Mercedes-Benz Showcases "Splitview" Technology for U.S....

Mercedes-Benz Showcases "Splitview" Technology for U.S.
Co-developed between Mercedes-Benz and Bosch, the Splitview technology allows for dual-use of the S-Class’ center-mounted LCD screen. The system allows the driver to have access to the vehicle’s navigation system while the front seat passenger can watch a DVD on the very same screen.

Toyota To Recall 3.8M Vehicles To Replace Pedals...

Toyota To Recall 3.8M Vehicles To Replace Pedals
Toyota has announced that it will recall some 3.8 million cars and trucks to reshape and/or replace their accelerator pedals. The action is the result of fears that loose floormats may cause the accelerator pedal to stick, increasing the risk of an accident. The recall will be the largest in the Japanese automaker's history, and it will cover...

Top Gear team builds EV, shows how complex car production is...

Top Gear team builds EV, shows how complex car production is
The presenters of Top Gear, among the finer specimens of British television talent (Dr. Gregory House being another), were this past week engaged in

By 2015, Fuel Cell Cars Cheaper Than a Rolls Royce...

By 2015, Fuel Cell Cars Cheaper Than a Rolls Royce
By the time FCVs are commercially available in 2015 they will be cheaper than a Rolls-Royce [$550,000], but it will be difficult to price them down to the level of a Corolla [$22,000].

How to Get Your Car Stolen [Pic]...

How to Get Your Car Stolen [Pic]
Seen on a car window in the Tenderloin neighborhood of San Francisco!

Ex-F1 Champ Drives Through Channel Tunnel (Slideshow)
To celebrate the 15th anniversary of the Channel Tunnel, former F1champion John Surtees has become the first person to drive a privatecar from Folkestone to Coquelle.

Tricked out Saudi Honda Accord (25 photos)
Some people just have way to much money

Major BMW 5-Series Redesign Unveiled (Photos)...

Major BMW 5-Series Redesign Unveiled (Photos)
The 2011 model marks the sixth-generation of the venerable sports sedan. The 2011 BMW 5-Series Sedan will make its public debut at next month’s LA Show.

First Official Shots of New BMW 5 Series Leaked Online
BMW's official unveiling ceremony isn't until Monday, but a few authentic shots of the all-new "F10" BMW 5 Series are floating around cyberspace. These three low resolution images only give us a frontal glimpse of the upcoming 5 Series sedan, apparently as it does a dress rehearsal for its big show at the beginning of the week.

Scoot Coupe: Hot Holiday Gift Or Barely-Legal Nightmare?...

Scoot Coupe: Hot Holiday Gift Or Barely-Legal Nightmare?
Is it a car? A scooter? A motorcycle? All of these questions are fair game when talking about three-wheeled cars, and the issue has even risen as high as the White House, with the Obama administration deciding they are in fact cars in the case of electric-powered three-wheelers like the Aptera 2e.

Tesla Motors Preparing Public Offering
Tesla Motors, a six-year-old start-up electric car maker, is planning to go public "any day" with hopes to cash in on investor appetite for green technology and interest in battery-powered vehicles. The company, who's investors include Google founders Sergey Brin and Larry Page, will be the first U.S. auto company to go public since Ford in 1956.

Yamaha Wants You To Hear The Lexus LFA...

Yamaha Wants You To Hear The Lexus LFA
One of the world's foremost musical instrument manufacturers helped design the Lexus LFA's cabin. Why? Because Toyota wanted its supercar to crawl inside your ears and invade your soul.

Criminals Beware: Abu Dhabi Unveils Police-Issue Nissan GT-R
The Abu Dhabi police department took the wraps of its latest cruiser on Monday at the F1 Abu Dhabi Grand Prix — a 2010 Nissan GT-R carrying a price tag of over $83,000.

1936 Mercedes 260D Was First Successful Diesel Passenger Car...

1936 Mercedes 260D Was First Successful Diesel Passenger Car
Rudolf Diesel filed the patent for his signature engine in 1893. However, its installation in a passenger car didn't occur until 1933, when Citroën installed a diesel engine into a Rosalie bay, although this car was never authorized to run on roads. Not until 1936, when Mercedes showed off the 260D, can we talk about the first successful diesel car

The Top 10 Most Aggravating Types of Drivers (PIC)...

The Top 10 Most Aggravating Types of Drivers (PIC)
Don't you just love the guy who leaves his blinker on for hours and hours?

USA, China Announce Electric Car Initiative...

USA, China Announce Electric Car Initiative
The Chinese government and many Chinese businesses have been making pretty big bets on electric cars in the past few years. So it isn't surprising that electric cars were on the agenda during the meeting between Barack Obama and Hu Jintao

Exclusive: The Redesigned 2011 Dodge Charger (Illustrations)
With a sweeping character line reminiscent of the 1999 Dodge Charger Concept, the car is expected to combine qualities of the present retro model with the more modern show car that preceded it.

$15 Billion in Aid Later, McCain Expects Chrysler to Die ...

$15 Billion in Aid Later, McCain Expects Chrysler to Die
It was all about the unions. The unions didn’t want to have their very generous contracts renegotiated so we put $80 billion into both General Motors and Chrysler, and anybody believes that Chrysler is going to survive, I’d like to meet them,” McCain told The Detroit News.

Top Distractions While Driving (Infographic)
Texting is probably one of the worst things to do while driving because it's so distracting...

Toyota Prius SUV Available Next Year
News came from the Yomiuri newspaper in Japan that the automaker is building a Prius sport wagon or a Prius SUV to be available in 2010

EXCLUSIVE: Video Of Bugatti Veyron Crashing Into Texas Lake...

