Imagine this Prius… hovering slightly above the road. Yep. Remember watching movies and TV shows back when you were a kid and thinking how awesome the future would be? Flying cars, time travel, you name it—the new millennium was going to bring about some amazing changes. But then 2000 came and went without incident, and…
Of all the types of entertainment that car culture has pervaded — from rap music to action-packed movies to children’s shows — it’s had very little crossover onto the live stage. Theatrical productions have very rarely involved or focused on automobiles, probably because they’re so hard to get up on stage and integrate into the…
What is a car bra used for? Photo: SoulRider.222 via cc/Flickr Have you ever seen a beautiful, athletic-looking sports car travelling down the road … only to be baffled to see its dazzling fascia masked by a bumper cover? These unsightly black vinyl coverings — known as a front-end bra or car bra — obscure…
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…
Of all the types of entertainment that car culture has pervaded —… Just as cars are essential to our real lives, they are important… Just as cars are essential to our real lives, they are important… Just as cars are essential to our real lives, they are important… Just as cars are essential to our…
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…
A couple in Hayward, California missed one strange wake up call on Tuesday morning. Around 2 a.m., a driver on Fairview Avenue had a bit of trouble maintaining control of their vehicle. According to investigators, the driver hit a guardrail, flying about 30 feet through the air and into the side of the couple’s home. The car landed with its rear wheels sitting…
The 2015 Ford Mustang Apollo Edition Houston, Tranquility Base here. The Eagle has landed! From the lunar surface to the open roads of Earth, the Apollo edition Mustang has arrived, and it’s no ordinary rocket car; this car sports a seriously cool Saturn V paint job. Ford has fused two American icons—the Apollo mission rockets…
Everyone had their favorite cartoon in the 1980s that they collected all… As someone who grew up watching Pokemon, MegaMan NT Warrior, Yu-Gi-Oh! and… What if you turned a classic racing video game into an animated… Not too long ago, we all found out exactly what type of vehicle… Inspector Gadget was a wacky television show…
Scaramanga’s flying AMC Matador Coupe from The Man with the Golden Gun Legendary actor Sir Christopher Lee has passed away at the age of 93, after being hospitalized with heart and respiratory problems. Lee’s most iconic role may have been his interpretation of Dracula in the Hammer Horror films of the 1960s, but over the…
You can’t bring your own accessible vehicle everywhere you go. When you fly somewhere and need mobility solutions, you can’t hop into just any car you’re given. If you need certain accommodations in the vehicles you drive, renting any regular car, SUV, or van won’t do. Here’s how you can go about renting an accessible…
Photo: DIC Entertainment 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…
Chitty Chitty Bang Bang : Nemms Just as cars are essential to our real lives, they are important for fictional characters as well. Whether they are symbols or simply a setting for a scene, these vehicles act as plot devices that drive musicals forward. In this series, we’ll take a look at some live and…
Movin’ right along, footloose and fancy-free… Photo: CGP Grey via CC Way back in 1976, The Muppet Show hit the airwaves and started a global phenomenon. Of course, this wasn’t the first project to feature Jim Henson’s irascible creations — Kermit in particular dates all the way back to the 1950s. Nevertheless, it was The…
I don’t know what art is, but I know what is a minivan with no top and a Confederate flag Photo: LaGrange Marshals Office/Facebook Have you ever sat alone in your study among your volumes of classic literature and your expensive paintings and found this emerging from your inner-most thoughts: I bet that if I…
Every year, residents and visitors of the Big Apple flock to the New York International Auto Show to see the most impressive newcomers to the automotive industry. This year, attendees were not disappointed. Popular brands like Mazda, Chevy, Nissan, Lincoln, and Acura showed off new and improved models, while others introduced quirky vehicles designed to catch the attention…
Photo: The News Wheel Keeping your car clean is important for several reasons. First and foremost, keeping your car clean can help prevent premature rust by removing road salt, dust, and dirt. But it’s also just nice to drive a clean car rather than worrying that your kids will start drawing smiley faces on their…
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…
Something that perplexed me when I was younger was car windows. More specifically, why don’t windshields shatter? After all, when a window on the car is broken, it shatters into a million tiny bits, but when a rock gets kicked up by a semi on the interstate, it just leaves a small cracked spot on the…
Before you know it, today’s children are going to quickly become tomorrow’s visionaries and industry experts. Instead of waiting for that day to arrive in the future, Hyundai Motors has given children the opportunity to see their visions become realities today. The automaker’s one-of-a-kind Brilliant Kids Motor Show allows children to see their creative, imaginary vehicles come…
This carbon fiber material could be replaced by something far stronger and lighter: graphene Imagine a material 100 times stronger than steel. It can conduct electricity better than anything in use today, is an excellent thermal conductor too, and has a multitude of uses: solar panels, biotechnology, batteries that charge in seconds, touchscreens, water filtration, tissue regeneration,…
Spring is a glorious and messy season. Rain will fall. Flowers will bloom, and pollen will cover everything in sight. If your vehicle is in the line of pollen’s path, use the following tips to clear it away before it corrodes your car’s exterior. Ready for a New Ride? Financing 101 Pollen, although abundant, is…
Imagine this, but being driven by a buff dude in a Cher wig Photo: OSX II via CC It’s no secret that even the most objectively bad movies can make for great, hilarious viewing. And when it comes to the weird and wonderful world of “so-bad-it’s-good” cinema, there’s nothing quite like Samurai Cop. One look…
Sharon Stiteler, National Parks Service ranger Photo: Fox 9 News Just one hour north of Iron Range, the town of Gilbert has experienced an epidemic (or rather, birdemic?) of drunk birds. Residents claim that they’ve been seeing birds flying into cars. The reason for this avian intoxication seems to be an early frost in northern Minnesota….
