Just like the Super Bowl is all about the commercials, half the fun of the Indianapolis 500 comes from the traditions surrounding the event. Maybe that’s why the event’s tagline is “The Greatest Spectacle in Racing.” Along with the crowds, the balloons, and the trophies, another key tradition involves the winner drinking milk, and thanks […]
A giant hamster is roaming the streets of London to get the message out that car mechanics deal with much more than oil changes and tire rotations. As part of a promotional campaign, Kwik Fit, a chain of repair shops in the U.K., surveyed its mechanics to find out what was the strangest thing they’ve […]
Imagine you’re Marty McFly from “Back to the Future” and you travel back in time to 1956. While you’re there, you decide you need something a little less conspicuous than a stainless steel DeLorean to drive around in. So what do you do? Well, you might open up a newspaper and check out the ads. […]
Since they’re 11.5 inches wide and fill every horizontal millimeter of the fender opening, the crazy-sexy rear-end sheet metal curves are likewise as close. I register those rock walls peripherally, robotically; I register the center yellow line as a scribbled suggestion on the tight, impeccable pavement; I watch the tach needle do its insane dance […]
I was jumping curbs and skidding the rear tire around — cool-kid stuff — when I decided to up my game. I’d popped wheelies before but had never tried a catwalk. Today would be the day. One monstrous push on the pedals and a heave on the bars — soon after, I was laying on […]
Many efficiency-focused gasoline cars and some hybrids have achieved stellar window-sticker fuel-economy ratings, only to fall short in the real world. Diesel cars may keep a lower profile than hybrids or battery-electrics, but they’re a good option for drivers looking to reliably save fuel. Diesels generally don’t have that problem. In fact, they’ve been known […]
“The affected vehicles may have had multiple layers of paint applied, and as a result, in a crash, the windows may separate from the vehicle when the outer layer of paint peels from the layer below,” NHTSA said in its recall summary. “If the windows separate from the vehicle, the occupants are at a greater […]
SafetyIQ, an online application developed by J.D. Power that integrates National Highway Traffic Safety Administration data with the research firm’s own automotive data, shows that software-related formal complaints by consumers so far in 2016 are at least on par with this time last year. Software-related vehicle safety recalls are on the rise, according to a […]
The 2015 model year follows a big 2014 for the electric motorcycle industry. Zero made significant upgrades to its entire lineup, the Harley-Davidson Livewire concept was unveiled and toured around the country, and Brammo updated its flagship Empulse. Some of the higher-end bikes–among them the Energica Ego, Lightning LS 218, Lito Sora, and Agility Saietta–have […]
BMW quad-turbocharged 3.0-liter 6-cylinder diesel engine Enlarge Photo Earlier this month we brought you the first details on a new BMW diesel engine equipped with four turbochargers. BMW has finally released full details on the engine which makes its debut in the 7-Series flagship sedan. It was only in 2012 that BMW unveiled a […]
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