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A few years ago I ran a Porsche 997 GT3 RS in the One Lap of America. It was an epic car for an epic event and at the time I didn’t think cars could get any better. I do however remember thinking that, as much as I loved the GT3 RS, my only caveat was that it didn’t come with Porsche’s stellar PDK transmission. The new 991 GT3 changes that as not only does it come with a PDK, but it can’t be had with a manual. Now yes, there are some Porsche diehards that are going to drop dead when they hear this, but the fact of the matter is, there is simply no way you can shift or get the most performance out of this car, unless you let technology come along for the ride. Chris Harris recently got to flog the new 991 GT3 around and even he, a man who loves his manuals, understands why Porsche went this route.

Check it out after the jump.

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Not long ago I had the chance to get behind the wheel of an older Porsche 911. It was an all original 39,000 mile 1989 930 Turbo and it was, in a word, glorious. Porsche’s of this vintage, the 930 Turbo especially, were right on the cusp of melding modern technology with performance. In some regards it was still sketchy as hell to drive, as this was the car that defined the phrase “lift throttle oversteer”. Yet in other ways, it made you connect on a level with the road that you’d never think possible. The more I drove it, the more comfortable I became. I also realized that in order to drive this car fast, you needed skill, confidence and the desire to better yourself as a driver.

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I used to have a Social Studies teacher back in high school that would call the “Burnout” the mating call of the asshole.

Turns out he was right… Check it out after the jump.

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“Need for Speed is definitely accurate and authentic to real car racing culture” – this is what Director Scott Waugh says about his upcoming movie, Need for Speed. Maybe what he should have said was that it will “probably” be accurate to “video game” racing culture, because if he thinks that real track rats / enthusiasts are going to get behind this, he must be smoking crack.

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By now we all know that Nissan’s Juke R is one wicked little sonofabitch. I mean what was basically a design and engineering exercise by Nissan has turned out to be one of the quickest (and infamous) little SUVs on the planet. The guys over at Drag Times have managed to not only get a hold of a Juke R, but run it against the speed King himself, the Bugatti Veyron. The results are frighteningly close.

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PRO’s: Great power, comfort and size make this a muscle car you can live with everyday.

CON’s: To big to be a great handler, high price, cheapish interior, manual transmission.

FINAL THOUGHT: More of grand tourer than an actual muscle car, the 2013 Dodge Challenger SRT8 392 combines big grunt and heritage with all day usability and serious open road prowess.

If you’re into muscle cars then you no doubt know that there are three main contenders in the marketplace. There’s the Ford Mustang, the Chevrolet Camaro and of course, the car you see here, the 2013 Dodge Challenger SRT8 392. Dodge however has taken a little different approach to Challenger than it’s competitors by not trying to make a sports car out of a muscle car, but instead, just making a really good muscle car with great grand touring properties. How do I know this you might ask? Well, in a quest to find out I drove this sucker 1,100 miles in 3 days by running from San Fransisco to Los Angeles and back over a beautiful California weekend.

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Funnyman Jerry Seinfeld is back with his “Comedians In Cars Getting Coffee” web series, and from the looks of this Season 2 trailer, it’s going to be awesome! You’ve got Don Rickles, Chris Rock & Seth Myers to name a few celebs, as well as cars like the Lamborghini Miura, a gorgeous old Caddy and a wicked classic Porsche. Like I said, this is going to be good – now all we have to do is wait!

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It can take only a second for your life to go from great, to complete ruins. One minute you’re cruising along and everything is fine, then POOF! It’s all gone. THINK! is the Department of Transport’s dedicated road safety division in the UK and their new ad campaign is shockingly brilliant. These are the types of ads we should be running here in the United States, instead though we’re stuck with bullshit, non-shocking ads that wouldn’t convince a drunk to drink light beer. This is definitely one you want to check out!

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It’s a well known fact that Europe gets some cars that we here in the United States can drool over. Ford does this all the time with cars like the Focus RS, and now with a ridiculous little thing called the Formula Ford EcoBoost. This car is basically a Formula Ford racer (only street legal), with a tuned 1-liter 3-cylinder motor that pumps out over 200 hp and that has the capability to lap the Nurburgring in 7-minutes and 22-seconds.

Europe – I hate you guys. Check it out after the jump

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Now this is a recreation that I’d gladly put in my garage. This is a 1976 Ferrari 308 base model that’s been painstakingly transformed into a Ferrari 288 GTO, sans the twin-turbo V8. The original 224 hp DOHC V8 engine is still in place with four tuned Weber carburetors feeding it fuel. The front and rear fenders have been flared and new wheels help give this old Ferrari a very sinister look. The interior has also been redone to a level that is nothing short of spectacular. Check out the full ad by clicking on the eBay link below, or simply click through for more photos.

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