Archive for July 30th, 2008

Just in case you thought we only cared about Formula One when someone gets electrocuted or has kinky sex, we have a story that proves this isn’t true. We also care when owners’ attractive significant others go topless for magazines. In this case it’s Elisabetta Gregoraci, the special lady of Renault Formula One managing director… »

Just in case you thought we only cared about Formula One when someone gets electrocuted or has kinky sex, we have a story that proves this isn’t true. We also care when owners’ attractive significant others go topless for magazines. In this case it’s Elisabetta Gregoraci, the special lady of Renault Formula One managing director… »

Every state has their own slogon, if not many, aimed at attracting tourism dollars. Who could forget “Virginia Is For Lovers” and “Hawaii: Where The Only Ho Is Don.” Texas has, for a few years, tried to lure visitors with “Texas, It’s Like A Whole ‘Nother Country.” It’s quite the apt statement… assuming you can… »

Filed under: Emerging Technologies, Hybrid, BMW

Although BMW’s Formula 1 team has had its fair share of troubles getting the Kinetic Energy Recovery System (KERS) to work properly, those minor setbacks may not be enough to stop the Bavarian automaker from using a similar system for its line of high performance M Division vehicles. The sophisticated… »

Filed under: Vegetable Oil, Green Daily, Asia
Police in Manila, the capitol city of the Philippines, have taken up a cool new effort in order to save some green, though they will be spreading some green in the process. It seems that the Police force will be converting its cruisers to run on a mixture of… »

Holy mackerel! These photos come out of left field and surprise even us: The next version of the Mercedes Benz SLR will be getting gullwing doors. Obviously, the vertical lifting portals hearken back to the original Mercedes Benz 300 SL (incredible coincidence running that today huh?) and will ostensibly make the Mercedes Benz SLC the… »

Holy mackeral! These photos come out of left field and surprise even us: The next version of the Mercedes Benz SLR will be getting gullwing doors. Obviously, the vertical lifting portals hearken back to the original Mercedes Benz 300 SL (incredible coincidence running that today huh?) and will ostensibly make the Mercedes Benz SLC the… »

Holy mackeral! These photos come out of left field and surprise even us: The next version of the Mercedes Benz SLR will be getting gullwing doors. Obviously, the vertical lifting portals hearken back to the original Mercedes Benz 300 SL (incredible coincidence running that today huh?) and will ostensibly make the Mercedes Benz SLC the… »

Welcome to Project Car Hell, where you choose your eternity by selecting the project that’s the coolest… and the most hellish! The last time we ventured into El Infierno Del Coche, we experienced the joy of electrical fires and short vehicle range in the Arc-Weld Your Soul challenge. That one was a close race, but… »

Welcome to Project Car Hell, where you choose your eternity by selecting the project that’s the coolest… and the most hellish! The last time we ventured into El Infierno Del Coche, we experienced the joy of electrical fires and short vehicle range in the Arc-Weld Your Soul challenge. That one was a close race, but… »