Finally Ford decides that it is about time that people that are not behind the wheel of a car also need to be protected against crashes! The gen-next Ford Explorer will come equipped with inflatable rear seatbelts which will inflate automatically when an accident occurs. The idea is not to cushion the body during the moment of impact, but according to Ford it aims at reducing "head, neck and chest injuries for rear seat passengers, often children and older...
The brunt borne by driving assistants is often the more notorious snarls and ‘shut ups!’ that are hurled at them as they try to bring some conversation into life. Why, even driving long distances can make a driver (who has both hands full), want to converse. Imagine the plight of the poor assistant. Thanks to the AIDA (Affective Intelligent Driving Assistant) robot, drivers can now replace their ‘only human’ assistants with something more obedient and metallic. According to the...
Make sure that if you get to own a BMW, you also have a darned iPhone. Else you’re going to be nothing short of jealous. BMW is getting an all new BMW App Store that will provide Beamer owners with some really cool applications that they can use to pep up their iPhone-car experience. Various applications will fit into this suite that includes travel guides, geowikis, games, podcasts, Xing, Facebook and Twitter. Sweet enough I’d say. Drivers would have...
Luxury fairs and auto shows are the place to discover luxury cars in bling avatars. The latest to join the list of chrome plated cars is this $300,000 Mercedes that showed up at the Millionaire Fair Moscow 2009. In past we have come across chrome versions of Lamborghini Murcielago, Ferrari 599 and a BMW M3, but this silver Kamrus Mercedes SLR 750 stole the show at this years Millionaire fair. Though, a diamond-encrusted Mercedes car ruled the Moscow Millionaire...
Hell yeah! I loved Death Race and all the twisting and turning of metal as the cars rammed into obstacles and into one another. Though they didn’t really last a whole tide of atrocities, durability was something the makers worked on. That’s because they didn’t have this powerful vehicle armor by German company Mutec that’s been testing and bragging about the effectiveness of their vehicle defense on a Rolls Royce Phantom....
I am not a Mini fan, I prefer the Beetle over it. But for all those Mini aficionados here is a 15 minute time lapse video showing your favorite car from the yesteryears to its full modern day glory. [Likecool]...
Now here’s something that really looks like a whale in the sky but will surely travel at a hundred times more the speed. Technically, it’s called the WB-1010 and will demonstrate what we would see 85 years from now. Wow, that sounds a lot more possible than the movies that tell us tales of 2045. It has the capacity to accommodate 1500 passengers and can transport them at speeds of up to a whopping 1000 kmph! The material of...
We are still recovering from the overdose of iPhone applications that are gradually creeping into replacing our otherwise, well, ‘analog’ existence. We have yet another such application and this time it aims directly at the doors of the car. What’s more is that besides just opening and closing (locking/unlocking) your doors, the application also helps users start their cars without using a key! Hence, there’s no more chance of us giving the ‘oh honey, I forgot the car keys’...
Whenever I looked at the human canon gun in circuses I would cringe and keel over in pain at the thought of the impact that the poor clown would have to endure on his unmentionables. However, there is no doubt that we will have to dig into some more painful possibilities in the future, like a gun that shoots men as far as space. Ouch! It’s got a barrel that’s 47 meters long and uses compressed hydrogen gas and...
Cycling is fun. And these days even the manufacturers have realized it what with the move by many to improve the environment they live in. This is one such example of a fun bike. It is the YikeBike designed and constructed in Christchurch New Zealand. It is supposed to be the world’s smallest and lightest electric folding bicycle. It has a carbon composite frame and has top speeds of 20km/h. It offers a total range of 10 km with...
After their Leaf electric car, Nissan will showcase its second concept called Land Glider at the Tokyo Motor Show. The car is meant to be an urban runabout with two seats and would be fully electric. It is made in such a narrow way that it can squeeze through congested roads and traffic also making it easier to find parking at any time. Inside the car, the driver can be seated in the front centre of the car behind...
When the hell can we ever make it to a party without the bother of parking and unparking. The latter is a tad more of a problem since we’re mostly under the influence by the time its time to do so. However, with the Python car there isn’t much left to complain. If you cannot find a good enough place in the parking lot simply drive this one into the lake. The amphibious machine comes packed with a V8...
BMW has totally decked up their original version of the C1 that they had released in 2000. That model didn’t do too good and had to be shut down by 2002 from the production houses. However, with the C1-E in town we can expect a hell lot more as compared to the last venture by the company. This one’s armed with a 0-emmission electric engine using a 125V plug-in Li-ion battery, the roof (from last time), 27 ponies to...
Dr. Kal Mos from the directorial bench of Mercedes Benz has given a pretty cool demonstration of what the in-car entertainment systems of the future may seem like. We can see a lot of good things coming from the classic COMAND media streaming service like YouTube video support, Facebook or Twitter integration. There’s also bound to be some cool navigation support via either Google maps or Mapquest. The smart thing is that some of these features make sure that...
While the world reels under the dark clouds of depression the Middle Kingdom just seems unaffected. So it is nothing but natural that Ferrari wants to bring out 12 Ferrari HGTE just for Mainland. The exclusive car is based on the 599 GTB Fiorano with the new Handling GTE package and it has been updated with special touches by Chinese artists Lu Hao. The start button glows jade green, the tachometer has ancient Chinese characters instead of the usual...
