Personally, I don’t care about the race. I think it’s much more interesting to consider which of these two is hotter.
I really digg the whole Steampunk thing. It’s this functional art meets vintage with attitude vibe. Just really cool stuff. Check out these awesome Steampunk vehicles to see what I’m talking about.
It all comes down to the fear-state we live in. The government decided that car companies needed to make safer cars. Safer cars meant heavier cars. Heavier cars meant less gas mileage. You can read all about the reason this is a big fraud by our government here: MPG Wars: 1989 Honda CRX HF vs. [...]
I love tongue in cheek pieces like this article: Road Rage 202: How To Piss Off Other Drivers, Advanced Tactics
Wired’s Autopia has the scoop on the MIT developed solar car that can go 90 MPH. That 90MPH on solar baby. Here’s the link: MIT Unveils 90 MPH Solar Race Car
Time for the weekly link roundup. Today we’ll get started with this list of the most environmentally friendly cars for the future. Admittedly, some of them are still concepts, but it is cool to think about how much progress we can make in the auto-industry going forward. Plus, the Tesla is already available to those [...]
Looks like someone in Detroit is at least doing something right. Here’s a list of 2009 Ford Fusion Reviews and from what I can tell, the Ford Fusion is a winner.
Here’s a cool list of cars that are well known to have good endurance and long lives.
Some people are so crazy that they dress up their cars for Halloween!
I think we can safely say that electrification is here to stay. There will be no destruction of the electric car this time. Here’s more proof: An All-Electric Mini Cooper
I can’t stand it when I want to read something online in another language.
I remember how my boss at my first job as a software engineer had a Honda Civic and how he would travel something like 120 miles, in both directions, each day for a commute. He selected the Civic specifically because of this requirement. Ever since then, the Civic has been etched in my mind as [...]
Here’s a really cool project where some motorheads modded a Porsche 997 into an electric car.
This is one of those nostalgic moments. I had no freakin’ clue that Ford still produced the Ford Taurus. But back in the day, that was the first family car I could remember as a child. I thought they had gone out of existence. Apparently not. Check it: 2010 Ford Taurus Spy Shots
Another thought on the economy: will poorly diversified car companies like Land Rover be able to succeed with minor adjustments like the 2010 Land Rover LRX crossover vehicle? Personally, I don’t think so. I think that this sort of compromise achieves very little. Gas mileage improvements are negligible. And the benefits of the SUV storage [...]
I want this car sooooo badly. And to think that this was built by a high school student for $10k is unbelievable. (Link: gas2 )
According to RideLust, most people are ruining their cars on a daily basis.
I’m really digging the BMW Project i design. Urban driving from the best car manufacturer on the planet.
You can put this in the WTF are these people smoking news of the day: Announcing ………. The Magnetic Air Car … empty hoopla. hot air.
Check out this wicked cool go-kart – that’s about the most amazing thing I’ve seen all week.