Posts Tagged ‘car designers’

Oh the horror! Ferrari California post-crash test

Wednesday, July 16th, 2008
We're fully aware that even supercars must undergo crash testing. But we like to think of the process the same way we do hamburgers. When we get hungry, we're able to totally banish any curiosity about what gruesome process transformed the cow into lunch.Photos from inside a slaughterhouse would evo......

Should’ve bought a Garmin? Testing the iPhone 3G’s GPS capabilities

Monday, July 14th, 2008
Yes, we were among the suckers who endured the idiotic lines, activation woes and intermittent service that you've undoubtedly read about after the iPhone 3G's launch this past Friday. But our reason for suffering through myriad hassles to get our hands on Apple's newest hotness wasn't purely selfis......

Apple forbids navigation apps on iPhone 3G (except its own)

Thursday, June 12th, 2008
The Internets are abuzz with the announcement of an all-new iPhone, and with features like 3G data connections, new applications and GPS navigation, we're excited too. If you've been making plans to produce your own navigation app for iPhone 2.0, however, you may not be all that thrilled. A closer l......

Cheaper, faster iPhone announced with GPS, just needs suction cup

Monday, June 9th, 2008
For those living under a rock, you'll be surprised to learn that Apple announced a new iPhone today that, along with 3G support for faster downloads, features GPS built into the popular phone. While current iPhones can pinpoint your location and provide a Google Map to a destination, they can't hold......

RENNTECH takes its own Bentley pictures, doesn’t do too bad

Wednesday, June 4th, 2008
Click above for high-res gallery of RENNTECH's handiworkYou may remember my little hissy fit last week over RENNTECH using our photos of a Bentley Continental Flying Spur taken when the Flying B was in the Autoblog Garage two years ago. We and the graphic designer over at RENNTECH have since patched......

Belgium: Dodge wants you to steam up the windows in the Journey

Saturday, May 31st, 2008
Click above for a gallery of the Baby Made on Board promo materialsWhen we read the tip from reader Thijs B. telling us that in Belgium, Dodge is planning a Journey launch promo centered around backseat baby-making, we thought it was a big joke. So we started using our Google powers to see what else......

Google Earth spots Top Gear USA test track?

Monday, May 19th, 2008
Not quite. While we've gotten word from credible sources that El Toro has, in fact, been chosen as the location for the supposed filming of the U.S. version of Top Gear, the test track above ain't it. To begin with, the SCCA and a handful of other track-day organizations have been using the runways ......

Poorly-translated rumormill: VW to build Porsches in U.S.

Tuesday, May 13th, 2008
Click above for a high-res gallery of the Porsche Cayenne GTS.As much as we enjoy scouring through German newspapers, something inevitably gets lost in translation. However, the title of a story in Germany's Handelsblatt ePaper is clear: Volkswagen is considering building Porsche Cayennes at its new......

Score! New Mayor of London a true motorhead

Monday, May 5th, 2008
Forgive us for not being more up on the landscape of local London politics, but when we informed you that anti-automobile incumbent Ken Livingstone had lost his bid for reelection as the Mayor of London we had no idea how lucky Londoners had gotten with his replacement. Boris Johnson is his name, an......

Google Maps Street-View features upgraded visuals for directions

Friday, May 2nd, 2008
Thanks to inventions like GPS Navigation and online directions, it's getting harder to get lost by the day. Google Maps has been a big hit for folks trying to navigate to new destinations, and the free service just got cooler with the integration of Street-View into driving directions. Now when you ......