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BMW celebrates 25 years o...

Technik may not mean a lot to you because today the subsidiary company of BMW founded in 1985 with one purpose in mind: the development and the construction of BMW concept cars. The company has changed its name since then to BMW Forschung und Technik, or Research and Technology but the people that are behind this division have rarely changed and are responsible for some of the weirdest concept cars ever made. That recent...

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BMW celebrates 25 years of Technik

Shock absorbers could sav...

they work is simple – they turn the kinetic energy of a car hitting a bump or pothole into heat which is then dissipated. Zack Anderson and Shakeel Avadhany A new invention spawned from the renowned Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) while some of the students there went for a joyride on a lovely summer day. You know the kind, the day when you wake up and everything is just right for a trip down a nice road with the...

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Shock absorbers could save you 6% in fuel

Kia GT Concept ready for ...

The Kia South Korean based automaker has secretly announced its intentions of building the extraordinary GT Concept car from the scratches, with the model to head to the market in the future. The Kia GT Concept was first previewed back during the 2011 Frankfurt Motor Show, and now the model is highlighted again, within a leaked report from Edmunds that got in touch with some seniors at Kia. Kia GT Concept According to...

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Kia GT Concept ready for Production Line

VW T-Cross Breeze Concept...

What’s with that cabrio-SUV from VW? It’s a concept-car, and it will probably never be produced in that form. However, it shows the preliminary design of the smallest VW SUV which will appear next year. Almost six years passed since the Nissan Juke opened the show. Until now, a lot of new players joined the Japanese in the competition, but not VW. Just now, after all this time, they came with this concept. VW keeps on...

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VW T-Cross Breeze Concept Is Small And Simple

Prev Next BMW celebr... Technik may not mean a lot to you because... Shock abso... they work is simple – they turn the kinetic... Kia GT Con... The Kia South Korean based automaker has... VW T-Cross... What’s with that cabrio-SUV from VW? It’s a...

Local Car Shows

Posted on Apr 26, 2020 in Antique | Comments Off on Local Car Shows

Local Car Shows

Today I decided to finally add some of the pictures I had taken at local car shows. There seems to be a show every night of the week, and the pictures are starting to pile up. Most of them are from smaller shows in my area, but a few are from the massive Foxboro “Patriots Place” show that happens every other week. I love going to the shows because I like to...

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Be Honest: Are You a Distracted Driver?

Posted on Apr 17, 2020 in Safety | Comments Off on Be Honest: Are You a Distracted Driver?

Be Honest: Are You a Distracted Driver?

I’m guilty. I’ve spent a lot of time on these pages preaching about distracted driving and the dangers therein. I think we all admit that it’s a huge problem, but very few of us willingly admit that we are guilty. Today, I’m saying it: I’m guilty. I had my moment of truth when I pulled up next to a truck at a stoplight. Inside was the familiar glow of a phone...

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The Sexy European: 1970 Ford Capri brochure

Posted on Apr 2, 2020 in Featured | 2 comments

The Sexy European: 1970 Ford Capri brochure

The marketers at Ford in Dearborn weren’t underselling their newest European delicacy, when it arrived in America for model year 1970—it really was an attractive, youthful car. It was famously conceived as Europe’s take on the incredibly popular Mustang, and although it would emerge from factories in England and Germany, the lines of the Capri—which was...

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