Filed under: Marketing/Advertising, Technology, Videos, BMW, Humor The world is a distracting place. No matter where you are or what you’re doing, there are any number of things designed specifically to draw your attention elsewhere. It’s true when you’re driving, too, which is why automakers like BMW have crafted technologies like lane departure... 

Filed under: Car Buying, Technology, Ford From the headlines-we-never-expected-to-see file: “Stick shifts popular again…” Yes, we thought manual transmissions were on their deathbed, what with every carmaker bemoaning low take rates and reports that Volkswagen has decided to do away with them in both its Audi R8 sports car and throughout the... 

Filed under: Safety, Technology, Honda It happens every time traffic gets too heavy and starts to slow: One inattentive driver panics and slams on his brakes, triggering a chain reaction that leads to a complete traffic stoppage a few dozen cars behind. If everyone could just slow down, pay attention, and maintain an even speed, we could all get where we’re... 

Filed under: Europe, Technology, UK Ex-Ford engineer Richard Parry-Jones is now chairman-designate of the UK’s Network Rail. Having looked into the futures of both car and train development, he believes that by the end of this decade the most Earth-friendly internal-combustion engine cars will be about as polluting, on a per-passenger basis, as high-speed... 

Filed under: Truck, Etc., Technology, Videos, GMC, Specialty, Off-Road Clearly, we weren’t the only ones who spent the better part of their childhoods building all manner of strange and wonderful Lego vehicles. We’re pretty sure we had this design knocked out back in the early 80s, but as far as we know, exactly no one has figured out how to fit... 

Filed under: Car Buying, Sedan, Acura In the market for an entry-level sedan from a premium automaker? Your choices are few and far between, it seems. There’s the Lexus CT 200h and Audi A3, but those are both hatchbacks. That leaves the Buick Verano, which, by all accounts, is a credible entry into the segment. If that’s not quite your style, Acura... 

Filed under: Coupe, Hybrid, Performance, Europe, Technology, BMW, Design/Style Judging from the spy photos we’ve seen recently, the BMW i8 is coming along nicely. With its more realistic bodywork, the hybrid supercar is beginning to look like something that actually belongs on public streets. Now Sonny Lim, former head of BMW DesignWorks, has taken a stab... 

Filed under: Etc., Technology, Videos, Toys/Games If you’re anything like us, you likely have more than a few remote controlled cars collecting dust in the basement. Instructables.com has taken the time to show us just what can be accomplished with a little time and motivation using those machines and some low-buck electronics. Namely, your own battery-powered... 

Filed under: Concept Cars, New York Auto Show, Etc., Technology, MISC Visitors to the New York Auto Show will be able to take a closer look at the Terrafugia Transition ‘Flying Car,’ just days after the company’s prototype made its first flight. The two-place airworthy machine is perhaps best considered a roadgoing low-wing aircraft (not a... 

Filed under: Etc., Technology, Military Your nitro-fueled R/C racer may look all badass and be really fast, but it’s got its limitations. Namely, walls. The Sand Flea robot shown above, developed by Boston Dynamics, won’t win any races or beauty contests, but it laughs at walls. More precisely, it just leaps over them. The little bot, which scoots...