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 Zachary Berry

Cadillac Compares Its Super Cruise System to Famous Cars of the Future During Oscars Ad

Cadillac Compares Its Super Cruise System to Famous Cars of the Future During Oscars Ad

The Cadillac commercial that generated the most buzz during the 90th Academy Awards on Sunday gave audience members some brief glimpses at the upcoming Cadillac XT4 crossover. Of course, it wasn’t the only ad that Cadillac aired during the prestigious cinematic awards ceremony. Another of Cadillac’s ads compared famous cars of the future featured throughout various […]

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EU To Actually Get Ability To Check Up on Member State Car Emissions Tests

EU To Actually Get Ability To Check Up on Member State Car Emissions Tests

When it comes to testing its vehicles, it’s probably safe to say that, until lately, the European Union would not be classified as “tough.” Instead, the EU has long used a very lax emissions testing system, and has relied on its member nations to regulate the vehicles sold within their borders by themselves, which, as […]

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Apparently CNN Can’t Remember the Word for Planes, Calls Them “Flying Delivery Trucks”

Apparently CNN Can’t Remember the Word for Planes, Calls Them “Flying Delivery Trucks”

Here’s a laugh for your Friday morning. CNN Money posted an article Wednesday that just tickled us pink, and we thought it was best to share it with you. FedEx is buying up to 100 new flying delivery trucks https://t.co/hKt3ALE1Gc pic.twitter.com/URuoGf4mYB — CNN (@CNN) November 29, 2017 Vehicle Spotlight: 2018 Mitsubishi Outlander The CNN headline […]

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Companies Are Gearing Up to Entertain You in Your Self-Driving Car of the Future

Companies Are Gearing Up to Entertain You in Your Self-Driving Car of the Future

Really, it was only a matter of time before this happened—Hollywood is now rising to the possibilities offered by a future of self-driving cars, which has been brought to the fore at the Los Angeles Auto Show this week. If it has its way, the entertainment industry would like it if, while you are on […]

 Aaron Widmar

5 Wackiest Cars from Superhero Comic Books

5 Wackiest Cars from Superhero Comic Books

It’s not uncommon for a superhero or a super-villain to rely on a vehicle for assistance in transportation. Not every super-powered being can fly like Superman or run like The Flash. Batman drives the Batmobile and Ghost Rider pilots his motorcycle; they’ve become an accepted part of the character’s legacy. Over the years, special vehicles have […]

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Uber Partners with NASA to Bring Flying Taxis to Los Angeles By 2020

Uber Partners with NASA to Bring Flying Taxis to Los Angeles By 2020

There’s a new initiative to create off-the-ground transportation in Los Angeles. Uber has partnered with NASA (the National Aeronautics and Space Administration) on a project called Uber Elevate. Uber Elevate plans to bring test versions of “flying taxis” to the cities of Los Angeles, Dubai, and Dallas-Fort Worth by 2020. However, more cities may be on the back […]

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Car Insurance Casts a Protection Spell on Halloween

Car Insurance Casts a Protection Spell on Halloween

Beggar’s Night can bring out the best and worst in holiday revelers. There are the adorable little trick-or-treaters politely asking for candy at your door and then there are the pranksters who delight in smashing pumpkins, egging houses, and throwing toilet paper through the trees. And, if your car is in the line of pumpkin […]

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Car News In the Rearview: Repent, for the Fiesta ST Is Dead

Car News In the Rearview: Repent, for the Fiesta ST Is Dead

Hello, and welcome to In the Rearview, where due to some fun health stuff, this is coming way late in the week. So, here is last week’s top news. It’s About That Time: Get a start on Halloween with these car-themed costumes We start out with Uber’s terrible, no-good, very bad week, including the company […]

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Motorized Nostalgia: 7 Obscure Car-Themed Cartoons from Your Childhood

