Tag Archives: video

September 20, 2011
New Chrysler 300 Commercial featuring Jay Z– also tagged ,

Luxury and Fuel-efficiency Define New ‘Imported from Detroit’ TV Spot for the 2012 Chrysler 300

Chrysler Group LLC is the first domestic automaker to feature the state-of-the-art ZF eight-
speed automatic transmission in its vehicles
Best-in-class 31 highway miles per gallon (mpg) and best-in-class all-wheel-drive fuel economy with eight-speed automatic transmission and award-winning 292 horsepower, 3.6-liter aluminum Pentastar [...]

May 6, 2011
Jaguar will actually build million-dollar C-X75 hybrid supercar in 2013– also tagged , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , ,

You know how we said that 780bhp electric pipe dream Jaguar had last year wasn’t going to be anything more than a concept? Well, we were wrong.
Sort of. You see, the British automaker has just announced its intention to produce a limited run of 250 C-X75 supercars in partnership with Formula [...]

April 7, 2011
Richard Branson launches Virgin Oceanic to explore the ocean’s depths– also tagged , , , , , , , , ,

Sir Richard Branson may have already branded his Necker Nymph aero submarine with the “Virgin Oceanic” moniker, but he’s now finally taken things to the next logical (and ambitious) step.
He’s just announced a new, full-fledged venture of the same name, which promises to do to nothing short of dive to the [...]

April 2, 2011
Caparo T1 gets driven by Mika Hakkinen– also tagged , , , , , ,

The Caparo T1 is the devil on four wheels. There are widespread tales of the T1 attempting to harm anyone who tries to tame it. Autocar must’ve heard these stories and decided to leave the driving to two-time Formula One World Champion Mika Hakkinen.
The T1′s unusual layout allows for a passenger to [...]

February 4, 2011
Suck, squeeze, bang, bust: the death of internal combustion– also tagged , , , , , , , , , ,

I don’t smoke and I never have. I can’t say as I’ve felt the temptation to ever try that particular vice, especially given the cost these days.
50 years ago my avoiding that lifestyle choice would have put me in the minority, and if I’d dared asked a smoker to step outside or made [...]

February 3, 2011
Video: This is not how you make a Ferrari F150– also tagged , , , , , , , , ,

The new Ferrari F150 is a single-seat Formula One racecar that will be the object of affection for millions of Tifosi around the globe. One Florida fan of the Italian automaker recently purchased a brand-new 2011 458 Italia. He wasn’t planning on turning his into an F150, but he did [...]

January 26, 2011
Video: The definition of catastrophic failure– also tagged , , , , , , , ,

As tenants of the information superhighway’s underpass, we feast on a daily ration of bizarre automotive videos.
That diet has put us in contact with some of the most heinous clips of mechanical destruction ever seen by human eyes. But today, we bring you something that completely redefines the notion of catastrophic [...]

January 20, 2011
ZMP RoboCar MEV seats only one but can drive even when alone (video)– also tagged , , , , , , , , , , ,

Watch the video below and you’ll see that this thing is clearly not going to win any land speed records, and with nary a door it’s hardly all-weather compliant.
But, the RoboCar MEV from ZMP is more of a research vehicle, a self-driving car that’s built on an electric microcar platform. It uses [...]

January 20, 2011
BMW gets Nokia C7 remote control, James Bond can eat his heart out (video)– also tagged , , , , , , , , , , , ,

At CES and the NAIAS in Detroit this year we saw ever more powerful smartphone integration, but nothing like this.
Nokia Asia teamed up with two Chinese coders, An Jiaxuan and an unnamed friend, to whip up a C7 app that controls a BMW 1 Series.
They said it took them only 20 [...]

August 20, 2009
Ferrari 458 Italia “Concept & Innovation”– also tagged , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , ,

We’re eagerly counting down the days until the Frankfurt Motor Show, if for no other reason than to finally get a glimpse of the all-new Ferrari 458 Italia. The first clean-sheet redesign of a production mid-engine Prancing Horse since the 360 Modena (on which the outgoing F430 is based) debuted a decade ago, the 458 [...]