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Video: Guy Martin attempts to jump barbed wire fence that foiled Steve McQueen in The Great Escape

Published 01 December 2019
By Will Dron
It's one of the best-known stunts in cinema: now Guy martin is attempting to recreate Steve McQueen's motorcycle leap from The Great Escape.
Qantas called it a world first, as the all-electric SUV successfully towed the Dreamliner as part of a Guinness World Record attempt, as the heaviest tow by an electric production passenger vehicle.

Another car has towed a jumbo jet

If PR stunts can become clichéd, cars pulling jumbo jets has surely reached that status after Qantas and Tesla used a Model X to pull a 787.
Published 16 May 2018
Watch the Hoonigans cut a Volvo estate in half and pull wheelies

Watch the Hoonigans pull stoppies in a Volvo

Volvo estates are usually spotted carrying Labradors or pulling caravans but after the team at The Hoonigans get their hands - and angle grinders
Published 22 March 2018
Watch new Ken Block Terrakhana gymkhana rally video

Watch Ken Block go off-road in Terrakhana

Prepare to eat dirt, as Ken Block has hit YouTube again with the latest in his hugely-popular gymkhana video series, this time set in the desert.
Published 25 August 2017
Jaguar puts a spin on launch of new E-Pace with Bond-esque barrel roll record

Watch Jaguar put a spin on launch of E-Pace

It's known as one of the hardest manoeuvres to pull off in a car, so what else would Jaguar choose but the heart-stopping barrel roll stunt ...
Published 13 July 2017
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John McEnroe surprises two tennis fans as secret chauffeur...

Two tennis fans must have been thinking, "You cannot be serious!" after getting a lift to the All England Club from John McEnroe
Published 08 July 2015
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Video: Meet the V8-powered piste-bashing Ripsaw EV-2...

If the wild vehicles built by Howe & Howe look like they could have come straight out of a Hollywood blockbuster, that’s because some of them have...
Published 10 April 2015
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Video: Ken Block gets a driving lesson from Ken Box...

Tens of millions of people have watched Ken Block do his stunt-driving thing in high-powered rally cars, but the self-styled "Hoonigan" of YouTube...
Published 26 November 2014
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Video: Nissan rolls Note supermini down a hill... in...

Officially, this stunt is designed to promote the Nissan Note's Safety Shield technology, but creating the world's largest Zorb – big enough to...
Published 27 October 2014