The French squad broke the previous record by over 90sec
The first six months of 2013 were not good for Peugeot: the announcement of the planned closure of its Aulnay factory, the resultant cull of 8,000 jobs, the termination of its prestigious endurance racing program. In terms of good-news stories
Yikes!
Sad news if you're rooting for the mightily fast Tesla Model 3 that qualified at the top of its class for Pikes Peak this year-it's had a massive off at the infamously perilous hill-climb course. Watch the video
And it's for sale
Do auction lots get any better than this? Currently for sale at RM Sotheby's online-only European Sale is this: the very first of only 16 widebody Ruf CTR2 Sports, and one of two that was built specifically for the Pikes
by Greg Potts
The WRC great had a fiery personality and an explosive driving style
No 'women in motorsports' list is complete without Michèle Mouton-in fact, quite a few people would rank her first on such a list. But the Frenchwoman can easily join the male-dominated roster of all-time World Rally Championship legends,
Only 15 units will be made
Is it even worth winning a motorsport event or breaking a record if you can't get a special-edition road car out of it? Pah! Of course it isn't, and luckily, Bentley set a new production car record at the
by Greg Potts
Three units will join the race
No fewer than three Honda NSXs will ping their way up the Pikes Peak hill climb next month. Well, we say Honda, but held as it is in Americaland, the NSXs will wear Acura badges for their journey to over 4,000m
It averaged over 100kph during its run
Volkswagen spent the weekend tearing up the Pikes Peak record books with a simply astonishing sub-eight minute run up the mountain. Bentley, too, had its own measure of success.The company's specially developed Bentayga Pikes Peak SUV managed to trim
by Vijay Pattni
Meet the VW I.D. R Pikes Peak
The Pikes Peak International Hill Climb has a new record-holder, and it's electric. The Volkswagen I.D. R Pikes Peak just did the climb in 7 minutes 57.148 seconds, setting not only a new record for electric vehicles, but
by Jason Tulio
Racing was in his blood
What a life Al Unser must've had as a kid. Father Jerry and uncles Louis and Joe were regulars at the Pikes Peak International Hill Climb, and big brothers Jerry Jr., Louis and Bobby showed the same inclination for racing. Most
We're shookt
When we first heard about the 1,400hp, methanol-swigging Hoonicorn V2, we were frightened. When we saw early shots of it vaporizing tires on the infamous Pikes Peak Hill Climb, we were alarmed. And now, full petrified terror arrives in the
by Ollie Kew
Just 2.4 seconds behind the overall winner
A pair of Mitsubishi MiEV Evolution III all-electric prototype race cars finished first and second in the electric vehicle division of the 2014 Pikes Peak International Hill Climb race.Finishing in first place was six-time Pikes Peak motorcycle champion Greg
After conquering Pikes Peak in 2013
After conquering Pikes Peak Hill Climb in 2013 with Sebastien Loeb behind the wheel of a Peugeot 208 T16, the French carmaker is now setting its sights on Dakar Rally for 2015.For the annual race, Peugeot will field the 2008 DKR.
Crosses 849km in 10 hours, 22 minutes
A production Range Rover Sport has reportedly set the fastest record time for a land vehicle in crossing what is described as \"one of the harshest and most challenging desert environments on the planet.\"According to Land Rover, the 650,000sq-km
This dude is badass
By now, you already know that nine-time World Rally Champion Sebastien Loeb has smashed the record of the Pikes Peak International Hill Climb race, taking his Peugeot 208 T16 up to the summit in just eight minutes and 13.878 seconds,
Not bad for a rookie effort
Nine-time World Rally Champion Sebastien Loeb may have been a rookie at the Pikes Peak International Hill Climb race, but that wasn\'t a disadvantage to the Frenchman. With a time of eight minutes and 13.878 seconds, Loeb\'s time
Getting ready for the big day
Peugeot Sport and Sebastien Loeb have finally made their way to Pikes Peak, Colorado, in the United States and have begun to prepare for the 2013 Pikes Peak Hill Climb race.The team\'s first step was to put the engine of
Just how fast was its time?
Nearly three months after its debut at the 2013 New York Auto Show, the all-new Range Rover Sport has set a record on the challenging Pikes Peak Hill Climb course, a few weeks shy of the actual race itself.The Range
Led by two-time Dakar Rally champion Hiroshi Masuoka
In the 2012 staging of the Pikes Peak International Hill Climb race, Mitsubishi Motors fielded two all-electric cars: the i-MiEV Evolution, which utilized the major components of the i-MiEV production model in a prototype platform, and the i, which
And is thoroughly impressed by it
With the 2013 Pikes Peak Hill Climb race drawing closer to its June 30 start, one of the race\'s contenders in the Ultimate Class, nine-time World Rally Champion Sebastien Loeb, has finally had the opportunity to drive the specially built
With a power-to-weight ratio of 1:1
Peugeot recently showed off what Sebastien Loeb\'s car for the Pikes Peak Hill Climb Challenge looks like. Now, the French carmaker has revealed what kind of power its 208 T16 packs under its outrageous--and lightweight--bodywork.In hill-climb races,
