Posts Tagged ‘fear and loathing’
While Ford's giving the Fusion an LCD large enough to watch feature films, Magna has joined up with Swiss firm u-blox and Germany's Paragon to develop a navigation system that puts the map display in your rearview mirror. The system is called MirrorPilot, and it does look like a slick way to add fac......
Parking assist one-upsmanship: New VW system doesn’t need driver in car
Wednesday, April 23rd, 2008
The honchos at VW decided that Park Assist (PA) wasn't enough. That's where the car parallel parks itself while you twiddle your thumbs behind the wheel, and when the Fasten Seat Belt sign is extinguished you can get out and go on about your business. The latest development from VW is called Park As......
Chevy caters to insecurity, trials drive-in fitting room
Friday, April 11th, 2008
Click above for a high-res gallery of Chevy's "fitting rooms"In what has to be the most ridiculous or utterly ingenious marketing ploy to date, Chevrolet has set up a drive-in fitting room outside a London dealership to allow consumers to "try on" their car before they buy. According to GM's researc......
2008 Suzuki SX4 Sport First Drive Video
Friday, August 31st, 2007
Roadfly recently had the opportunity to drive the 2008 Suzuki SX4 Sport through historic Harper’s Ferry in the hills of West Virginia. We came back with only good things to say about this economy sport sedan. If you’re looking for a sporty, agile car and you’re on a tight budget, then the SX4 ......
Fear and loathing of rear-wheel drive
Friday, May 6th, 2005
Ah, the foibles of rear-wheel drive in the snow. Many of us know the helpless feeling that lack of traction or watching someone come up behind you in the rear-view mirror struggling with the issue. With today's advancements in throttle and traction control tied with an ever growing number of models ......