Automotive enthusiasts often bond amongst their like. Two friends from Switzerland, however, may very well have their likeness coming between them. One of the men did the other a favor by lending his friend his Porsche 911 turbo. The friend went for more than a typical joy ride. The 911′s trip should have ended back [...]
A Lithuanian mayor pulled an interesting stunt recently to send out a rather simple message. But the way he delivered his message is anything but simple. Arturas Zuokas, the Mayor of the city of Vilnus used a BTR, or a standard Soviet issue armored troop carrier, to crush a W140 Mercedes-Benz S-Class as part of [...]
Usually, when we talk about car accident, it involves some exclusive supercar – well, the new 2012 BMW 1-Series M Coupe happens to pretty exclusive and what you’re looking at here are pictures of the first recorded 1-Series M accident. The accident took place in South Korea and the owner, who was the first customer [...]
Track days involving private cars and drivers are always entertaining, but not just from the fact that you can drive your car around an enclosed circuit to the best of your ability. The other entertainment also comes from the stupidity of those who are incapable of handling the car that they bought to use. At [...]
WARNING: the following story and video may be a bit disturbing for us enthusiasts. No, there’s no blood, gore or anything of that nature, at least involving living animals. The victim however, is an E60 BMW M5. In the wake of the huge riots that occurred when Canada’s hockey team the Canucks lost to the [...]
Volvo is looking to make yet another safety-promoting technological advancement. So far, its cars can automatically avoid rear-end and human collisions. The next step is to prevent accidents with wildlife, by creating a system similar to the human avoidance one. The focus will be on nighttime functioning, and on bigger animals that frequently cause accidents [...]
According to the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety, SUVs are now safer than cars of the same weight due to anti-rollover technologies pushed by automakers. The agency said in a report that SUVs in the 2006-2009 model years had a driver fatality rate half that of cars. “The rollover risk in SUVs used to outweigh their size/weight [...]
The 2011 Chevrolet Volt has become the first electric-vehcile (plug-in hybrid) to earn a 5-star overall vehicle score for safety as part of the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration’s New Car Assessment Program. “Safety is a key consideration for all buyers no matter how a car is powered – gas, or in the case of [...]
If one of us here at egmCarTech was to ever purchase a Ferrari or any other supercar for that matter, we would take care of it more than our first-born (we are exaggerating…relax). Either way, this driver of the Ferrari 599 GTO isn’t as careful as we would be with his black Ferrari 599 GTO. [...]
“When you’ve only got so much sunlight…you resort to certain things to stave off boredom,” reads the description on the YouTube video you’re about to see here. We’re pretty bored on this Saturday night and we really wish we lived in Alaska right now. Hit the jump for the video.