A Blue Laguna C7 Corvette’s burnout is filmed by a flying drone camera Drones can be many different things: unmanned killing machines, Amazon package delivery devices, and invaluable videography tools. Here, we have an example of a drone camera acting in the latter capacity, as it provides a bird’s eye view of an awesome Corvette…
You may think that a Ford F-250 with an 80-inch flat screen in the bed and a swing-out BBQ grill on the trailer hitch would be the best tailgating vehicle, but you’d be wrong. Nissan just changed the tailgating game with its Smart BBQ Vehicle e-NV200, and it was built in Japan. The back of…
Is the Continental Concept too Bentley-esque? Given the buzz surrounding the recently unveiled Lincoln Continental Concept, it’s fair to say that the rebirth of the classic nameplate has garnered its fair share of supporters. Given his fiery (now deleted) comment on Lincoln designer David Woodhouse’s Facebook page, it’s just as fair to say that Bentley…
Our friends across the pond, TheCarPeople, recently conducted a survey to find out what the United Kingdom’s ten favorite (er, “favourite”) driving films are. They’ve also given us this nifty gif, which features an iconic vehicle from each carsploitation flick that was chosen. Can you match each car to the movie it came from? Make…
Autonomous Chevy Bolt EV Photo: © General Motors 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…
Photo: FedEx Express 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 Toyota Supra, back in the day Since the Toyota Supra’s demise back in 2002, avid fans of the sports car have been clamoring for Toyota to begin remaking the iconic car. And in the last couple of years, ever since Toyota and BMW signed an agreement to work on a joint sports car, the…
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…
Axes: better than coffee on your morning commute. Photo: Massachusetts State Police Pay Attention, Kids! Two motorists on Route 95 in Topsfield, Massachusetts had a less than ideal driving experience today when an airborne hatchet crashed through their windshield. Fortunately, the axe got stuck in the glass and was unable to fulfill its murderous intentions….
Apple will have an electric car in the works by 2019 Photo: Allen Lai Rumors about Apple creating its own vehicle have been flying for awhile, with some people—including us—speculating that the car could arrive sometime in 2020. Now, it looks like we have confirmation that Apple will be offering a new all-electric vehicle—and it…
You’d best watch yourself, stranger. There are a few things you just don’t do: You don’t pull on Superman’s cape, you don’t spit into the wind, you don’t pull the mask off that old Lone Ranger, and you don’t mess around with Slim. Oh, and you don’t get between fighting rams: (Before watching, make sure…
Photo: V12 BRO Getting your vehicle stuck on a railroad track is the last scenario anyone could wish to be in. However, if you do happen to find yourself in that situation, what are the top strategies to keep in mind to protect you and your passengers, as well as to avoid this scenario in…
Welcome to Charlotte, NC, where people drive like bulls in a china shop. Ok, maybe just the southeastern part, as I am sure this local cafe would agree. Learn Why: Charlotte is one of the best places to live in North Carolina The good news is that this Charlotte restaurant survives another car crash, and no…
There’s no question that cars are becoming more technologically advanced at an alarming rate. We were just getting over our disappointment in a lack of flying cars at the dawn of the millennium, and then self-driving cars stepped in to fill our dreams of the future’s roadways. Besides cars that drive themselves, smartphones have made it easier…
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…
BMW vehicles are probably the reason horses on carousels always look so spooked 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…
The title of this post, “Garage Ready to Catch Crashed Cars,” might sound like the start of a new advertisement for an independent auto shop. Shockingly, it is not, because this auto shop does not need any more promotion, since the work is literally flying into the lot. It also gives a lot of merit…
Pregnant individual Photo: Øyvind Holmstad Pregnant people often wonder about the risks of flying, but it turns out driving is also a cause of concern while pregnant. A study published in the “Canadian Medical Association Journal” back in 2014 found that driving could be riskier during pregnancy. The results of the study and how they…
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…
The vibrant, kinetic style of Japanese animation is the perfect form for depicting the emotion of driving. From thrilling, high-speed races to tense, emotionally-jarring confrontations, automobiles are an integral part of hand-drawn storytelling. Just as anime shows and movies are filled with colorful human (and animal) characters, so are there many unforgettable cars that are…
You know what would make golf so much better? Hovercrafts. Hovercrafts. Yeah, I said it. Hear me out. I love golf. You love golf. Sure, it’s not the most exhilarating sport, nor is it the easiest in which to become even marginally skilled, never mind the nigh-impossibility of mastering it. But there’s an intangible quality. …
You might be a car salesman looking to branch out on your own, or a small-business owner wanting to enter a new market. Whatever your situation, it’s worth looking into a car or automotive franchise if you’re considering franchise opportunities. Auto parts franchises and car dealership franchises are some of the most popular types of…
Self-driving cars are learning how to navigate America’s highways and surface streets as we speak, and they could soon be ready for consumer use. Just last week, it was announced that one company is very close to having a system ready to install on semi trucks that would allow them to drive themselves for stretches…
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…
Driver’s-license-dispensing government agencies around the world are facing the same conundrum over the past decade or so—does the Church of the Flying Spaghetti Monster (CFSM) count as a legitimate religion, and if so, does a colander constitute religious headgear? Lindsay Miller On the one hand, the Church of the FSM asserts firmly that it is…
Greg Sestero (left) and Tommy Wiseau (right) hit the road together in the new film “Best F(r)iends” For years, people have been clamoring for a sequel to The Room, the undisputed king of so-bad-it’s-great cinema. There may never be a true sequel to that film—despite what I may have wished for on April Fool’s Day—and…
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