Turbo Zone

If everyone’s on Throwback Thursday mode, we’ll be taking a glimpse on the near-future as we give you this weekend’s turbocharged lineup. Starting with a high octane, we’ll be featuring a Japanese drift king that will surely leave you in awe and out of breath. Then, sit back and enjoy the ride as we take you for a spin aboard the Jaguar F Type, a two-seat sports car that is engineered to deliver a powerful, agile and distinctive drive. Next stop, it’s all about modifying your cars. We’ll let you in the right way to foil a car for a completely customized look to your own liking. Lastly, you’ll never be lost on a road trip anymore, with the GPS system that we’ll put on spotlight. Get a whole load of this – and more – watch Turbo Zone, 10:30 AM, only on GMA News TV.

It has been a rough week or two in the U.S., thanks to temperatures that have made your freezer look like a warm and cozy cabin. And although the snow and negative temperatures have kept most people inside of their houses, tucked away on their couches, there is one possession that hundreds of thousands couldn’t protect from the harsh winter: their cars. Their rides were out there in the icy battlefield of doom, waiting for a frigid freeze. Take a look at what has happened to this truck when they’re left to get frostbite. Literally cool.

Source: Complex Rides

Infiniti, the Red Bull Racing sponsors have blurred the lines between racing and luxury and have revealed at the Detroit Motor Show 2014 a spectacular concept named the Infiniti Q50 Eau Rouge Concept after what is arguably the most famous corner in Formula 1, Eau Rouge at Spa. At the front the face of the Q50 Eau Rouge Concept has a very aggressive look with massive intakes and a carbon fiber splitter as well as the carbon fiber roof, side sills and door mirrors. The rear of the car now looks butch and wide, Infiniti promises a carbon fiber rear splitter, dual exhaust and a large integrated rear spoiler. The car has been finished in ‘Rouge’, hence the name, and has been contrasted beautifully by the aforementioned carbon parts and the beautifully intricate lightweight 21-inch wheels finished in black that hide massive red Brembo brakes.

Source: GT Spirit

Back in 1984, Porsche looked to be a key part of Group B racing in an effort to develop and explore technology for it’s road-going cars. After a weak start and two years of lackluster performance though, the Rally 959 in 1986 went on to achieve a 1-2 finish at the Paris-Dakar. However with the cost involved with motorsports, the viability of the project, along with the knowledge gained in racing decreasing, the Rally 959’s days of driving over rough dusty terrain came to an end. Today, almost 30 years later though, with all the speculations about Porsche’s return to rallying   with a possible rally version of the 911 to be unveiled at the Beijing Motor Show. it seems we could soon see some new Porsche’s swapping asphalt with rough terrain.

Source: Top Speed

Dune buggies meant freedom and rebellion all at the same time. Based around the evergreen Volkswagen Beetle, builders stripped away the bodies, added some fiberglass and big tires, and created an instant California-style classic. Now Volkswagen is going back to the well, promising more freedom, but a lot less rebellion with its Volkswagen Beetle Dune. Pitched as an off-road version of the Golf-based Beetle, the Beetle Dune concept car is a near-production design that will give the two-model Beetle range a crossover niche-filler. Based off the Golf Alltrack soft roader, Volkswagen is hinting that the Beetle Dune could be in production as early as this summer.

Source: Road & Track