The DJ known as DeadMau5, also known as Joel Zimmerman, has quickly become the darling of the automotive media. Not only because he wrapped his Ferrari 458 with a Nyan Cat livery, or that he renamed said 458 as a Purrari. But also because he’s quickly stockpiling a fairly awesome number of collector cars to his fleet.
In the last few years, track cars have become increasingly popular here in the United States. They’ve been popular abroad for quite some time, although we’re just starting to catch on to the entire fad.
Imagine yourself test driving a new McLaren 650S. It’s your dream car. It has power, style, and doors that scissor up like a concept car. It’s futuristic and you’ve just got to have one. The nice McLaren salesman takes you around to go for a test drive through some lovely British B roads. Everything is wonderful.
The BBC took Jeremy Clarkson’s job on Top Gear, but it couldn’t take away his wonderful memories, such as driving the Bugatti Veyron cross country and trying to kill a Toyota pickup. He’ll always have the knowledge of what it’s like to fly down Spa at 190 mph in a McLaren P1, too.
In their latest Head-2-Head video, the folks at Motor Trend put race car driver Randy Pobst behind the wheel of both the McLaren P1 and the Porsche 918 Spyder to do hot laps around Mazda Raceway Laguna Seca.