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segunda-feira, 5 de novembro de 2012

Take a Back Seat and Enjoy the SEMA Hoonigan Drift Party


Static presentations aside, visitors at this year's SEMA aftermarket show also enjoyed, how should we say, a few extracurricular special events, which took place just across the street of the Las Vegas Convention Center.

One of those events was the Global Rally Cross held at a makeshift racetrack that you can watch in the second video after the break, but that's not the real reason why we're telling you this.

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Passenger Ejected from Kia Cerato Roll Over Crash Lives Another Day


It has been said over and over again that seat belts are there for your own safety and should be worn by all passengers at all times, but some people just don't seem to get it.

In yet another display of what can happen when a driver or a passenger neglects to wear their seatbelt, a woman sitting unbuckled at the back seat of a Kia Cerato that drifted (it seems the driver fell asleep or was not paying attention to the road) and crashed into the side walk before turning over, was thrown out the rear window.

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First Installation of the New iPad Mini in a Car


Sure Apple's new iPad Mini might have some shortcomings including its smaller, 7.9-inch non-Retina Display and a steep price tag, but in regards to its footprint, it looks like it could be the perfect fit for automotive applications.

No sooner than it landed on the market, an audio system specialist from Florida named "Soundwaves of Tampa" went ahead to become the first company in the field to install the tablet in a car and specifically, on a 2012 Toyota Corolla sedan.

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In Russia, You Now Have to Watch Out for Driverless Cars


As if there were not enough irrational drivers on Russia's roads, pedestrians and car owners alike now have to keep an eye out for driverless vehicles with a mind of their own.

Captured on camera is a strange incident that took place the other day in the city of Perm, formerly known as Molotov, in the European part of Russia near the Ural Mountains.

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domingo, 4 de novembro de 2012

Rail Buff Films Train Crashing into a Water Truck in Utah, Amazingly, No One Hurt


Have you heard of the old saying of being "in the right place at the right time"? If anything else, this holds true for a Utah man who was filming trains in the city of Wellington in Carbon County this past Friday with his iPhone.

In the YouTube video's description, James Wood says he was recording video for his 4-year old son at 100 E. Railroad Avenue in Wellington when he captured footage of a train ripping through a water truck that was crossing the tracks at that precise moment.

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sexta-feira, 2 de novembro de 2012

Hot Heels and Tuned Wheels Mix Nicely at 2012 SEMA Show


It's a wrap for the 2012 edition of the SEMA Show that came to an end on Friday evening after a four day run at the Las Vegas Convention Center.

Naturally, no automotive show coverage can be complete without the mandatory display of the fine women employed by carmakers and the auto industry in general to draw the crowds' attention to their products.

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Here's Why Russian Drivers Still Believe in Miracles


If you avoid one accident, it's considered luck, but if you go on to escape a few more in the process, then it's nothing short of a miracle.

Take for example this impatient Russian (we assume) driver, who from the beginning of the video, is going faster than what he should have and what the traffic on the road justified.

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12-Year Old Ohio Boy Steals Three Cars in One Day, Leads Cops on a Wild Chase


Some kids like to play cops and robbers with their friends, usually on their computers, but one youngster from Ohio had different plans, as the 12-year old wanted to try a real life version of the game.

The unnamed boy, who according to his father, had been watching online videos of police chases the previous night, woke up the next morning and drove off with his parents' Chevrolet van, but he didn’t stop there.

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You Won’t Believe Why Porsche Headlight Thefts Surge in Amsterdam


While pot smokers can puff a sigh of relief after Amsterdam's mayor stated that cannabis cafés will remain open for business with foreign visitors, despite a new Dutch law designed to reduce drug tourism, Porsche car owners in the city won't be sharing the same sentiment.

Only in the past week, some 20 owners of Porsche Panamera sedans and Cayenne SUVs in Amsterdam had their vehicles' headlamps stolen.

If you are wondering why the sudden surge in Porsche headlight thefts, the answer will leave you stunned: Amsterdam Police suspect that the thieves are using the Porsche Xenon headlamps for use as grow lights for marijuana!

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quinta-feira, 1 de novembro de 2012

Get your Top Gear UK Fix with New 'Worst Car in the World Ever' Preview and Finn Job Interview


So we hear that a select few of our readers [cough, cough] kind of missed seeing Jeremy Clarkson, James May and Richard Hammond in the original Top Gear television series after Simon Cowell and his X-Factor clan forced the BBC to move season 19 to February 2013.

