McLaren calls the MP4-12C the world's first "and" car, because company engineers set out to build a vehicle that could do away with the dichotomies of today's supercars. Whereas the current pack of high-performance machines can be either lightweight or safe, provide extreme handling or ride comfort, the MP4-12C will deliver all of those.
GPS tracking, cell-network tracking, immobilizers, and secure key fobs are all common these days, but what if you were to roll all of the anti-theft technology available on the market into a single car? Would it be possible to theft-proof it?
I swear that stuff isn't mine
Premise of Video: This happened this morning in suburban Dayton, Ohio. “Troopers said Brennan Eden, 19, of Mason, was driving a Pontiac Firebird southbound on I-675 when he drove off the left side of the highway.His car struck a culvert which sent the car airborne. The car then traveled through the air until it struck the Wagner Rd. bridge overpass
If there was a perfect highway, what would it be like? To answer this, Popular Mechanics found some of America's worst examples of highway design, and talked to experts in the field to find out what it takes to build good roads.
A police dashcam captured a high-speed crash that sent a car airborne and directly into a bridge.
A car tears down the middle of a highway and disintegrates on impact with the underpass. It was captured on camera by a guy whose other home videos now seem even more boring.
Tough new U.S. rules governing greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions from large trucks and buses edged forward last week when the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) sent draft proposals to the White House.
Peugeot has now launched the world's first production diesel-electric hybrid vehicle, the crossover-based 3008 HYbrid 3.
Set to be unveiled to the public later this year at the Paris Motor Show, the 2012 CLS-Class is a significant update of the automaker’s original four-door coupe.
Bright lights flashing. Loud voices. Exchanging numbers. No, this is not a description of a Hollywood club, but... - Motor Vehicle Accidents.
Topping its own Hurricane RS, German tuner G-Power has releases its new, 231mph Hurricane RR super sedan.
When we saw the first of these, we thought it was just one weirdo, but to our surprise this seems to be more common than you'd ever want to believe.
Warning: Reading this may make you want to quit your job and ride a tractor for a living.
Pull up to the pumps at a gas station and you’re usually faced with three options: regular, mid-grade and premium. The grades are often rationalized as "All right," "Why not do something special for my car?," and "Wow." Yet there is more to the choice than just good-better-best.
Professor Charles Samuel Greenwood first began working on human powered cars in 1968. The recently announced Imagine PS (the PS stands for power statsion), built by HumanCar, is the culmination of nearly half a century of dedicated work and should be available sometime next year.
A human-electric hybrid vehicle, the 'Imagine PS,' capable of 100 kph (60 mph) on the flat and 50 kph uphill, is expected to be commercially available next year.