Volvo is most well-known as a manufacturer of immensely safe and sharply-designed vehicles. By “sharply-designed” I mean that they resemble three welded-together boxes, not that Pininfarina penned…
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Usually Kings Like Gold, Not Bronze
The full-scale Elvis Presley – the King to you and me – has been immortalized in many memorable media. The most prevalent is the wax…
F1 News: ProDrive Serious about F1 Bid in 2010!
Coming just a day after Lola’s announcement of their intent to return to F1 in 2010, ProDrive has now announced that they’d like to get…
Review: 2009 Smart Fortwo
It wasn’t a good start. Maybe it was forshadowing for things to come. But whatever it was, getting into an argument with the manager at…
Baconman Would Drive The Baconmobile
Gasoline, especially the racing variety, smells sweet as it pours out an exhaust pipe. If you pound hard enough on an electric car, we’re told…
Gallery: Volkswagen Scirocco R
Following yesterday’s early reveal of the Scirocco R, we now have more details and a full gallery of the hot hatch. Unfortunately, despite early reports,…
Picture of the Day: Aerodynamics Edition
See? Not all cars need a surfboard suspended upon two telephone poles to create downforce. There are other, more elegant and creative, solutions. While the…
This Is Exactly How I Felt Today
I don’t like people who can’t park, but I loathe people who choose not to park well. Guess who ran into a BMW X6 (of…
How Hard Can It Be? 1977 Trabant P601 Wagon
Suppose you were a resident of some former Communist-bloc country any time between 1957 and 1991. You scrimped and saved and put your roubles on…
Deal of the Day: Bristol 406 Zagato
What is just as rare as the GTbyCitroen, costs a tenth as much, and turns just as many heads? Our Deal of the Day: The…