Some car owners are minimalists. They eschew anything that detracts from their vehicle's appearance, foregoing car lashes, truck nuts, and the dreaded "Baby on Board" signs. Others see their cars as opportunities to express themselves--roving billboards to declare their love of god, country...Read More»
The internet has forced all of us to grow up. It's presented us with streaming images of wars around the globe. It's changed our opinions of people we thought we knew. It's made us realize that innocent-sounding videos like "Two Girls, One Cup" may not be all that they seem. The internet has also...Read More»
On Monday, we told you about the free rides that BMW and Uber were giving to promote the all-new 2016 BMW 7-Series that arrives in showrooms Saturday. Today, Uber's biggest competitor, Lyft, is upping the stakes. The company has partnered with Verizon to give a handful of lucky New Yorkers rides in...Read More»
If you read the news each day, you might be under the impression that few people drive to work alone. Headlines frequently shout about the popularity of carpools and HOV lanes and new bike paths and how more people than ever are taking mass transit -- especially in Planet Earth's growing cities...Read More»
As you head out to shop for a new vehicle this weekend—or at least think about what your next vehicle might be—you've come to the right place for plenty of up-close information and driving impressions. But for a completely different spin, you might want to try another trick: Open Google...Read More»
A parking ticket can ruin your day, especially if you have the misfortune of returning to your car while the officer is in the process of writing out the citation. In our experience, he or she is usually obstinate and unpleasant -- which is a hundred times more frustrating than just finding a slip...Read More»
Few of us pay much attention to license plates. They're just slices of metal printed with numbers and letters -- useful for identification purposes, but little else. But like everything in our manufactured world, license plates are fully designed objects. People spend months, if not years, choosing...Read More»
No matter how much we love our cars, the time usually comes for most of us to let go, to move on, to put our beloved rides in the hands of someone else. Or to chunk 'em in the crusher. Whatever works. Filmmaker Luke Aker was particularly attached to his 1996 Nissan Maxima -- so much so that he...Read More»
It's Friday, November 1: if you're not lying on the sofa nursing a Halloween hangover or tidying up your ancestors' graves, chances are, you're stuck at work, skimming through spreadsheets and munching mindlessly on some of Junior's sugary haul from last night. That, dear friends, is no way to...Read More»
Small cars are big business these days. Thanks to stricter regulation of fuel efficiency and tailpipe emissions, everything seems to be downsizing, from the family sedan to the rough-and-ready work truck . But though they may shrink, few will ever get as pint-sized as the car custom-built by Austin...Read More»
It's Friday, it's August, and it's National Duck Out For A Drink Day. Add those three facts together, carry the one, and you'll discover that most of your co-workers have already checked out for the weekend. We're right behind them. But before we mosey into the mid-afternoon sunset, here are two...Read More»
Celebrities take a lot of flack. Sometimes, the criticism is justified, like when athletes fire off stupid, insensitive tweets or actors have alcohol-fueled meltdowns on movie sets. Other times...well, other times, we have to remember that celebs are human: like us ordinary folk, they can be...Read More»
At some point or other, most of us have slept in our cars. It's rarely a comfortable experience, but when you're locked out of the house or too tired to drive, a reclined front seat is better than nothing. Recently, an architect in Berkeley, California took that idea and ran with it -- straight to...Read More»
By now, you've probably seen the sexy new "Seduction" commercial for the 2012 Fiat 500 Abarth -- the one where a humdrum cubicle clone has a close encounter with an Italian supermodel, only to discover that she is, in fact, a car. Now, VH1 has given that clip the pop-up video treatment. Among the...Read More»
In advertising, there are three things that sell: sex, babies, and cute, fuzzy animals. (Note: each should be used separately.) As proof of the third item on that list, we present the Kia Soul hamsters, who have dodged exterminators yet again and returned for another thumpin', bumpin' campaign...Read More»
If you're the sort of TV fanatic who dreams about a mash-up between the brashness of The Sopranos and the waistbands of Pawn Stars, we've got good news: the Discovery Channel has just ordered 12 episodes of a reality show called Carfellas, and the first two are set to air on Monday night. Carfellas...Read More»
No, we’re not kidding. Automaker Toyota has a new brand, ToyToyota, and with it a new game perfect for keeping the kids entertained in the back seat called…Backseat Driver. To be more precise, Backseat Driver is an app, the first product from ToyToyota, and its intended audience is the...Read More»
There’s an old cliché that says when life hands you lemons, make lemonade. When life hands you exhaust fumes, courtesy of blocked traffic in New York City’s Queens Midtown Tunnel, then we suppose the answer is to crank up Britney Spears, climb up on the catwalk and shake your...Read More»
UPDATED: See clips below. If you've lived or driven in Los Angeles, California, you probably understand the importance of Interstate 405. It's a huge route for both commuters and cargo, and it's regularly listed as one of the busiest, most congested stretches of highway in the country. And on July...Read More»
