Articles by Darren Cassey
20/12/14
The driver of this Aventador in Nanning, China, appears to have underestimated the power of his supercar while negotiating a car park
19/12/14
If you've ever seen those ramps at the beginning of a motorway crash barrier, and wondered what might might happen if you were to hit it, here is the unsurprisingly dramatic answer
19/12/14
This new Italian-made sports car runs a 5.0-litre Ford V8, and takes its inspiration from the likes of the Shelby Cobra
19/12/14
After his car's forward gears broke one day, this guy was 'forced' to drive in reverse. The idea stuck, and now he's modified his car with four reverse gears
19/12/14
This guy's quarter mile effort is the definition of 'if in doubt, flat out', as he powers through two wheelies before catching the mother of all tank slappers
18/12/14
Packing a 6.2-litre Chevy V8, complete with a beefy turbo bought off eBay, this truck manages to get all of its power into the tarmac and catapults into the distance
18/12/14
A couple in New Zealand were trapped in their vehicle for 13 hours after it locked itself, with neighbours eventually alerting paramedics who took the pair to hospital
18/12/14
Driving a retro, Gulf-liveried Ford GT40 through a hectic city is not a job for the faint hearted
18/12/14
In a world riddled with traffic, speed cameras and cars more capable than us, the lightweight GT86 is all the car we could ever want
18/12/14
A decade ago, there was a scramble to own one of just 60 Vauxhall VXR220 Turbos. This week, I got to find out what made them so special...
18/12/14
We set out to discover if a big fat super saloon like this can hold its own with the supercars of Knightsbridge, then met the cop responsible for seizing loads of expensive metal
17/12/14
Chris Harris is back, and giving an Aussie Ute the sideways treatment
17/12/14
Mat Watson set a lap time in an Audi RS7, then jumped into an autonomous version to see if it could beat his time - the result is a lot closer than you'd think
17/12/14
Drifting a motorbike is incredibly tough, so doing it on ice, with a UTV blatting around and explosions going off left, right and centre takes a ridiculous amount of skill
17/12/14
Walkinshaw Performance has just revealed its tyre-massacring W507 package for the already stonkingly-quick HSV GTS
17/12/14
British law allows young children to be unrestrained in taxis, so Fifth Gear sat a child-sized crash test dummy in a black cab and smashed it into a wall at 30mph
16/12/14
While testing the Toyota's off-road capabilities, this reviewer found out the hard way that this ice isn't as thick as it seems
16/12/14
Nokia's 3D-mapping division has driven over a million miles while scanning roads in 30 countries, using insanely complex equipment that collects more than 700,000 points of data every second
16/12/14
Horizon 2's first DLC is available from December 16, providing six new vehicles, 80 new events, extreme weather and a new area to explore
16/12/14
Despite having loads of horsepower-adding stickers, this Supra simply spins up its wheels and loses the contest in a cloud of tyre smoke
15/12/14
I recently had a brief drive of the new Mercedes S500 Plug-In Hybrid, and although the interior was a lesson in opulence, the driving experience left a lot to be desired
15/12/14
These guys were on their way to a day of drag racing their 1124bhp Agera R, and clearly felt it would be rude not to warm the car up on the autobahn first
15/12/14
Jack Olsen bought his '72 911 as a weekend toy, and it reminded him of why he loves cars. The longer he spent at track days, the more obsessed he became with lowering his lap times
15/12/14
The United States has some rather annoying import laws that mean certain cars are deemed unsafe to be on their roads, and the result of a car being illegally imported is this soul destroying crusher action