Tag: chris harris

Car manufactures have released cars with undered tuned power plants for years, cars like with factory turbo/supercharged engines are ideal subjects for tuning upgrades. Chris Harris takes a used S4 and performs a simple software upgrade to see how it compares with the Audi RS4.

You’ve probably noticed Chris Harris’s lack of reviews of Ferrari’s on the Drive network, that’s because Chris Harris is kinda black listed because he called them out several years back about their media control. Chris however managed to borrow a 458 Spider for a complete thrashing on the track.

When I first saw the Singer 911 my jaw dropped, while it was easy to admire the beauty and craftsmanship of the vehicle I had no idea how much work goes into each Singer car. The Singer 911 is a re-imagined Porsche 911 using some of best of the best components from different 911′s and combining them into one concise package. Chris Harris drives one of these masterpieces and chats with the owner of the company to learn more about their goals when designing the car.

When Porsche introduced their new eco super car many people weren’t sure if this was the future of super cars. Powered by a 4.6 litre V8 with two electric motors bolted and weighing in at 1,700 kg Chris Harris rides shotgun in the new car to find out if hybrid technology belongs in a performance car.

Chris Harris again proves he’s the luckiest bastard in the world. Porsche invited Chris Harris down to their Weissach track to drive their Le Mans winning Porsche 962. While I was much too young to remember the vehicle, the 962 had a long motorsports career and was highly competitive. The video is just awesome, I especially enjoyed the bits with Norbert Singer the head of Porsche’s motorsport division.

The Mazda Miata has always been considered a great car in the car world, its been praised by many journalists as a simple sports car. However, Chris Harris challenges this and drives his camera man’s personal Miata to figure out why he doesn’t like the car.

AMG celebrates their 40th year anniversary this year and to celebrate they invited a select few to their factory. Of course Chris Harris was there to attend the tour but what steals the lime light during the visit though is the AMG 300E also known as the Hammer. It doesn’t take long before Chris finds himself behind the wheel of the beloved car on a wet track.

Chris Harris from Drive gets some more seat time with the Toyota 86, this time bringing along the Nissan 370Z and of course Porsche Cayman S. While the biggest complaint about the 86 is the power many reviewers are saying the power is just enough but more importantly the car feels amazing. So how does it stack up to the 370Z and the Cayman S? Found out in the video after the jump.

A monster bike versus a monster car. The Ducati 1199 Panigale packs a whopping 192 horsepower in its 362 lbs body while the Porsche 911 packs 620 horsepower in its 3,075 lbs body. The video goes through a few practice runs before the two vehicles get down to business but it’s still an awesome video.

Chris Harris heads to Italy to be one of the first journalists to sit behind the wheel of Pagani’s newest vehicle the Huayra. Watch as Chris reviews the hyper car and gushes over the quality built machine.