Video: Tanner Foust’s record-setting practice jump almost turns into disaster

By now we’ve seen the footage of Tanner Foust, aka Hot Wheels’ ’Yellow Driver’, and his remarkable record-setting jump for the longest of a four-wheeled vehicle at the Indianapolis 500.

The feat in itself is very impressive considering the dangers and risks involved in such a daredevil stunt. But while we applauded and congratulated Foust for his courageous derring-do, what we didn’t know at that time was that the whole jump almost never happened.

In a recent video that was just released by Hot Wheels, the company took us back to one of Foust’s previous practice sessions and showed us just how close he came to severely crashing his four-wheeler.

The video goes into detail about how a perfect jump is supposed to happen - Foust was supposed to hit the ramp at a speed of 109 mph and continuing to accelerate - and how Foust got it wrong on one of his attempts, a mistake that almost proved fatal were it not for the modified suspension system in the four-wheeled vehicle.

Check out the video and watch how a practice stunt that almost went wrong could have severely injured one of Top Gear USA’s hosts. [via - topspeed]

Video: Bmw 1-Series M leaves us speechless in its latest ad

Honestly to tell you, we are not huge fans of the car ads but the latest from Bmw for the impressive 2012 1-Series M left us speechless. Now, we don’t know what percent of this ad is real and what it is not, but we have to admit is a little piece of art. A driver makes some drifts and manages to get the car through some walls featuring the car’s silhouette. Real or not, we love it!

Regarding the 2012 Bmw 1-Series, for those who don’t know, this car is powered by a 3.0-liter in-line 6-cylinder engine delivering an impressive 250 kW/340 bhp and a maximum torque of 450 Nm at as little as 1500 rpm. The torque can be increased by 50 Nm in full throttle by means of an overboost function.

With these numbers, the car is capable to hit 62 mph (100 km/h) in just 4.9 seconds, 200 km/h (124 mph) in 17.3 and has a top speed electronically limited to 250 km/h (155 mph). Moreover, the engine has a fuel consumption of 9.6 litres per 100 kilometres and CO2 emissions to 224 grams per kilometer. In the United States, the 2012 Bmw 1-Series has a starting price of $46,135![via - 4wheelsnews]

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Video: Roger Federer drives the Mercedes-Benz SLS AMG Roadster

Being Roger Federer right now can’t be all that bad (even if he lost the Roland Garros championship against Rafael Nadal). Federer is featured in a video for the commercial of the new 2012 SLS AMG Roadster from Mercedes-Benz that takes place in Dubai’s deserts. The video was shot in March but it was only released after the SLS AMG Roadster’s official unveiling about a week ago.

In this video, Federer describes the car as being “wonderful” and giving him “absolute pleasure” and an “exhilarated feeling.” He says at the end of the video: “This is one of the cars of all time favorites. I love it.” It’s likely to be true since this is one awesome vehicle.

Powering the SLS AMG Roadster is a 6.3 liter V8 engine that delivers 563bhp and with 650 Nm (480 lb.ft) of torque. It is coupled to a seven-speed dual-clutch transmission, enabling the car to sprint from zero to 100 km/h (62 mph) in only 3.7 seconds and reach a limited top speed of 317 km/h (197 mph). [via - 4wheelsnews]

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