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Geely McCar Comes with its Own Electric Scooter in the Trunk
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Here’s a concept that carries some junk in its trunk. OK, so it’s not junk – it’s actually a three-wheeled scooter, and the McCar packs it away in its trunk to give you even more motoring mobility. Unveiled at the Shanghai Auto Show, Geely (the Chinese manufacturer and owner of Volvo) introduced this unique concept…
Girard-Perregaux’s R&D 01 Watch Designed For Drivers
A fitting remembrance to former racecar driver Luigi Macaluso, Girard-Perregaux has released a signature timepiece that was designed for racing enthusiasts – the R&D 01. Macaluso served as president of both the Italian Motorsport Federation and the International Karting Federation and was the president of Girard-Perregaux until his passing last year. He also won the…
BMW’s Concept C Scooter Coming Soon
Bigger is better – well, that’s what BMW thinks when it comes to scooters. Last year, the automaker unveiled the Concept C, a large-sized scooter. You’ll be happy to learn that it’s headed into production and will hit the streets sometime after the summer. When the Concept C plans were first shown, it featured LED…
Ford C-MAX And Grand C-Max Earn TÜV Allergy Tested Certification
Put away the Benadryl and tissues – the new Ford C-MAX and Grand C-MAX have been awarded TÜV Allergy Tested Certification. The C-MAX has been allergy-tested and approved for over 100 materials used in its production. Ford took out materials like latex, chrome and nickel – all of which have been known to cause allergic…
Cars 2 Gets The Royal Treatment With Two Regal Characters
Thanks to Kate and William’s recent wedding, the royals have never been hotter. They seem to be popping up everywhere – including the new Cars 2 movie. Coming to theaters June 24th, Disney’s Cars 2 will feature The Queen (voiced by Vanessa Redgrave) and Prince Wheeliam. These new characters get the royal treatment. The Queen…
Study: African-American Car Buyers Prefer Toyota
It’s interesting to see a demographic breakdown of what people are buying and a new study shows that Toyota was the top automotive brand for African-Americans in 2010. In the recent study conducted by Polk, the total new vehicle registrations among this demographic reached 641,090, an increase of 11.5 percent over 2009 (7.4 percent of…
Hyundai Equus Earns 2011 IIHS Top Safety Pick Award
The roads just got a little safer, because the Hyundai Equus just earned a 2011 Top Safety Pick Award from the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety (IIHS). Earning top ratings from the IIHS’s evaluation, the luxury sedan scored good for front, side, rollover, and rear crash protection, and it also has electronic stability control (another…
Study Finds Car Steering Wheels Dirtier than Toilet Seats
You wash your hands after visiting the bathroom, but do you wash them after you finish driving? Perhaps you should. According to a new study, steering wheels carry more germs than a toilet seat – which begs the question, just what are we doing that’s so icky when we’re driving? Thanks to the researchers at…
1960 Ferrari 250 California Spyder SWB 1:8 Scale Model Gets Exotic Price Tag
Well, you can’t afford the real thing, and chances are, you can’t afford the replica either. We’d all like to get behind the wheel of a 1960 Ferrari 250 California Spyder SWB, but let’s face it – unless a magic lamp falls out of the sky to grant us three wishes, there’s no way we…
Study: Common Errors Behind Most Teen Drivers’ Car Crashes
You worry about your teen while their driving, and rightfully so. A recent study has found that several “critical errors” are often one of the last in a chain of events leading up to a crash. And of these crashes, 75 percent were caused due to a critical teen driver error and three common errors…
Swarovski-Studded Royal MINI Cooper is Fit For a King
Alarm set for ungodly early hour: check. Good china set out to enjoy tea and crumpets while watching the royal wedding: check. Perfect ride to celebrate the nuptials of the year: check. Wave a stately hand out of the window to your adoring subjects as you drive the Swarovski-studded MINI Cooper S, in celebration of…
Win Back Your Repossessd Car On Repo Games
Imagine waking up in the morning, going outside and seeing your car being repossessed. Hey, it wasn’t your fault… the check got lost in the mail. Now, imagine if you had a chance, right then and there, to win your vehicle outright – all you have to do is answer a few questions right for the…
Homer Simpson Voices TomTom iPhone App: Woo Hoo!