EXCLUSIVE: Video Of Bugatti Veyron Crashing Into Texas Lake
Remember the amazing $1.6 million Bugatti Veyron lake crash blamed on a low-flying pelican? Well it turns out someone caught it on video as they drove past.

The first Aston built outside UK
THIS is the first Aston Martin to be built outside the UK in the firm's 95-year history.

Ignoring Tale of 3 Little Pigs, Ford Builds Car Using Straw...

Ignoring Tale of 3 Little Pigs, Ford Builds Car Using Straw
The 2010 Ford Flex will include the auto industry's first use of wheat straw, a waste byproduct from wheat production, and is sure to make green car fans squeal. The straw adds to Ford's growing list of bio-based and alternative materials it has added to vehicles, including soy-based seat foam, and seats made of recycled bottles.

What Your Car Says About Your Style
What would James Bond be without a sporty two-seater that drives women crazy and dispatches enemies with concealed hellfire missiles? Whether you're real or fictional, a car that speaks to your personality and style extends your taste beyond the clothes on your back...

Pelican, Cell Phone to blame for $1.6 Bugatti in Lake (VID)
The driver swerved to avoid the big bird, dropped his cell phone, and in the process the front passenger tire hit a mud patch.

Snooker Table Car...

Snooker Table Car
Our main man Sudhakar, the, designer behind the Condom Bike has one-upped the motorized OutRun cabinet with this: the Snooker Table Car.Snooker is a variation of billiards and the World Snooker Championship is to be held in Hyderabad this weekend. In honor of the event Sudhakar,who is wonderfully insane, built this working, drivable snooker table

BMW Confirms 4-Cylinder Diesels for US Market
BMW will introduce the four-cylinder diesel to the U.S. lineup now that tougher fuel economy standards have been imposed. In keeping with BMW's performance image, we will get the more powerful variants.

Help! There's a Bus in My Living Room! (PIC)...

Help! There's a Bus in My Living Room! (PIC)
Picture of the CTA bus that crashed into a Morgan Park neighborhood house this morning. How's that for a rude awakening?

Eco-friendly Futuristic Hybrid Car From Peugeot
Epine concept car is a hybrid eco-friendly vehicle that offers a new way of being in contact with the nature and is aiming to provide a racing track experience to its occupants. This car has a minimalist unique design that is inspired from the racing vehicles like Formula One cars and motorcycles.

Crazy Roundabout Jump captured on CCTV...

Crazy Roundabout Jump captured on CCTV
Car jumps over roundabout, captured on CCTV in New Zealand. ...

50 Spectacular Shots of the New Aston Martin Rapide
Wow this is such an awesome car! Not sure who can afford to drive a car like this, but here's a peek into the serious Luxury of a new Aston Martin. This is a Hi-res gallery.

Wacky Fun For The Whole Family (Pic)...

Wacky Fun For The Whole Family (Pic)

Driver in Fatal Crash: 15 Convictions for License Violations...

Driver in Fatal Crash: 15 Convictions for License Violations
Motorist charged with aggravated driving under the influence in crash that killed Chicago mother of five. Cited more than a dozen times for driving without a valid license, James E. Cox didn't get off the road but kept on driving, according to records.

The Mavizen motorbike: A laptop on wheels
Some are calling the Mavizen TTX02 a “laptop on wheels." Not only can the bike reach speeds of up 130 miles an hour, it also has an onboard computer system. Each bike comes with a dash-mounted computer complete with Linux, on board server, a dedicated IP address, USB, and Wi-Fi connectivity.

Inside Original Back to the Future DeLorean (Pics)...

Inside Original Back to the Future DeLorean (Pics)
What's better than watching Biff get arrested outside the clock tower while chilling on your hoverboard? Nothing, actually. But sneaking into a parking lot at the Universal Studios back lot to play inside the original Back to the Future DeLorean time machine is pretty damn close.

Chrysler's Complete Five-Year Product Plan [Infographs]
Here's Chrysler's complete product plan — all the brands including Fiat — for the next five years.

The 10 Ugliest Cars at SEMA 2009...

The 10 Ugliest Cars at SEMA 2009
This year at the Specialty Equipment Market Association show (SEMA) in Las Vegas we have seen the usual brilliant amalgam of high-tech gadgets, tricked-out speedster, race-engineered suspensions and interiors fit for a museum. But alongside the glorious mods, there are plenty of strange, dumb and just plain ugly cars, trucks and SUVs.

Dodge Viper Logo is an Upside-down Daffy Duck
Bet you never noticed that, did you?

Ferrari Confirms All-Wheel Drive Hybrid
Ferrari hybrid drivetrain will debut on the next-gen 612 with a pair of torque-laden electric motors that will be connected to the front wheels.

Cars that stir our soul...

Cars that stir our soul
They're fast, furious, deadly and ridiculously expensive. The lure of these super cars is hard for young drivers to resist.

Toyota To Launch Battery Electric Vehicles In 2012
Carter confirmed that Toyota would introduce a battery electric car in 2012.Toyota would like to have a fuel cell vehicle on the market by 2015 if there is a reasonable network of filling stations. oyota will start deploying its test fleet of 500 plug-in Priuses around the end of November to commercial and government fleets in Japan, North America

10 Neat Facts About Ferrari
Quick: what comes to your mind when I say "Ferrari"? A line of gorgeous (and exorbitantly priced) supercars? Formula One racing? How about mule-shoeing, World War I flying ace, and the H1N1 virus?

How Weight Affects a Vehicle's Efficiency...

How Weight Affects a Vehicle's Efficiency
Let's start with the easy and simple numbers. The EPA says that for every 100 pounds taken out of the vehicle, the fuel economy is increased by 1-2 percent. Based on a gallon of gasoline costing $2.58, this translates to savings of between $0.03-$0.05 a gallon. Of course, 100 lbs. in a small hatchback is going to make a bigger difference...