Lotus has rolled out a new trailer for the company’s Exige S. Those who are easily tired by flashy cuts and metaphor may want to skip this one, as it pits the supercharged V6 hellion against a boxer. No, not a Porsche or Subaru boxer engine. An actual boxer, as in, a pugilist. Our brows [...]
Google co-founder Larry Page sat down with the Internet giant’s former CEO, Eric Schmidt, for a Q&A session during this week’s Zeitgeist 2011 event, and when the topic of increasing processor speed came from an audience member, Schmidt went into the infinite possibilities afforded “when you have all the computing power and all the telemetry [...]
It might look like a fairly worthless collection of bike parts assembled by a nostalgic motorcycle enthusiast, but the real value of this pile of metal belies its rusty appearance. The assembled parts once formed the body of a Brough Superior Black Alpine 680, the ‘Rolls-Royce of motorbikes’ which were the epitome of luxury, elegance [...]
After our first drive of the Hyundai Veloster, we described the three-door hatch as an ‘eco-sport’ rather than an ‘all-out performance car’. The 1.6-liter four-pot under the hood produces 138 horsepower and 123 pound-feet torque, which provided ‘adequately entertaining’ acceleration. In other words, we wouldn’t mind one bit if the Veloster got an extra dose [...]
When it comes to car theft, the good news is that law enforcement has become so good that theft rates have dropped for a decade. The bad news is that this is forcing car thieves to become far more clever and daring than they ever were in the past. Not long ago, chop shops were [...]
Your dream of owning a $45,000 Lotus plug-in minicar could become a reality in 2013. If that’s truly your dream, then you’ll be thrilled to know that the extended-range Lotus Ethos will reportedly hit U.S. dealerships in late 2013 as a Model Year 2014 vehicle. Unveiled at the 2010 Paris Motor Show, Lotus’ minicar concept, [...]
Ford took everyone by surprised when it unveiled the F-150 SVT Raptor back in 2008, not only with the truck’s capability but by the fact that they had the guts to produce it at all. The success of the Raptor left other automakers scrambling to produce something similar, although everything yet has fallen short in [...]
There’s a long press release with scads of information, but it distills to this: controlling machines with your brain. José del R. Millán, a researcher at Switzerland’s EPFL, has been developing the technology both for communication and mechanical-control purposes, and Nissan Europe has partnered with the lab with an eye on taking such technology to [...]
Scion has released a volley of information on the company’s latest Release Series models. The 2012 xD Release Series 4.0 will come to dealers dipped in an exclusive Premium Blizzard Pearl paint with 16-inch alloy wheels as standard equipment. Inside, color-matched trim panels along the center console, steering wheel and doors echo the exterior scheme, [...]
Porsche is apparently still working on a new small sports car designed to give the Lotus Elise something to chew on, at least if the reports coming from CAR Magazine are to be believed. Code-named Project Mimo, the vehicle is slated to be positioned below the Boxster and be built on the bones of the [...]
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