Did you make a wrong turn? D-oh! Now that Homer will be your navigator, thanks to the new TomTom GPS iPhone app, you’ll never get lost on your way to pick up donuts again (woo hoo!). Homer Simpson, aka Dan Castellaneta, of The Simpsons fame, is the new voice of this TomTom app that’s available…
Edox X-Treme Pilot III Watch Inspired by WRC Drivers
You may not be a racecar driver, but that doesn’t mean you can look like one. No, we don’t think it’s a good idea to wear a Nomex suit adorned with logos everywhere you go, but we like the new Edox X-Treme Pilot III, a watch made for WRC drivers. Made by Edox (the official…
2011 Ford Edge And Lincoln MKX Earn IIHS’s Top Safety Pick Award
If you don’t succeed, try, try again. And that’s just what Ford did – when the 2011 Edge and Lincoln MKX didn’t make the cut for Insurance Institute for Highway Safety’s (IIHS) Top Safety Pick award, they made improvements to roof strength, and finally got the thumbs up from the IIHS. These midsize SUVs jumped…
Drive-Thru Funeral Home Lets You Pay Your Respects on the Go
You’re busy – you got plenty of things on the go. The last thing you have time for is to pay your respects when someone passes. But what is a busy mourner to do? You can ask to have the recently deceased displayed in an open casket in the drive-thru display window of Robert L….
2011 Scion tC Earns NHTSA Top Overall Crash Test Rating
Another one makes the list. This time around, it’s the all-new 2011 Scion tC sports coupe that’s been awarded the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) top overall rating of five stars. The Scion tC, which made its way to dealerships in October 2010, earned top ratings in the New Car Assessment Program (NCAP) and…
‘Luxury Toys For Men’ Book a Reminder of What You Can’t Afford
You want it all… you just can’t afford it. But what you can afford is the Luxury Toys For Men book that is full of toys you will never own. Offering 138 full-color photographs, this book is available in English, German, French, Spanish and Italian and features the ultimate wish list of luxury toys that…
Hyundai a Savings Trendsetter, First Automaker to Offer Groupon Deal
Teeth whitening, salsa dance classes, fancy types of facials we can’t pronounce – Groupon delivers them to our inbox at a super discount. How can we ever pay full price for anything ever again? Now, Hyundai has gotten in the savings sprit and have tried out a Groupon deal… with big success. This Groupon deal…
Fiat 500 Design Collection Furniture Lets You Redo Your Living Room With Style
We think if you ask nicely, your wife will let you decorate your home with pieces from the Fiat 500 Design Collection. And just like the car, this furniture collection is designed to save space while making a bold style statement. This uber-cool collection is sleek and modern, and it’ll be hard for your wife…
Most Car Buyers Keeping the Same Vehicle Size as Their Current Model Says Consumer Reports
Drivers are looking to cut a lot of things to save on fuel, but vehicle size isn’t one of them. According to a poll conducted by the Consumer Reports National Research Center, most car buyers are planning to purchase the same size of vehicle as the one they are currently driving. The results show that…
Top 10 Cars Bought by Women Favor Practicality Over Looks, Size and Speed
Women go for substance while men go for looks – we’re talking about cars, not relationships. And based on the information released by TrueCar.com, women choose practicality over flashiness when it comes to their ride. Based on over eight million retail purchases in 2010, TrueCar.com’s study examined gender differences when it came to auto purchases. …
Rid the World of Bad Parking with Park Correctly Vehicle Flyers
You pull into a busy parking lot, only to find that some jerk who thinks that his car is extra special has taken up two spots to ensure no one parks next to his baby. Don’t you wish you could let him know how pissed off you are… without keying his car? Now you can,…
Peugeot’s e-Vivacity Scooter Is Perfect For Urban Environment
Peugeot has come a long way since their first scooter they launched in 1996. Meet the battery-powered e-Vivacity, the perfect people mover in an urban environment. Since the 1996 Scoot’elec, the folks at Peugeot have been working hard to come up with a green machine that made to take on the mean city streets –…
