it reminded him of why he loves cars. The longer he spent at track days, the more obsessed he became with lowering his lap times
Watch A Poor Defenceless Classic Mini Get Crushed by US Customs
The United States has some rather annoying import laws that mean certain cars are deemed unsafe to be on their roads, and the result of a car being illegally imported is this soul destroying crusher action
Jaguar's Sat Nav Ghost Tech And Invisible Pillars Are Like A Sci-Fi Dream
Jaguar Land Rover has been pushing sci-fi-like technology and is expanding its use of 'transparent' bodywork, as well as a 'ghost' car that aids navigation of complex junctions
The Ebisu Circuit's 'Autumn Drift Matsuri' Is An Incredible Non-Stop 36 Hour Drift Festival
Just pulling into the car park will make JDM fans feel like they've found their home, the epic drift action merely cements that fact