Tag: road

  • Watch Sebastian Vettel hoon the LaFerrari Aperta

    Four-time Formula One world champion Sebastian Vettel recently took time out from his busy schedule to test drive the Ferrari [NYSE:RACE] LaFerrari Aperta. He starts out on the road but eventually heads to the track where, naturally, he turns off the car’s electronic nannies and manages to get it sideways. The Aperta is the open-top…

  • Watch Sebastian Vettel hoon the LaFerrari Aperta

    Four-time Formula One world champion Sebastian Vettel recently took time out from his busy schedule to test drive the Ferrari [NYSE:RACE] LaFerrari Aperta. He starts out on the road but eventually heads to the track where, naturally, he turns off the car’s electronic nannies and manages to get it sideways. The Aperta is the open-top…

  • Genesis to have electric cars, own performance brand

    The head of Genesis, Manfred Fitzgerald, has confirmed that the new Hyundai luxury brand will offer electric cars. “We will definitely go as Genesis brand down the road of alternative propulsions and it is very, very obvious that EV is definitely on the map,” Fitzgerald told journalists at this week’s 2016 Busan Auto Show…

  • With production over, Land Rover Defender thefts rise dramatically

    Land Rover’s iconic Defender is now out of production, which means that there will never be more of the original icons on the road than there are today. Thieves, it turns out, have taken notice. Wards Auto reports that Defender thefts are up a staggering 75 percent since production ceased earlier this year. It isn’t…

  • Google explains how its autonomous Lexus ran into a bus: Video

    Google says that a recent crash between one of its self-driving Lexus RX 450h test cars and a city bus happened due to an obstruction in the road and a subsequent miscalculation. The admission came this week at the SXSW festival in Austin, Texas, where Google’s autonomous driving boss Chris Urmson told a gathered crowd…

  • Spyker C8 Preliator New York Auto Show-bound

    Spyker will take to the Javitz Center in Manhattan next week with its new, Audi-powered C8 Preliator sports car. The car is big news for Spyker as it is the detail-oriented Dutch brand’s third-generation sports car, and New York is a fitting place. Spyker CEO Victor Muller said in a release that about half of…

  • 2017 Mercedes-AMG GT R Spy Video

    It was only a few days ago that it was reported that the new track-focused version of Mercedes-AMG’s GT sports car would be called a GT R, and now a video has emerged showing a prototype near Germany’s Nürburgring race track. The video, from YouTube user cvdzijden – Supercar Videos, shows what the car will…

  • Autonomous Cars Will Need To Interact With Pedestrians: Here’s How

    The technology that’s required to guide and pilot autonomous (self-driving) vehicles—keeping them on the road and on their route—is only one challenge. The even greater challenge is that on city streets, for the foreseeable future, autonomous vehicles will be mixing on the roadways, not just with normal piloted vehicles but with…

  • Bugatti Veyron Suffers Breakdown On The Streets Of London: Video

    Normally a car coming to a stop on the side of the road isn’t worth a second look but when said car is a Bugatti Veyron, and there’s video involved, it’s worthy of posting. This clip comes to us by way of Almuraba and depicts a Veyron Grand Sport whose driver futilely attempts to start…

  • Honda Project 2&4 Ultimate Roadster Concept Unveiled

    Honda has combined its motorcycle and automobile expertise to develop a radical concept car that’s been inspired by the world of 2&4 racing, where riders and drivers face off at the track to determine which is the ultimate form of travel. With Honda’s concept, dubbed the Project 2&4, the design team has attempted to end…