Filed under: EV/Plug-in, Tesla Motors Despite the company’s recent string of successes, there’s still a lot of skepticism about Tesla out there. Some of the negativity focuses on the lack of recharging infrastructure, some on the company’s expensive cars and how it’ll be difficult to make a mass-market car. And Read more…
Article on ‘How the mighty winds of Uranus blow‘ isn’t as dirty as you think it is. (H/T!) Read more…
Do you own a McLaren 12C Spider? Do you hate its subtle styling, reminiscent of classic car design of the 1960s and ’70s? Great! You can pay Gemballa $35,000 to ruin it for you. Read more…
Filed under: Marketing/Advertising, Videos, Toys/Games When a video touts itself as “probably the greatest hollywood-style RC action movie car chase ever,” (sic) you should set yourself up for disappointment. That’s not to say that this joint effort, a clearly well-funded partnership between LA Muscle Sports Supplements and Fast & Furious Read more…
Filed under: Hybrid, Sedan, Performance, Wagon, BMW, Diesel, Luxury BMW itself says it is making “Precise modifications to the design” of the facelifted, sixth-generation 5 Series, and this is the result. The 2014 5 Series will come in four flavors – sedan, Touring, Gran Turismo and ActiveHybrid 5 – the Read more…
Welcome to Sunday Matinee, where we highlight classic car reviews or other longer videos I find on YouTube. Kick back and enjoy this blast from the past. Read more…
You can use this map to track tornado chasers following a possibly tornadic storm cell heading towards Wichita, Kansas. Read more…
Filed under: Etc., Videos, Toys/Games A chap who calls himself “Sheepo” has a habit of making custom creations out of Lego bits. These aren’t kits, these are the expressions of his own automotive imagination using traditional Lego and Lego Technic parts. His year so far seems mostly devoted to suspension Read more…
Sydney’s Homebush Bay is home to many a broken and forgotten ship, but at least one of those derelict boats still houses a bit of life. The SS Ayrfield, long decommissioned, has a mangrove forest growing from its corpse. Read more…
Filed under: Concept Cars, Motorsports, Convertible, Videos, Aston Martin We knew Aston Martin was taking three cars to the Nürbrurgring 24-Hour race this weekend, they being a V12 Vantage GT3 car, the Rapide S Hybrid Hydrogen concept and a V12 Vantage N24 that is close to road-legal. We’ve just discovered Read more…