A different kind of high-performance vehicle is set to makes its debut at the 2012 Detroit Auto Show. Sears Holdings Corp. will be releasing a new line of Craftsman tractors at the first set of tractors to be on display at the auto show. At 30-hp, the Craftsman CTX will be the slowest out of [...]
North Korea’s ‘Dear Leader’ Kim Jon-Il may have died last week, but his funeral seemed to be like something out of 1976. After a long time of living in the lap of luxury at the expense of North Korea’s citizens, Jon-Il was driven to his grave in a mid-70′s Lincoln. You can check out the [...]
Following the massive flood in Thailand, Honda decided to scrap more than 1,000 damaged cars. Several models were destroyed today including the Brio, Jazz, City, Civic, Accord, CR-V and Freed (if some of those don’t sound familiar it’s because they are only sold in China). According to Pitak Pruittisarikorn, executive vice-president of Honda Automobile, the [...]
According to a report by Japan’s Nikkei business daily, Honda plans to adopt a new design and production method that will make its vehicles a little lighter while increasing fuel-economy. The reports suggest some of the methods will including welding outer panels to the frame which will in turn reduce the use of nuts and [...]
David Dopp is the lucky winner of a Maverick Convenience Store contest called “Joe Schmo to Lambo” where the grand prize was a lime green convertible Lamborghini Murcielago Roadster. Unfortunately, Dopp’s luck changed in just six short hours after receiving his prize, when he crashed the 640hp supercar spinning out on black ice. Dopp now [...]
A Saginaw, Michigan gas station is testing out a new way to help prevent gasoline theft and improve customer convenience with a new device called Post-Pay. Post-Pay is a device that unlocks gas pumps when a driver’s license is passed through it, just like a credit card machine would work. This would make it much [...]
LED lights are loosing their luxury segment exclusivity as automakers are finding them to be more efficient than traditional bulbs and more accessible due to price drops. Designers are also exploring the other benefit to using them, which is that they just look really good on cars. Audi is a perfect example of this, with [...]
While we pay a nice fee to get into a convention center to enjoy watching the latest new passenger cars and supercars on display, citizens of Middle Eastern countries use the London roads to put their cars on display for the crowd. According to YouTube marchettino, there’s a time in the summer every year when [...]
General Motors and the Chinese government came to blows over an attempted sell-off of the Hummer brand to Sichuan Tengzhong Heavy Industrial Machines Co. Ltd, but this hasn’t stopped Qu Zhibo from building his own Hummer. The result may look like a composite of a kiddie jeep, doghouse and wheelbarrow, but one thing is for [...]
Famous skateboarder and MTV-reality star Rob Dyrdek is known for doing some pretty crazy things. Adding to his list of crazy stunts, Dyrdek recently kick-flipped the new 2012 Chevrolet Sonic. A kick flip – a 360-degree rotation in mid-air – is a common stunt on a skateboard – but Dyrdek didn’t want to just leave [...]
