Defeated at the Hands of Tanner

Tanner Foust: Hot Wheels Yellow Driver

It seems like there's nothing Tanner Foust can't do. He's out-drifted the best in his custom V8 Scion tC drift car. He's out Gymkhana-ed the master Gymkhana master Ken Block at his own event. He's out raced the best rally drivers at the X-Games. And now, he's claimed a new world record in the area of extreme motorsport. If you remember December 31, 2009 at about 11:00 p.m., rally racer turned stock car racer Travis Pastrana jumped from a pier to a barge in his rally-ready 450 horsepower Subaru Impreza Rally Car. That jump was a measured 269 ft. Imprezzive! But, today the mysterious Hot Wheels Yellow Driver, a.k.a Tanner Foust, smashed this record in a Hot Wheels custom Rally Raid truck jumping a distance of 332 ft. in front of a vast array of Hot Wheels/Indy Racing fans. What will Tanner do next? A real-life Burnout crash? A top speed run of the next-gen Veyron? A Top Gear special with his Clarksonness? Who knows? Let's just keep watching. Check out the video below to see the awesomeness that is the world-record jump.

Reaching Mach Speed

2008 Racer Motors Mach 5

I'm afraid I have another fictional car that has been brought to life. If you've seen the Speed Racer movie back in 2008, you've probably seen Emile Hirsch in the driver seat of this car wearing a blue shirt, leather racing gloves, a red bandana, and a helmet with an M on it. Thanks to Computer Generated Images, we were supposed to believe that the Mach 5 was a real car. The one he sat in while filming the movie was a model. But, a company known as Racer Motors brought the actual car to life.

GO! Speed Racer GO!

Believe it when I say this: this car is as fast as everyone thinks it is. Under the hood is a real 8.0-liter Quad-Turbocharged 1,700 horsepower V12 engine. Racer Motors says the car will do 0 to 60 in less than 2.4 seconds and over 300 MPH. Road & Track took this car to an oval circuit and averaged 271 MPH. That's faster than the fastest production car in the world, the Bugatti Veyron SuperSport. The wheels are 5-spoke circles fitted with Yokohama Supercar tires. The gadgets work as well.

Buzz-saws under the bonnet

When will this car come out? How about never. Racer Motors only made one, and that one was for the museums. So, there you are: another fictional car brought to life.

Twin Mill Lives!!

2009 Hot Wheels Twin Mill

When you were a little boy, or if you still are a little boy, and you've played with Hot Wheels cars, the name "Twin Mill" may have come across your mind. It was one of the idols of the Hot Wheels diecast line. Since the 1960's, this car led Hot Wheels to economic success. It still is the most popular car Hot Wheels has designed. They even made two more versions of this car. It was that cool. Well, the car you see in front of you is Twin Mill. The only difference between this car and the actual toy model is that it has lept from its 1/64 scale figure to the real world. A special team of designers and engineers helped build Life-sized Twin Mill. The engines are two real 502 Block Chevy V8s with dual B & M superchargers. Altogether, this car produces 1,400 horsepower, 200 more than the fastest car in the world, the Veyron Supersport. This picture was taken at SEMA in Las Vegas, but Hot Wheels recently uploaded a video of the car in real life with the engines roaring to life and the car actually moving. Check it out below and see if the brings back any childhood memories.

Deora II Lives!!

2010 Hot Wheels Deora II

It seems Hot Wheels has decided to bring their toy cars to life. Take this car for example: Deora II, which was first introduced in 1999. It was meant to be a Supercharged Surfboard truck with a space-age hatch to drive in. The first Deora was actually designed and built by Dodge in the 1960s. But, when that truck went belly up, Hot Wheels decided not to let the truck die, so they created this. The engine is a real 5.4-liter Northstar V8. The rims are Chip Foose's and are 24-inches tall. You can place your surfboards securely on the bed of the truck. And yes, the door is that front bit you see in front of you. This photo was taken last year at SEMA, but Hot Wheels has recently uploaded a video of the car in their garage with the awesome Spectraflame blue paint and new rims. Check it out below to see how far they've come.