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BMW celebrates 25 years o...

Technik may not mean a lot to you because today the subsidiary company of BMW founded in 1985 with one purpose in mind: the development and the construction of BMW concept cars. The company has changed its name since then to BMW Forschung und Technik, or Research and Technology but the people that are behind this division have rarely changed and are responsible for some of the weirdest concept cars ever made. That recent...

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BMW celebrates 25 years of Technik

Shock absorbers could sav...

they work is simple – they turn the kinetic energy of a car hitting a bump or pothole into heat which is then dissipated. Zack Anderson and Shakeel Avadhany A new invention spawned from the renowned Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) while some of the students there went for a joyride on a lovely summer day. You know the kind, the day when you wake up and everything is just right for a trip down a nice road with the...

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Shock absorbers could save you 6% in fuel

Kia GT Concept ready for ...

The Kia South Korean based automaker has secretly announced its intentions of building the extraordinary GT Concept car from the scratches, with the model to head to the market in the future. The Kia GT Concept was first previewed back during the 2011 Frankfurt Motor Show, and now the model is highlighted again, within a leaked report from Edmunds that got in touch with some seniors at Kia. Kia GT Concept According to...

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Kia GT Concept ready for Production Line

VW T-Cross Breeze Concept...

What’s with that cabrio-SUV from VW? It’s a concept-car, and it will probably never be produced in that form. However, it shows the preliminary design of the smallest VW SUV which will appear next year. Almost six years passed since the Nissan Juke opened the show. Until now, a lot of new players joined the Japanese in the competition, but not VW. Just now, after all this time, they came with this concept. VW keeps on...

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VW T-Cross Breeze Concept Is Small And Simple

Prev Next BMW celebr... Technik may not mean a lot to you because... Shock abso... they work is simple – they turn the kinetic... Kia GT Con... The Kia South Korean based automaker has... VW T-Cross... What’s with that cabrio-SUV from VW? It’s a...

Mad Max in the Desert: Off-Road Racing Kills Eight

Posted on Jun 24, 2018 in Racing | Comments Off on Mad Max in the Desert: Off-Road Racing Kills Eight

Mad Max in the Desert: Off-Road Racing Kills Eight

Who ever could imagine this kind of racing not producing a deadly accident? Trucks and various kinds of off-roaders bounce over rock piles and desert dirt, kicking up clouds of dust so they cannot see the racers in front of them—all at night, all without crowd barriers. The modified Ford Ranger driven by Brett Sloppy (whose unfortunate name may never be...

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Audi and VW Push Web-Enabled Cars

Posted on Jun 21, 2018 in Safety | 2 comments

Audi and VW Push Web-Enabled Cars

Wisconsin introduced seat belt legislation in 1961. Not until 1984 did the U.S. mandate seat belt use. The same protracted battle is taking place with infotech in cars, and by most accounts, the safety guys are losing. Audi has proudly announced it was the first luxury brand to offer Wi-Fi and Google Earth access in its cars. Nissan, GM and Ford have followed...

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A Rare Gem, The Dual-Ghia

Posted on Jun 14, 2018 in Antique | Comments Off on A Rare Gem, The Dual-Ghia

A Rare Gem, The Dual-Ghia

Can you name the one, rare, meticulously crafted concept car that traded hands during a high stakes poker game between the sitting U.S. president Lyndon Johnson and future president Ronald Reagan? This same car was so seductive that Frank Sinatra, Joey Bishop, and Peter Lawford of the “rat pack” had to own one. The car is the Dual-Ghia, and I recently stumbled...

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