Race Cars & Cubes: Review of AEG's Automobiles Board Game
I’m excited when I play a new board game that aims to approach automotive racing in a different way than the dice-rolling methods than have been done countless times before.…
Researchers Build Robot Electric Car Charger That Doesn't Look Like a Giant Metal Centipede
In recent “Hey, neat!” news, a team at Graz University of Technology has actually built a robot electric car charger. This is the second such system we have heard of…
Super Sketchy Document Suggests 720 Horsepower for 2020 Mustang Shelby GT500
The only image we have of the 2020 Ford Mustang Shelby GT500 When Ford revealed in January that it is reviving the Mustang Shelby GT500 for 2020, it left little…
2018 German GP: Hamilton Wins from 14th, Vettel in the Gravel
Sebastian Vettel was close to having one of the best weekends of his life. The man who grew up not 30 miles from the Hockenheimring had never won the German…
Miami F1 Grand Prix Decision Postponed
In May, we reported that Miami was to vote on whether the city would host a Formula One Grand Prix in 2019, but the decision, which had originally been scheduled…
General Motors Employee Played Key Role in Thai Cave Rescue
Rescue workers gather at the entrance of a Thai cave where 12 boys were trapped Photo: NBT A General Motors employee played a key role in the recent rescue of…
More Weird Driving Laws in the US
Summer is a great time for road-tripping and exploring new cities. While we’ve already touched on weird driving laws in some states, there’s plenty more nationwide rules worth mentioning. Here…
Game of Thrones' The Mountain Wears VW Beetle in Strongest Man Competition
Probably the best way to describe Hafþór Júlíus Björnsson (that “þ” letter is pronounced like “th”) is as a mountain of muscle. The reason this description is so good is…
How to Choose the Best Speakers for Your Car
If you’re looking for a lively entertainment and sound system for your car, it’s time to look into getting aftermarket car speakers. In order to find your ideal car speaker…
Guy Modifies Car To Spray Juice Into His Mouth
Car modification is an old and noble practice, pushing the limits of what the manufacturer originally designed a vehicle to do. Some of these modifications have led to incredible advances…
GM Files Patent for Rotating Instrument Panel To Show When You Turn the Wheel
As modern steering wheels have gotten larger with the addition of airbags and other technology, a new problem has cropped up. When the steering wheel is turned, it can block…
Kimi Räikkönen’s Future Uncertain, As Always
“I think it’s always a difficult question to say if you miss someone. I think the sport would naturally miss him, yeah,” Lewis Hamilton said about Kimi Räikkönen after the…
Chevrolet Intoxicates the Geneva Motor Show Audience with New Camaro Track Concept
GM used official Chevrolet performance parts to take the Camaro Track Concept to the next level of performance Photo: © General Motors Even though General Motors agreed to sell both…
2014 Quick Lane Bowl Pits Rutgers Against UNC
2014 Quick Lane Bowl Despite the changes to the NCAA Football championship format (read: a playoff system that still isn’t actually any more definitive than the old BCS system), there…
2014 Hennessey Camaro Z/28 Takes to the Track
Introducing the 2014 Hennessey Camaro Z/28 Hennessey Performance is known for turning your everyday monster into the stuff of Rob Zombie’s nightmares. The all-new 2014 Hennessey Camaro Z/28 lives up…
Outlander PHEV to Run 2014 Australasian Safari
A modified version of the Outlander PHEV (standard version pictured) will enter the 2014 Australasian Safari Not only is the Mitsubishi Outlander PHEV already racking up awards for its green…
Apparently, the Charming Backstory of Pixar’s “Cars” is that Autonomous Vehicles Killed Off the Human Race
Despite being one of the blander franchises in the Pixar canon, when you get right down to it, the Cars movies actually operate on one of the strangest premises that…
Edmunds’ 1987 Buick Regal Grand National Road Test Defies Depreciation
1987 Buick Regal Grand National One of the biggest factors that veers car buyers away from new vehicles and toward used models is depreciation. The saying that your new car…
GM Korea Delivers 42,401 Vehicles in January, Sees Promise With Bolt Deliveries Coming in April
General Motors Korea reported sales totaling 42,401 vehicles in January, down 9.5% year-over-year and down 6.7% month over month. Domestic sales tumbled 32.6% to 7,844 vehicles delivered, and export sales…
Can You Wear a Halloween Mask While Driving?
I ran across an odd Halloween-related question that I didn’t know the answer to today: “Is it illegal to wear a mask while you’re driving?” It turns out that the…
Only 25 of These 1,000-Horsepower 2019 Yenko/SC Corvettes Are Being Made
The 2019 Yenko/SC Stage II Corvette Photo: Specialty Vehicle Engineering Feel like owning a 1,000-horsepower 2019 Corvette? Now you can, but you’d better hurry. Only 25 are being made. Specialty…
Review: The New ‘Ghostbusters’ and Ecto-1
Lyft gave rides to Ghostbusters fans in the Ecto-1 earlier this month The New Ecto-1 Since this is a car news site, I’m going to start with the Ghostbusters’ new…
Car News In the Rearview: Challenger Unleashes the Demon with Its Widebody
Welcome to In the Rearview, where I bring you the week’s car news, boiled down and presented in delicious, bite-sized form. Delicious: The 2017 CX-9 has been named a Top…
Men & Women's Preferred Car Colors-Apparently Not What You'd Expect
Pictured: 2016 Hyundai Veloster R-Spec Let’s be stereotypical for a moment. What are women’s favorite car colors? Loud, vibrant colors like violet, lime green, and periwinkle–right? And men prefer plain,…
Do You Know the Why and How of Calling “Shotgun?”
Yelling “shotgun” to secure the front passenger seat is a well-known practice, and with many well-known practices its origin is a bit well, more unknown. Why is the word “shotgun”…
