All fine and dandy, but there is one little aspect we haven't talked about as much. One in the absence of which cars would be reduced to simple pieces of furniture, or to extravagant works of art. An aspect which does not exist in physical form, but often has more drastic consequences on the...
Just as the rest of the auto industry, Formula too is on the brink of a major evolution. Electrification and the need to get the audience more involved – possibly even directly - are just two of the many challenges of the sport in the years ahead. And no one dares to guess how F1 racing will...
Used primarily as a getaway mean, the car can also be used as a weapon, a way to escape impossible situations or as a tool to gain more fame. So, the question arises: what criteria does a criminal use to choose a car? Is it a well documented choice, merely the matching of individual events or does...
Because we’re caught in the middle of this evolution, it’s likely we’ll take these changes for granted and we’ll probably forget how it all started. But automotive historians from a future far away might want to know how cars began to walk, for instance. That’s why...
In the past few years, thanks to the increasing interconnectivity between industries and the deeper digitalization of cars, CES has become an important event for car manufacturers. This year too a wealth of auto-related technologies were shown, being presented in a variety of ways, spanning from...
But as we stepped into the second decade of the 21 century, the rise of the drones or VTOL machines opened up new exploration paths for those attempting to make personal flight devices a reality. We’ve already witnessed a wide range of such drone-powered contraptions take off all around the...
Probably the biggest Ferrari scandal in history is the one that almost culminated in the downright ruination of the company, especially since it came at a very difficult time for the Maranello outfit. This was the early '60s, when Enzo had already amassed a serious number of arch-rivals that...
But in 2018 we've also had a lot of concept cars being shown, some of which will turn into production versions as soon as 2019, some so insane it's likely we'll never actually get to see them on the road. This week, we thought to make a trip back to the start of the year and work...
New York City has started converting its entire taxi fleet to hybrids in 2007, with around 500 of them already active as of 2008. More and more car manufacturers are embracing this 100-year-old bridge-gap technology as their customers are still waiting for a revolution in transportation....
Operated for the past 38 years by the Charlotte “Hornet’s Nest” chapter of the Antique Automobile Club of America, it is an event beyond description of even the most seasoned, grizzled and crotchety of old car collectors. And the real truth is you don’t need to be...
After the successful motorsport program of the 1960s, BMW decided to facilitate its racing efforts with the aid of a dedicated entity. Before its official founding, the talented engineers who would make history at Motorsport GmbH developed the 1972 BMW Turbo concept car, as well as the...
For drivers, one of the best ways to control a car’s power is to have a manual transmission at hand. Automatics are more comfortable and dual-clutch jobs are a teeny-weeny faster than a stick shift, but these things are irrelevant to those with a keen sense of carving corners. The thing is,...
To make a long story short, Tesla Motors pushed the EV envelope with the Model S. Mainstream automakers such as Nissan, GM, and VW have tried to catch up, but they’re far from offering an all-around package as good as the Model S. With the much-hyped Model 3, Tesla pushed the envelope once...
When he grew up, he enrolled as a student at the Technical University of Munich, graduating with a degree in Engineering. Hans started out in employment with various small engineering works, before joining Benz & Cie. in Mannheim as an engineer on March 1, 1904. There, he witnessed and...
Set to be called the Panamera Tertre Rouge, the new front-engine coupe from Porsche will be based on the same MSB platform as the upcoming Panamera and the 2018 Bentley Continental GT. A near-production concept car should be unveiled by Porsche this summer, at the 2016 Le Mans 24 Hours Race, while...