Motorized Nostalgia: 7 Obscure Car-Themed Cartoons from Your Childhood

When we were children, there was nothing better than waking up and sitting in front of the television on a weekend, eating breakfast while mesmerized by the latest cartoons. Everyone had their favorite shows back then that they still remember fondly to this day; but over the years, there have been numerous ones that ended quickly or have […]

 Aaron Widmar

Cartoon Car Spotlight: M.A.S.K. Had Cooler Vehicles Than The Transformers

Cartoon Car Spotlight: M.A.S.K. Had Cooler Vehicles Than The Transformers

Everyone had their favorite cartoon in the 1980s that they collected all the toys for—GI Joe, The Transformers, and Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles being the most popular. For a handful of kids, though, the property of choice was M.A.S.K., a short-lived animated show produced by DIC Enterprises that was based on Kenner’s line of toys. To […]

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BMW i3 “Spaghetti Car” Auctioned Off During Leonardo DiCaprio Foundation Event

BMW i3 “Spaghetti Car” Auctioned Off During Leonardo DiCaprio Foundation Event

Last year, world-renowned actor Leonardo DiCaprio finally achieved his life-long goal of winning the Academy Award for Best Actor. All at once, the constant stream of jokes about Leo being doomed to never win an Oscar came to an end. Of course, obtaining an Oscar is not DiCaprio’s only life-long goal. The actor is an ardent supporter […]

 Meg Thomson

8 Television and Film Cars ‘90s Kids Will Remember

8 Television and Film Cars ‘90s Kids Will Remember

While I like to pretend time isn’t flying by at the speed of light (it’s still 2008, right?), sometimes it can be fun to say, “Remember when?” I’ve decided to take a trip down memory lane and reflect on some of the memorable cars ‘90s kids grew up with on their screens. Going for a Test Drive? Here are […]

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What Does A Supreme Court Ruling About Printers Mean For Cars?

What Does A Supreme Court Ruling About Printers Mean For Cars?

If you are confused by our article headline, allow us to explain. This week, the Supreme Court ruled in the Impression Products, Inc v Lexmark International, Inc case that it heard in March. In this case, printer maker Lexmark argued that its patents meant that Impression Products could not make a product to refill its […]

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Cars in the Future

Cars in the Future

Forget the fact that all of us adore cars. For a great majority of us, driving is an absolute necessity in every sense of the word. From getting to work to daily chores to road trips, cars have become an absolutely indispensable part of our lives. But let’s look at a more intriguing thought—what exactly […]

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Travel Tips: Car Safety at the Airport

Travel Tips: Car Safety at the Airport

It’s that time of year again when everyone is heading out on vacations to various destinations across the globe. While recent airline news has sparked a sudden interest in road trips, many travelers still prefer the quicker method of flying at an average speed of 550 mph in a giant aluminum tube, approximately 39,000 feet […]

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Car News In the Rearview: Cuba Is a Bummer

Car News In the Rearview: Cuba Is a Bummer

Welcome once again to In the Rearview, where I, your friendly neighborhood farmer of car news, carefully harvest the kernels from the past week’s stories, bring them to you here in a nicely bottled, distilled form. This week, our first story is a bit of a followup to a story from the previous In the […]

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Driver Crashes BMW into Carousel Horse Sculpture

Driver Crashes BMW into Carousel Horse Sculpture

Only the hooves remain of this once pretty pony

Various cities across the country are home to a collection of decorated statues scattered throughout their metropolitan areas. Cincinnati is famous for its Flying Pig statues, while Albuquerque is lined with Painted Pony sculptures. Similarly, the town of Meridian, Mississippi is home to a collection of carousel horses. Only now that collection is unfortunately smaller, […]

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Self-Driving Cars in GM’s Fast Lane

Self-Driving Cars in GM’s Fast Lane

Autonomous cars are everywhere you look in the news right now. They are testing on America’s streets, and almost every auto show has a special self-driving concept. Even though we can see them for ourselves, having a car that drives itself still seems like one of those science fiction dreams right up there with flying […]