Perhaps we can temporarily fill the void with two fresh videos of the Top Gear gang, the first of which is a 4-minute long teaser of an all-new, never before seen on TV special titled "Top Gear: The Worst Car in the History of the World" that will be released on DVD, Blu-Ray and digital download on Monday, November 19, 2012.

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Ford Australia Strikes Again with Ranger Pickup Truck-Based Torque Transformer


After doing it the first time with the Falcatron and seeing all the attention it received from the automotive and gaming worlds alike, Ford's Australian subsidiary and High Moon Studios, the developer behind the "Transformers: Fall of Cybertron" video game, came together to create another Ford-based Autobot.

The new character is named Torque and is spun off the new generation of Ford's compact pickup truck, the Ranger in Wildtrak specification, which is not available for the North American market.

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What’s This "Custom" Contraption That Captured This Lady's Attention at SEMA?


The world's largest annual aftermarket fest known as the SEMA Show is about parts and machinery for the auto industry as much as it is about customized concepts and uniquely tuned cars.

It would take ages to list everything that appears on the vast floors of the Las Vegas Convention Center, but some things get your attention more than others do, even if for the wrong reasons…

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Smugglers from Mexico Learn that the Jeep Cherokee is Trail Rated, not Border Fence Rated...


What will they think of next? A group of suspected smugglers attempted to cross the U.S. border on Tuesday using an older Jeep Cherokee and two makeshift ramps on either side of the 14-foot fence at California’s Imperial Sand Dunes.

Their "Trail Rated" plan, however, hit a snag, when the Jeep became stuck on the metal barrier. Border Patrol spokesman Spencer Tippets told KMOV News that the Cherokee was spotted tangling over the fence just after midnight.

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VIP Style Cambered Lexus IS Loses Control, Hits and Overturns a Van


Who knew? An off-camber wheel setting will not improve your driving or your car's handling capabilities…

From the land that has brought us so much fun in the form of entertaining video footag comes yet another one of those incidents that just makes you want to slap your palm on your forehead.

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Russian Drivers Saved from Trucks Out of Control


In many parts of Russia, the winter weather has already kicked into full gear, with all that this means for the safety of drivers, or the lack thereof.

Today we bring you two separate incidents filmed in different places, but with a similar scenario that concerns heavily loaded trucks losing traction on the frozen roads.

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quarta-feira, 31 de outubro de 2012

20 Cars Costumed Up and Ready to Go for Trick-or-Treating


With all the chaos caused by Sandy, you would be forgiven to forget that it's Halloween today, a fest that under regular circumstances, is one of the most popular holidays in North America as well as other regions in the western world.

What Halloween means for most people, regardless of age and gender, is getting creative and having some fun by dressing up to either scare people or make them laugh their heads off.

In some ways, the same can be said for certain automobiles and the way that their respective owners have altered their appearance.

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When You Try This with a Harley Davidson, You're Asking for Trouble….


We will let you in on a dirty "little" secret that may surprise a select few including the protagonist of this accident: Harley Davidson motorcycles aren't sports bikes and should never be treated as such on the road.

To give you an example, a telltale sign that you are definitely overdoing it and pushing your luck is the sound of stretched saddlebags scrapping the asphalt. If anything else, this should inform you that you are being too much of a "Low Rider" for your own safety.

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MTA Releases Footage of Flooded NYC Subway Stations and Tunnels after Sandy


New York City's Metropolitan Transportation Authority (MTA) has its hands full after Hurricane and then super storm Sandy left absolute devastation in many parts of the Big Apple.

Over the past 24 hours, the state agency, which operates New York City's subway and buses, as well as commuter trains, bridges and tunnels, has released video footage of the damage caused to the public transportation system by the freak storm.

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Sandy Super Storm: Bentley Continental GTC Convertible Driver Thinks he Owns a Boat


New videos shot during the cataclysmic Hurricane and then Post-Tropical Storm Sandy that unleashed it power on the Mid-Atlantic and New England Coasts this week are constantly popping up on the web.

In this clip filmed by a one "Gianni F", who along with his friend, was navigating through the flooded roads of Bayville, New York, captured several drivers including one in a Bentley Continental GTC Convertible and another in a BMW 5-Series sedan playing with their expensive wheel's fate and…insurance premiums.

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Driver Startled by Car Stopping at a Pedestrian Crossing, Makes a Run for It


As we have seen more times than we care to remember, slowing down at a zebra crossing is something not all Russian drivers are accustomed to, which leads to myriads of accidents like this one.

Only difference here is that after seemingly smashing into the car in front and on the side, the driver of the white Lada Samara quickly turns the hatchback around and heads towards the other lane abandoning the scene of the accident, almost causing another one in the process and leaving the other road users scratching their heads…

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