Filed under: LA Auto Show If you believe the Missing Persons song, “nobody walks in LA.” And considering how important the cars of the LA Auto Show are (not to mention how many times we’ve almost been run down while crossing the street), that’s a song lyric we can certainly Read more
Green Shirts, those who deal with carrier deck ops, such as tending to the catapults and arresting gear, have one of the most dangerous jobs on earth . Their working environment consists of 25 ton pterodactyls waltzing around trying to suck them in, shop or cook them, a greasy deck Read more
Filed under: Sedan, Technology, Toyota, Electric, Emissions Is there some rule that all cutting-edge, ultra-efficient or emissions-free vehicles need to look, uh, weird? No? Then would anyone care to explain the Toyota Mirai, a vehicle that for all it’s hugely, wildly promising technology, will forever be pigeonholed based on its Read more
Yes, there is a Guinness World Record for "the tightest parallel park." And Han Yue beat it this week; sticking a Mini Cooper between two other cars with not more than 3.15" to spare. Also, he did it in one motion. Read more…
Filed under: LA Auto Show, Motorsports, Chevrolet, Racing, Design/Style The Chevrolet Chaparral 2X Vision Gran Turismo is the rare concept car that salutes a seminal moment in history, yet also borders on science fiction. Revealed Wednesday at the Los Angeles Auto Show, the concept uses the name of one of Read more
We’ve known that Mercedes was re-animating the Maybach name for a while now, but this is the first time we’ve seen the car in the metal-and-cowflesh. And it’s pretty much exactly what you’d expect: a bit underwhelming from the outside, remarkable from the inside. Like an M&M full of veal. Read more
FACT: You can’t spell "badass" without "R8." (Wait, you can. Shit. Never mind.) But maybe the 570 horsepower Audi R8 Competition is so badass that it bends rules like spelling or logic. Want one? Better act fast because they’re only making 60 of them. Read more…
Filed under: Car Buying, Ownership With the rise of suburbia, the two-car garage became a fixture of the American home. In the future, it may a residential relic. The percentage of two-car households in the United States will decline in coming decades, experts say, and as a result, a leading Read more
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