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The sun has set, but the sky is still bright, and the gray twilight will last until dawn. A man with a string trimmer is cutting the grass on the roof of his house in the small Faroese village of Bøur, protected from falling by nothing more than his sense of balance on the steep-pitched turf. In the road below, a group of tourists is vying to capture the best angle of the five peaks of Tindhólmur, an improbably shaped islet that rises more than 860 feet from the waters of the Sørvágsfjørður fjord, looking like an AI hallucination turned real. As a distant rumble fills the air, the evening is set to turn a shade more surreal. This story originally appeared in Volume 37 of Road & Track. Soon the sound resolves to the unmistakable, bass-heavy notes of big-capacity engines in the other­wise still air. Then a long line of cars appears, proceeding slowly through the village’s narrow main street. A C5 Corvette leads the parade of Americana that also includes a thunderous second-­gen Camaro, a Ford Ranchero, and a diesel V-8 Chevy C/K pickup, among many others. I came to the Faroe Islands to investigate car culture in remote places. I’ve definitely found it.

Now 30% OffFrom the Lego Technic Ultimate Car Concept series: Your favorite car lover will be able to recreate the features of the Ferrari Daytona SP3 in classic red with chrome-painted rims. Features include steering, an eight-speed sequential gearbox with paddle shifter, a V-12 engine with moving pistons, and opening butterfly doors. Created especially for adults, the completed 1:8 scale model will make a fantastic display piece for any auto enthusiast's office or workspace. Credit: AmazonOr, if you're looking for a Lego alternative, Mattel has sprung onto the scene with their Brick Shop builds, featuring an impressive catalogue of vehicular options. We tried out this RS2 kit, along with the 1990 Acura NSX, and were impressed at the quality and result. Better yet, these building sets come with their own diecast version of the car you just built. For a car lover, these sets are an affordable, yet impressive, gift to earn some nostalgic brownie points. Advertisement - Continue Reading BelowNow 45% OffCredit: AmazonForza Motorsport is the newest entry into the storied Forza franchise and boasts an overhaul of the driving experience.

Tyler Reddick won his sixth race of the season and his first in six months at Phoenix Raceway, keeping his championship hopes alive with a 61-point day. Reddick started the season with a three-race streak and then went five for nine, with his last win coming at Kansas Speedway on April 19th. A once-championship favorite that fell out of conversation as other drivers stacked wins and points through the summer and first half of the playoffs. His win halved his points deficit to the leader; he entered 114 points behind Kyle Larson and, with Larson’s no-points day, finished 56 points back. Larson’s lack of pace, followed by a tire failure and a DNF, means that every driver in contention for the championship behind them just saw the door crack open. Denny Hamlin entered Phoenix second in the championship, and 49 points behind; now Joey Logano is just 44 points behind Larson and sixth in the standings. Reddick restarted fourth on the final restart with 23 laps to go, becoming the first driver to pit for right-side scuffs, with Chase Briscoe, Chase Elliott, and Ty Gibbs ahead on 10- to 14-lap-old tires.

A few weeks ago I was in Rome for the reveal of Bridgestone's new Formula E tires, and luckily I had a few hours of free time to walk around the city, see some incredible ancient ruins and, more importantly, do some carspotting. Not even five minutes after setting down my bags and leaving my hotel, I spotted what must be the most perfect way to get around Rome: This bright red Fiat 500 Jolly. In 1957, Fiat boss Gianni Agnelli wanted a vehicle he could load onto his yacht and use around town on vacations, commissioning Carrozzeria Ghia to design and build something based on the then-brand-new Fiat 500. Ghia removed the roof (though you could get an awning-like canvas one), chopped the windshield, gave it custom bodywork without any doors and side windows, and stripped out the interior, replacing the regular seats with wicker ones. The ultimate beachside ride was born, with Ghia building a few hundred Jollys based on both the 500 and the slightly larger 600.

For decades, one of the biggest debates among off-road enthusiasts has been whether gas or diesel trucks make for the better off-roader. There are plenty of good reasons to run both types of vehicles on your favorite trails, but gas and diesel enjoyers alike have a new issue to worry about. That would be the new kid on the block: electric SUVs with purported off-road chops for days. While it might've once been inconceivable that an electric vehicle could even come close to matching the performance of off-road all-stars like the Toyota Tundra, the Subaru Forester Wilderness, and even the Mercedes-Benz C-Class, the introduction of the Rivian R1S and R1T in 2021 turned the off-roading world upside down. As it turns out, modern EVs aren't just highly capable on pavement; they can also be tuned for seriously impressive rock crawling, and they even have some significant benefits over their competitors with traditional internal combustion engines. For one, many EVs have excellent ground clearance, and they need fewer pieces of specialized gear to excel on even the most challenging wilderness trails.

Over the past few years, LEGO has quietly added an impressive array of plug-powered machines to its block-based lineup, from hybrid racers to battery-powered excavators and garbage trucks. We’ve rounded them up here. In putting this list together, I thought it best to group the kits by LEGO theme, which also serves as a rough guide to building difficulty. In other words: the further down the page you go, the bigger, badder, and more involved the builds will tend to get – and by the time you get to the app-controlled Caterpillar DX-11 electric drive dozer and Volvo EC500 Hybrid excavator kits, you’ll be looking at some seriously impressive (and seriously expensive) block-based builds.