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2007 Mercedes-Benz SLR McLaren 722 Edition

Imagine if you’re one of the swanky 150 owners of the Mercedes-Benz SLR McLaren 722 Edition. Well, even if you have $480,000 to spare and an extreme need for speed, it seems like you’ll have to satisfy it another way. Apparently, each and every one of it has already been spoken for. I’ll leave you to the [...]

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BMW Air Camper: Camp Beside Your BMW In Style

Driving your BMW out for camping? Hmm. Well, BMW must know their own drivers well right? The tent attaches to the rear of BMW 1-series. It inflates by itself with a low-voltage fan hooked up to the car’s cigarette lighter, and accomodates two person. And it comes with a spiffy BMW logo on the side to [...]

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Toyota FT-HS Hybrid Sports Concept Looks Cool

Set to be revealed at the 2007 Detroit Auto Show next week, the Toyota FT-HS Hybrid Sports is the sporty alternative to the winning Toyota Prius. Other than looking amazingly-cool, Toyota claims that it can achieve 0-60 in just four seconds. 400 horsepower 3.5-liter V6 engine 4-seater Retractable hard roof (covers backseats, rendering the car a 2-seater) 170.3 inches from [...]

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The Real Drifting King

In case you haven’t heard of drifting: Drifting refers either to a driving technique, or to a sport based on the technique; this article deals primarily with the sport. When the rear slip angle is greater than the front slip angle, and the front wheels are pointed in the opposite direction to the turn (e.g. car [...]

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Watch Out, Self-Driving Car Hitting China Streets!

Chinese company First Auto Works has wowed everyone with its latest Hongqi HQ3 self-driving car! The luxury sedan features two onboard cameras that detects the car’s surroundings and feed it to a computer, which analyzes the situation for safe steering. The company claims that the vehicle is able to recognize turnoffs, street crossings, and stay [...]

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Volkswagen’s Amazing Automated 20-Storey Garage

Beautiful isn’t it? Looks like it’s taken right out of a sci-fi movie. But the fact is, the Volkswagen’s vehicle storage facility located at Wolfsberg Wolfsburg, Germany, is real. And this is exactly how cool it looks. The 20-storey garage is fully automated, and is meant to present to new car owners their latest purchase with [...]

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Volvo S80 Hears Intruders’ Heartbeats

Apparently, the Volvo people love backseat-slasher flicks. The all new Volvo S80 luxury sedan will be equipped with a heartbeat sensor. If any psycho happens to be hiding under your backseat waiting to slash your throat, you’ll receive a warning via the wireless Personal Car Communicator (PCC) key fob. How cool, although we have [...]

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