Posts Tagged ‘innovations’
Click above for a high-res gallery detailing the installWith over 140,00 miles on the clock, the stock suspension of our BMW 318is project car was far from ready for its upcoming track assault, and the stiffer sidewalls and stickier rubber we fitted in our first installment accentuated the tired spr......
Thunderbird Ranch out to pasture?
Friday, May 23rd, 2008
John Draxler has loved Ford's personal-luxury coupe for decades, and he's been a tremendous resource for the Thunderbird community for nearly as long with his Thunderbird Ranch operation. Located in Wisconsin, the Ranch could be over-simplified as a yard full of Thunderbirds, and the Badger State th......
Geneva ‘08 Preview: Fioravanti Hidra concept
Wednesday, March 12th, 2008
Click above to view high-res gallery of the Fioravanti HidraWhether you consider Fioravanti to be innovative or strange depends on how you look at it. This year the Italian design house celebrates its 20th anniversary by unveiling the Hidra concept in Geneva. Like many of Fioravanti's previous conce......
Webasto bringing LigHT concept to Geneva
Saturday, December 8th, 2007
All right. Let's get one thing out of the way right now. The picture above is not the LigHT concept that Webasto will be showing in Geneva. No, that square-jawed little number is the aftermarket firm's Welcome 2 concept that debuted back in 2003, based off a Mercedes CL500. With that out of the way,......
CES 2008: Navigon takes GPS back to the basics
Wednesday, October 24th, 2007
To bring you every GPS device on display at CES, we'd need to start GPSblog. Instead we're gonna hit the ones we think stand out from the crowd, like the Navigon 7100 you see here.While the thing to do these days for GPS manufacturers is to cram everything they can into that black box on your dash, ......
CES 2008: Autopage lets you start your car from ANYwhere
Monday, October 22nd, 2007
Ever been sitting in a cafe in, say, Paris, and wanted to impress your new French friends by starting your car back in the States remotely? No, neither have we, but if the opportunity ever arises, Autopage can make it happen.We poke fun, but Autopage's new C3 system is actually pretty cool and won t......
Grad students create Splinter, the wooden supercar
Sunday, October 7th, 2007
click above image for more renderings of the Splinter supercarWe're not sure what sort of beneficial impact one would get from making a supercar out of wood composites, but if there is one, the students behind the Splinter supercar will find out. The Splinter will be a 600-hp, 2,500-pound goer with ......
Nissan FORUM concept to debut at Detroit
Friday, August 24th, 2007
Click image to enlargeNissan has a new family-hauler concept lined up for the upcoming Detroit Auto Show called the FORUM. The vannish machine boasts trackless sliders, no B-pillar and maybe hints at what's in store for car buyers when the current Quest ultimately runs its course. In addition to th......
Video: Porsche Carrera GT promo
Friday, March 2nd, 2007
Most commercials we see on television pitch products like soft drinks and toilet paper – you know, the kind of things that most people buy and most people can afford. There's certainly no shortage of car commercials, either, but they likewise typically focus on mass-market automobiles like the Vol......
Audi TT receives award for innovative body
Thursday, October 19th, 2006
We like Audi styling as much as the next person, but sometimes we have to acknowledge that beauty is more than skin deep. And we aren't the only ones to notice. Audi just captured the EuroCarBody Award from the Automotive Circle International for its innovative structure used on the new Audi TT.Best......