Mirror and Cache index - Lifestyle: Autos
181 votes | submitted 2010-03-13 23:01:48 by hbyrne | 25 comments
Guiding a car through the treacherous turns and switchbacks of the Pikes Peak Hill Climb course is a
test for top professionals, but a team of Stanford researchers is preparing to tackle that challenge
with a driverless car guided by GPS tracking.
271 votes | submitted 2010-03-12 17:51:42 by theleetgeek | 97 comments
Ford's Crown Victoria-based police interceptor will finally end production late next year. This is
its replacement — the 2012 Ford Police Interceptor. Other than the movie Robocop, it's the
first time Ford's Taurus has served as a purpose-built patrol car.
326 votes | submitted 2010-03-12 15:21:37 by daxxer | 29 comments
Back in 1965, Ford Motor Company and Carroll Shelby got together for the start of what would become
a long-running—and often contentious—partnership to build high-performance Mustang-based muscle
cars.
148 votes | submitted 2010-03-11 23:04:04 by geronimax | 36 comments
Toyota owners discovered a minor glitch with their automobiles: turns out the cars regarded driver
input as secondary to their love of accelerating and the delicious sound of human screams.
311 votes | submitted 2010-03-11 15:57:13 by acmaurer | 31 comments
When you take your dog along for a ride, but prefer not having it inside the car, it can ride safely
and comfortably in this sack, which is carried on the running board.
307 votes | submitted 2010-03-10 12:50:38 by Ryan0617 | 43 comments
This cremation can't wait!
228 votes | submitted 2010-03-10 01:27:57 by KrBP | 8 comments
It doesn't look like a car, and it doesn't look like it would fly, but what is believed to be the
world's oldest roadable aircraft is for sale.
287 votes | submitted 2010-03-10 17:04:21 by mikek814 | 78 comments
Both the Mustang and the Camaro can be loaded up with more features than your average mid-1980s
luxury sedan. The Camaro even offers rear parking assist to help overcome its lack of visibility.
The 2011 Mustang's full specs haven't been revealed yet, but the 2010 model's options are sure to
carry over for the most part..
410 votes | submitted 2010-03-10 17:11:52 by daxxer | 51 comments
From the Falcon-based original to the BOSS baddies of the late 1960s and early 1970s straight
through to the anathema of the Mustang II and the redemption of the Fox body, the history of the
Mustang is a dramatic story.
356 votes | submitted 2010-03-10 15:40:03 by irfanmp | 55 comments
A drunk driver repeatedly smashes his car up in broad daylight.
266 votes | submitted 2010-03-10 18:48:54 by HackieWackie | 70 comments
What if you car plunges down a steep ravine into the rushing waters below, or you flip your ride on
its roof and hang, dangling helplessly from the seatbelt while the gasoline drips ever closer to the
broken mirror focusing burning sunlight onto the hot asphalt?
368 votes | submitted 2010-03-09 23:15:58 by TheEngineer2008 | 65 comments
The great thing about the Geneva Motor Show is that it provides the perfect venue to witness all of
the incredible metal that doesn't normally find its way to our shores. Naturally, though, it's a
double-edged sword - once you see it, you want it. And you can't have it. Here are the top 10.
395 votes | submitted 2010-03-09 18:30:01 by 1KrazyKorean | 26 comments
Few machines represent The Future like the flying car, and no publication has championed the fantasy
more zealously than Popular Science. Here's a look back at its feverish, 77-year-long vision.
498 votes | submitted 2010-03-09 06:31:51 by CourageWulf | 349 comments
The California Highway Patrol has confirmed officers were forced to box-in a runaway Toyota Prius
displaying unintended acceleration Monday afternoon. The incident took place around 2:00 p.m., a
police spokesman told Leftlane.
368 votes | submitted 2010-03-08 23:50:59 by jerryjamesstone | 20 comments
Most of the excitement at Geneva this year didn't come from the announcement of new production model
cars. No, the task of riling up the auto press was left to the hyper-fuel efficient vehicle concepts
trotted
401 votes | submitted 2010-03-08 22:53:41 by biofriendlyblog | 56 comments
Ferrari will offer hybrid versions of every model by 2013, says the supercar maker, cutting CO2
emissions by 35%.
325 votes | submitted 2010-03-07 03:53:00 by absolutelytrue | 61 comments
556 horsepower in a station wagon? For sale in the United States? From General Motors? Yes, it’s
hard to believe — but soon it’ll be a reality, and we’ve got the first ever pictures to prove
it!