Blake Griffin, pro basketball player for the Los Angeles Clippers, was signed to a multi year deal with Kia Motors America as the global spokesman. Back in February at the NBA Slam Dunk Contest, Griffin jumped over a Kia Optima to slam his winning dunk. This lead to commercials and YouTube video that brought on [...]
The 2012 motorsport season is just around the corner and as a part of the DTM event at Munich’s Olympic Stadium in July, BMW will unveiled a new BMW M3 DTM Concept Car. The coolest part about this all? BMW says that the Concept Car ‘will give the first impression of what next year’s car [...]
The 2011 Bentley Continental GT is one coupe that demands attention when it pulls up to a red light – but how do you make it demand just a little more? By adding the new Mulliner Styling Specification, a range of Bentley-designed styling options. The Bentley Continental GT Mulliner Styling Specification Classic Pack adds a [...]
Chef Buddy Valastro, star of the TLC reality television series ‘Cake Boss,’ is well known for his custom made cakes. At the 2011 New York Auto Show earlier this year, Buddy created a massive 2,000 pound cake in the shape of Bumblebee from the Transformers series. Valastro’s Bumblebee Camaro cake, which took four days to [...]
At the Nurburgring 24-hour race, BMW M GmbH is using the M Night event to showcase a new limited-edition BMW M3 sedan that uses advanced carbon fiber technology to cut weight. Known as the BMW M3 CRT (Carbon Racing Technology), the model achieves a weight-to-power ratio of 7.7 pounds per horsepower. Total weight of the [...]
So you thought the Royal Wedding was pretty exciting – not us. For us the most exciting part was when Prince William and his new bride, Kate Middleton drove around in a 42-year-old Aston Martin DB6 Volante MkII. However, the upcoming wedding of His Serene Highness Prince Albert II of Monaco will be a tad more exclusive. Lexus [...]
Bugatti fans will have to find something new to daydream about Three-hundred units of the Bugatti Veyron 16.4 model were produced, and just recently, the last one available was ordered. Scheduled for delivery next fall, the vehicle is headed for Europe. In 1998 the Volkswagen Group bought the Bugatti name’s rights. One year later a [...]
Whether it’s trying to survive the zombie apocalypse or fending off a heard of extremely intelligent velociraptors, a good form of transportation is always an important tool to ensure your survival. And if you ever wondered what a good survival vehicle would be, Max Ostap from the Art Center College of Design certainly has an [...]
Volkswagen has debuted its version of a self-driving automobile this week. It was released to a European Union research project called HAVEit (Highly Automated Vehicles for Intelligent Transport), under the name TAP (Temporary Auto Pilot). The purpose behind the TAP program is to cut down on driver errors. The technology encompasses adaptive cruise control that [...]
The Porsche 911 GT3 has been tuned by Magnat, adding some interior luxuries to the race track ready vehicle. The outside of the car gets a crisp coat of while paint, hence it’s “Snowmobile” nickname. Apart from that and the contrasting black racing stripe, little else was modified on the exterior. Visual interior upgrades include [...]
