Filed under: Technology, Toys/Games Before the team at Autoblog could drive actual cars, we cut our teeth on remote-controlled facsimiles, building ramps, jumps and all manner of obstacles, in a bid to destroy our cars test our driving prowess. For Read more
Lotus Cars, the beleaguered manufacturer of sports cars whom we are extremely worried about, just got a nice little ray of sunshine from its rainy, overcast motherland. The British government will inject them with a small amount of cash for Read more
Filed under: Government/Legal, Lotus, UK Troubled British automaker Lotus is getting a second infusion of cash following a 100-million-pound ($161.5-million) investment by its parent company DRB-Hicom that was made in August. The substantially smaller investment, a mere 10 million pounds Read more
A European consortium has come up with a new brazing torch that reduces operation costs and increases user safety by eliminating the use of dangerous propane, oxygen and acetylene tanks. The new SafeFlame brazing torch can be used for HVAC, Read more
When exactly these photos of the Washington Street Elevated and a couple of its stations – most notably Forest Hills and Dover – in Boston were taken, the Library of Congress‘s records don’t say. We know that the Washington Street Read more
I don’t know why I keep posting vehicles I long for as HFOTDs. Doesn’t make sense for a couple of reasons: first because I’m alerting y’all to this particular vehicle I want, and second, because I’m in some small way Read more
Tom Mix’s 1937 Cord 812 Phaeton. Photo courtesy Arizona Concours d’Elegance. Tom Mix’s background as a cowboy, ranch hand, law enforcement officer and circus performer ultimately led him to the silver screen, and by the 1920s, Mix was arguably America’s Read more
The Ecurie Ecosse Tojeiro Buick. Photos courtesy Bonhams Auctions. Though never successful at the Circuit de la Sarthe, the John Tojeiro-designed prototype coupe, registration number TSU 719, was David Murray’s idea of what the Ecurie Ecosse team needed to return Read more
1988 Chevrolet Beretta GTU. Photos courtesy GM Media Archives. Looking to put the lessons learned from its Citation series behind it, Chevrolet came up with a new compact car strategy as the 1980s progressed towards the 1990s. Alongside its compact Read more
Filed under: Government/Legal, Safety, Technology Back in April, the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration released voluntary guidelines covering the use of in-car infotainment and communications in the hopes that automakers would reconfigure their systems to make them safer. But on Read more