Now you don’t…. At least not one you can cruise around with.

An international sensation was created by the launch of the BMW 507, which was considered one of the most beautiful cars of all time. It was a must have for many filmmakers and even the King of Rock’n’Roll, Elvis Presley.

With oil prices at $135 dollars per barrel, the pressure is on for car makers to innovate and create more fuel efficient vehicles. Volkswagen seems to be taking this task seriously with the 1L, a prototype that is capable of traveling for 235mpg using 1 gallon of gasoline, or 100km on 1L of gas. Adding [...]

Fuel saving scams, er, devices, have been around for a long time, and now that fuel prices are soaring again, we decided it would be a good time to take a look at a few of the most popular and interesting ones out there.

All the automobile aficionados better mark 2010 in their diaries in golden ink for that is when they will get to see the launch of Rolls Royce’s next big thing - RR4! It is an extension of the current phantom model and it combines a very contemporary design with an emphasis on driving.
Chairman, Ian Robertson [...]

A man who had been pulled over and ticketed by police ran backward up and onto a Buffalo Grove squad car Friday morning, apparently in his haste to drive off.
Henry Raskin, 70, of Niles had been pulled over by a Buffalo Grove officer on the 400 block of Dundee Road around 11:30 a.m. Friday [...]

Hey dude, you’re going the wrong way…

Brian Lopes was out-and-about when he spotted something slightly off about this new 5-Series BMW parked over the weekend in Long Beach, California. The badging indicates that this is a “555i” BMW. Those who have been following the company know that this latest version of the aging E60 is rumored to be getting a version [...]

There’s at least one city left in the United States where you just have to feed a penny into the parking meters: Sycamore, Ill.
Meters in this north-central Illinois city cost a penny for 12 minutes, a nickel for one hour and a dime for two hours, police chief Don Thomas said. And if you have [...]

Some of the best creative advertising comes from Volkswagen. It has been like that for a long time and I bet they will surprise us with them for years to come

Boris Johnson, the Mayor of London, has scrapped a controversial tie-up with Venezuela, in a move that looks like spelling the end of half-price bus and tram travel for some of the capital’s least well-off.
The Mayor’s predecessor, Ken Livingstone, signed a deal with the South American nation’s state-owned oil company last year to cut [...]

Edo Competition has no qualms about taking positively perfect exotic machinery and tweaking it to suit customer’s tastes. And when it comes to the paragon of rolling automotive masterworks, the Ferrari Enzo is arguably King of the Hill.
While the Enzo isn’t lacking in either the power or appearance department, that hasn’t stopped Edo from making [...]

Jorge Fernandez strolls across the used-car parking lot littered with dozens upon dozens of sport utility vehicles the size of small tugboats.
With gas at $4 a gallon, many have sat there since last summer.
“The cars are literally just sitting, and it doesn’t matter how much you sell them for,” Fernandez says of the SUVs [...]

Robbie “Kaptain” Knievel, son of the late daredevil Evel Knievel, successfully jumped over 24 delivery trucks Saturday night at the site of one of his father’s most famous stunts.
“Hopefully I’ll see you after the jump,” Knievel told the crowd before he climbed the start ramp.
Knievel, 46, had said he would need to be going 95 [...]

the age of the understatement (click)
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This is the best album i’ve (yaikz) heard in years, but give it time, it gets better and better…. and better.

The Age Of The Understatement
Standing Next To Me
My Mistakes Were Made For You
Only The Truth
Meeting Place
The Chamber

Last month, we got a sneak peak at Arden’s interpretation of the Jaguar XF, with its aggressive front fascia, LED running lights and rear brake cooling ducts integrated into the side skirts. Now, we’ve got the official details on the AJ 21 and as is almost always the case, the mods are hardly skin-deep.

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The TS Codatronca sportscar is the first creation of Spadaconcept, a new Italian design studio founded by designer Ercole Spada. It combines a modern surface design language with styling elements borrowed from the classic 1960s Alfa Romeo TZ “Truncated Tail” Specials.