Wheelers Blog & News

Cute little city car will monster a Hellcat in a straight line. You’ll have to ask Mark Cryer why someone would do this to a Smart car, but after watching the video you’ll be glad he did. Dubbed the “Nu Big Thing,” the Smart comes powered by a 9.0-liter Big-Block Chevy engine rated at 725 horsepower. The phenomenal little car has held the title of world’s fastest smart car for a while now, and with new larger and wider tires to help reduce wheelstanding, the Smart was able to put down its...

Bernie Ecclestone has put plans for a grand prix in Qatar on the back burner.   In February, the Arab country's highest ranking motor racing official said: "We are about to sign contracts to organise a formula one race" in 2016 or 2017.   That was despite F1 supremo Ecclestone earlier saying he could not organise a Qatari race unless organisers in nearby Bahrain agreed.   "It's not for us (to say)," Bahrain circuit boss Sheikh Salman bin Isa Al-Khalifa said last weekend. "It's for the...

Sebastian Vettel thinks Ferrari could be his last stop in formula one.   The 27-year-old switched to the fabled Maranello marque for 2015, and is believed to have signed at least a three-year contract.   But the German, who won his four world titles with Red Bull, thinks he could now stay in red for a long time.   "Yes, definitely," said Vettel when asked if it is possible Ferrari will be his last team before retirement.   "At the moment I'm not looking that far ahead, but I am not...

"Next year, Ferrari's ass is mine." - Carroll Shelby It was Ford’s third attempt with its GT40 that finally brought Le Mans glory. 1966 was the year in which Ford’s Le Mans racing team, under the command of none other than Carroll Shelby, ultimately defeated Ferrari after two previous years of trying. It was an effort on an epic scale that Henry Ford II demanded to see happen. Aside from Shelby and his team of drivers that included Bruce McLaren and Ken Miles, the other hero of the day was...

Designer James Allison was a key to Kimi Raikkonen's 2014 resurgence, the Finnish driver's manager admits.   Raikkonen struggled notably to match former teammate Fernando Alonso last year, bringing into serious question his future at the Maranello team.   But the 35-year-old is returning to form this year, and on Sunday he ended a long podium drought in Bahrain and almost challenged Lewis Hamilton's Mercedes for victory.   It revived memories of 2012 and 2013, when Raikkonen shone at...

Will Stevens is looking forward to getting at the wheel of an all-new Manor, so that he can race against more than one rival.   Currently, the former Marussia team is struggling alone at the back of the grid with a 2014 car hurriedly cobbled together to comply with this year's rules.   "We have no rivals," Briton Stevens was quoted as saying on Thursday.   "The only person I am fighting is my teammate," he explained, referring to fellow rookie, Spaniard Roberto Merhi.   Manor is...

May 21st and 24th, 2015 at La Marina Joseph Khoury- Dbayeh   It is a universal truth that the best way to understand a man is to think like a man. Men have their own mindset, needs, interests, aspirations, not to mention dreams. In a nutshell, men have their own world. Stemming from that belief, FEW, a newcomer in the event management arena, decided to dedicate an entire exhibition for men. Whether they are seeking simple apparel or aiming for a tad of sophistication, men can find it all...

Snow often comes to mind when first thinking of Norway. Yes, it does snow a lot there, but Norway, along with all of Scandinavia, is also one of the most desirable countries in the world to live. But what really got our attention is the breathtakingly beautiful vast network of underground tunnels. There are more than 900 of them, 33 of which are underwater, and exceed a road length of some 466 miles (750 km). If you’re not heading to Norway anytime soon, check out these tunnels here.

Mercedes' race drivers were dealing with very different dramas in the quick-fire hop between China and Bahrain.   For championship leader Lewis Hamilton, it was the manner of his celebrations on the Shanghai podium that drew negative attention.   Anti-sexism campaigners objected to photos depicting the reigning world champion spraying champagne into the face of an uncomfortable-looking podium hostess.   But F1 legend Niki Lauda, who is Mercedes' team chairman, told Bild newspaper on...

Lewis Hamilton has urged his teammate to get into the "racing" spirit and try to take him on next time around.   Rosberg, now 17 points behind in the championship standings, ended the Chinese grand prix complaining about his fellow Mercedes driver's tactics as he controlled the pace from the front.   "I don't know what there is to talk about, man," British reporters quoted reigning world champion Hamilton as saying between the Chinese and Bahrain grands prix.   Rosberg argued that he...