Automobile history has a long running tradition of taking some of the smallest production cars in the world and seeing how many human beings they can fit inside with the car completely intact and closed. Whether it was the 86 people crammed into a VW Camper at Carlow’s Institute of Technology in Ireland in 2009, [...]
Not all producers appreciate their actors. But as Johnny Depp recently finished The Rum Diaries, producer Graham King handed Depp the keys to the red ‘59 Corvette used in the film. This isn’t a form of payment, but rather a token of appreciation given to someone who certainly could afford to purchase several ‘59 Corvettes. [...]
If you jump in an economy or luxury car from the fifties, you might find the interior to be suited more for slimmer figures, back when obesity wasn’t really an issue. Jump to today and all marques are dealing with a common problem: obesity and to a slightly lesser extent, height. The auto industry wasn’t [...]
Bordin Luca of Italy is the man responsible for building a remote-controlled truck that has the ability to move a car. Luca, being a fan of Peterbilt American big rigs, came across an online video of a model truck being driven by a man, which inspired him to do the same. As the project continued, [...]
Cars are safer than ever been before. But no five-star crash rating, reinforced cabin cell and x amount of airbags can defy Newton’s simple laws of physics when speeds reach the highway limits and higher. As the famed Jeremy Clarkson once said, “Speed doesn’t kill. It’s suddenly becoming stationary that does.” And while Top Gear [...]
Fox Marketing is providing the tuner kit for the Honda Civic Si for the upcoming SEMA show that leaves little portion of the car without a change or an upgrade. Power mods stack up to provide 450hp, and include a Full-Race intercooled turbo kit for the motor, featuring a BorgWarner EFTR turbo borrowed from the [...]
Even the U.S. Army is looking to go a little more eco-friendly as it searches to replace the Humvee with a more fuel efficient model. A program initiated by the U.K. based Ricardo Inc. called the Fuel Efficient Demonstrator has a goal to “improve military vehicle technology, reduce fuel consumption on the battlefield and reduce [...]
Meet Mazda’s latest concept that will debut at the 42nd 2011 Tokyo Motor Show on Dec. 3. Known as the Mazda Takeri Concept, the study hints at a next-generation midsize sedan, which in our heads, essentially equates to the next generation Mazda6. The new Takeri concept embodies Mazda’s new design language known as ‘Kodo’ (Soul [...]
$350 million dollars and 400 new jobs later, Mercedes-Benz will have its BMW X6 competitor out on the roads as soon as it enters production in 2015. A poster has been hung at the company’s Tuscaloosa, Alabama plant teasing the new model and someone on Twitter managed to capture an image and Tweet for the rest [...]
What do you get when Fifth Gear puts the BMW 1-Series M Coupe head-to-head with the Audi RS3 Sportback? An awesome face-off between two high-performance compact sports car from Germany. Hit the jump for the video. Refresher: 2011 BMW 1-Series M Coupe: The 2012 BMW 1-Series M Coupe is powered by a 3.0L inline 6-cylinder twin-turbocharged engine making [...]
