We couldn't talk about the Pikes Peak competition's biggest challenger, the Hyundai-powered RMR PM580 without speaking about the reigning champion. That would be the Hill Climb Special Suzuki SX4 that Monster Tajima will be taking for a "drive" during the 2011 International Pikes Peak Hill Climb event. Just like the Hyundai opponent, there's a road-going car it is related to...
The Pikes Peak rally is set to take place on June 26th and so, with less than a month left for preparations, Rhys Millen showcased the upgrades his team made on the Hyundai-powered RMR PM580. The RMR PM580 is largely the same as the Hyundai-powered beast Millen tried to win the trophy with last year. The modifications he made for...
Out of late stages of development and into the spotlight: this is the Pikes Peak Dacia Duster or "No Limits" as it has recently been named. Meant to take on what can be the most surprising race in any sporting calendar, the Dacia Duster No Limits one-off car is powered by a lot of technology and a dream. We'll get...
Even though China is the place to look for news and excitement about cars nowadays, Europe is clearly not going to be a pushover no matter how small the brand making the announcement. This is exactly what Dacia is talking about in coming up with their new version of the Duster. We're not talking about a production low budget SUV...
At the end of last month, Audi came to the SEMA show with a few interesting creations. One of which was the German's take on autonomous mobiles the self-driven Audi TTS built in collaboration with Stanford University. Well, in order to prove that the autonomous Audi TTS is not just show and no go, the Ingolstadters put it to the...
The Millen family has a very proud history at Pikes Peak, perhaps only second to the Unser family and even at that it's still amazing. You may remember that Rod Millen got several class records on that Colorado mountain over the years but one stood out in particular. In 1994 he drove a Toyota Celica to an amazing time of...
