Playboy Fiat Heir Interferes With NBA Game, Helps Lakers Win [Car Culture]
Ford C-Max Spied Testing Around Town, But Why?
It was just a normal day in the Car and Driver offices when, during a (totally work-related) routine errand, I saw a fully diapered-up prototype car being led through Ann Arbor by a Ford Escape. ?Gadzooks,? I said out loud, ?that must be some sort of future Ford,? and immediately snapped the two photos you see here with my camera phone. Upon my return to the office, a couple of fellow editors and I determined that the covered-up car is th...
No Snow Days Here: We Head to Team O?Neil Rally School to Get a Handle on Mitsubishi All-Wheel Drive
Dalton, New Hampshire, is about two hours north of Manchester, at the crossroads linking the Boonies with the Ends of the Earth. From Los Angeles in January, it takes two airplanes and a car with good snow traction to reach it. The only real reason to go to Dalton would make a pretty good reason to go anywhere: to learn how to drive rally cars. Up a steep hollow in the foothills of the windblown White Mountains, five-time U.S. rally champion T...
Did Bankrupt Runaway Prius Driver Fake "Unintended Acceleration?" [Exclusive]
Traffic deaths at lowest level since '54
Washington -- Traffic deaths fell to the lowest level in 56 years in 2009, with fewer than 34,000 people killed, the government reported today.
Geneva 2010: DOK-ING XD concept, urban EV from Croatia
Filed under: EV/Plug-in DOK-ING XD concept - Click above for high-res image gallery When you think of the auto industry, there are two names that surely will not come to mind. DOK-ING and Croatia. The last time most Americans thought of Croatia was during the early-1990s during the implosion of Yugoslavia. DOK-ING was born during that time and has spent the past 19 years developing and building robotic de-mining equipment. With so many debuts ...
Help Us Review Google Maps For Bikes
Google Maps has finally added bike routes. That’s great — but how well does it work? You tell us. Google’s “Bike There” mapping tool provides directions for cyclists in 150 cities and covers some 12,000 miles of trails. There’s no way we can even begin to assess the accuracy of so vast a dataset. We don’t have to. We’ve got you. Help us crowdsource a review. Is Google Maps for bikes “pretty a...
2010 Honda Element EX Dog Friendly Package ? Quick Spin
Honda?s box goes to the dogs with a new accessory package. What Is It? The Honda Element, a dream car for fans of cubism, with Honda?s new Dog Friendly accessory package. The Dog Friendly setup comes with a tent-like kennel with pet bed that fits in the cargo compartment, a ramp that allows the dog to easily climb into the back, a water bowl, a small electric fan to cool your friend in the cargo area, dog-bone-themed rubber mats, dog-patterned ...
