Category Archives: General
- June 24, 2009
- 3 More Helpful Automotive iPhone Apps
The newest version of the iPhone was just released and over 1 million units have already been snatched up. Besides the games your kids will probably load on it for you, a ton of valuable apps will make your life easier.
Here’s 3 more automotive iPhone apps everyone should add to their phone. These applications help [...]
- June 24, 2009
- Jesse James Sets Hydrogen Land Speed Record At 199.7 MPH
Jesse James set a record speed of 199.712 in the hydrogen-powered Streamliner at the El Mirage Dry Lake Bed last week, besting the hydrogen record previously held by the BMW H2R, thus proving Americans lead in increasingly obsolete technology.
- June 24, 2009
- 30 Brilliant Vinyl Car Wrap Designs
Custom vinyl car wraps, commonly called car wraps or vehicle wraps, have become very popular. This relatively new and rapidly growing industry relies on wildly creative precision graphic design teams and skilled installers.
While many car wraps are installed for commercial purposes, there is also a growing demand for more personal designs, reminiscent of Americanized art [...]
- June 1, 2009
- Wristwatch Motorcycles from Brazil
Jose Geraldo Reis Pfau, a talented Brazilian artist, uses parts from old watches to create beautiful motorcycle miniatures.
These miniatures look like real motorcycles. Metal, glass, plastic, silver and even gold pieces are put together, creating many different forms.
- April 28, 2009
- Crazy Horse – 1967 Ford Mustang with butterfly doors and folding hardtop– also posted in Ford, Mustang
According to this eBay seller, this is the only 1967 Ford Mustang ever fitted with a retractable hardtop. As we’ve never seen one before (or one wearing butterfly doors, for that matter), we’ll give the auctioneer the benefit of the doubt.
In any case, this restomod ‘Stang has been comprehensively reworked, including a new Ford Racing [...]
- April 28, 2009
- Bavaria’s new Flagship: Cruiser 55 sailboat by BMW DesignworksUSA– also posted in BMW
The term “flagship” gets thrown around a lot in the auto biz, but this time the term really fits the mold. Styled by the the automaker’s design firm, the BMW DesignworksUSA Bavaria Cruiser 55 became the largest vessel in Bavaria’s fleet when it launched this past weekend at the Palma Boat Show in Majorca, Spain.
Even [...]
- January 12, 2009
- Best auto technology of the year
It’s not just great car design or green technology that wins prizes in the automotive industry. The PACE Award, sponsored by Automotive News for 15 years, honors superior innovation, technological advancement and business performance among automotive suppliers.
“Historically the ones that are good change the rules of the game. Over time they become must-haves,” says Dr. [...]
- December 1, 2008
- 10 Weird and Unusual Cars
1. The Zoop Car: Designed by the unlikely candidate of Paris fashion house Maison de Courrèges, this electric car is actually capable of speeds of up to 120mph and can seat three people.
It might be eco-friendly and relatively fast, but I don’t imagine driving a lemon is for everyone’s taste.
- September 18, 2008
- 10 bizarre things made from car parts
Trying to safe and protect our environment, people attempt to recycle car parts naturally. Here are some ways of such “recycling”.
1. Would you like to sit down? If you have got a lemon car inherited from your granny or grandpa you can turn the front part of it into a cool sofa.
2. If you are [...]
- July 10, 2008
- The green sports car with added vroom-vroom
The Electric Lightning GT appears to have everything an ecoconscious lover of British sports cars could want: a luxury interior, a top speed of 130mph and acceleration that would put a Porsche to shame.
And all generated from 30 onboard rechargeable electric batteries, with no direct greenhouse gas emissions.
Perhaps just one thing is missing — the [...]
