Porsche Design and Adidas Gear Up for the Winter 4 months ago on Autoblog

While the rest of us are enjoying the summer, those working in the fashion industry at any level are already gearing up for the winter wonderland around the corner. So Porsche Design – the lucrative merchandising division – has released its latest Sport collection for the Fall and ...

VIDEO: Vauxhall trying to bring back roller skating? Groovy. 5 months ago on Autoblog

Vauxhall is rolling out the retro cool by holding an invitation-only roller skating event in North London on July 29. As part of the festivities, the General Motors division has reportedly commissioned bespoke sets of Vauxhall Corsa roller boots (seriously), and the event will even feature a ...

FOLLOWUP: GM orders YouTube to remove "tasteless" gay Camaro promo video? 5 months ago on Autoblog

Yesterday, not long after we posted a story about a gay-centered General Motors marketing video for Chevrolet's new Camaro, the video was mysteriously pulled from YouTube. As it turns out, GM itself has copped to the disappearing act, as it reportedly ordered the popular video hosting site to ...

Elle Macpherson gets topless at Fiat 500C launch [w/VIDEO] 5 months ago on Autoblog

Fiat held a glitzy launch for the convertible version of its super hot supermini at the Whisky Mist in London the other night and swimsuit supermodel Elle Macpherson was the first in the UK to go topless, getting her very own 500C. We're told the Australian-born model and actress received the ...

REPORT: 'Personality traits' of automobiles studied 5 months ago on Autoblog

The styling of your vehicle makes a statement, of course. Designers spend years perfecting the craft of automotive sculpture, and are finely attuned to what types of shapes and conventions send a given message. Now, the researchers want to move in and figure out how to express what the artists ...

You Know, For the Kids: Volvo Motorsport launches children's racing gear 5 months ago on Autoblog

Any automaker – besides Little Tikes or Hotwheels – that tries to market to kids may find itself wasting precious advertising dollars. But as far as family cars go, Volvo seems to have made a name for itself making the safest vehicles in which parents – you know, the ones ...

Jay Leno filming Star in a Reasonably Priced Car for Top Gear? 5 months ago on Autoblog

Citing an unnamed though supposedly reliable source, the boys at Jalopnik are reporting that Jay Leno – fresh from his appearance at the Goodwood Festival of Speed where he's believed to have piloted an awesome McLaren F1 GTR up the hill – was spotted filming a Star in a Reasonably ...

Google phone designers plot for "The End of Driving" with autonomobile 5 months ago on Autoblog

In Possible Future Scenario #317-B, San Francisco industrial design firm Mike and Maaike presents the atnmbl (get it? – "autonomobile"). Less a car than an autonomous, seven-person mobile living room, the atnmbl is billed as a complete redesign of the car for those who believe that the ...

High Performance: Audi designs a €100,000 Bosendorfer piano to celebrate centenary 5 months ago on Autoblog

There are some things you just don't mess with. Like the shape of a grand piano. They've been making them for centuries, and though to a trained ear, one might sound different over another or even feel different to a skilled musician, by and large, they all bear the same shape. Because there are ...

eBay Find of the Day: 1966 Batcycle with sidecar 5 months ago on Autoblog

Where does Batman get those wonderful toys? We may finally have an answer for the Joker: Batman shops on eBay, just like the rest of us, and he apparently also sells off his unwanted bits and pieces after they've served their purpose. Such is the case with the classic 1966 Batcycle, which was ...

Goodwood Festival of Speed featuring 135-foot monument to Audi 5 months ago on Autoblog

The Goodwood Festival of Speed takes place this weekend, and every year the Earl of March, who manages the 12,000-acre Goodwood estate that hosts the event, commissions a giant art piece honoring that year's featured marque. Audi is the featured marque this year, which is timely since the ...

VIDEO: Norton Commando Transformer is more than meets the eye 5 months ago on Autoblog

We didn't much care for Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen when we went out and saw it on opening night, but we're still smitten by the concept of robots that transform into all manner of vehicular machinery. In Michael Bay's new flick, motorcycles may have taken a more prominent role than in ...

Hyundai's $1.49 fuel promo causing traffic jams at gas stations across the country? 5 months ago on Autoblog

Well, imagine that. People like cheap gas. Enough, in fact, that they're willing to line up in droves just for the privilege of filling up their tanks. As if you needed further proof of this unfailing truth, here are the pictures to prove it. As part of its new Hyundai Assurance Gas Lock ...

Forza 3 releases updated car list, more screen shots with Japanese theme 5 months ago on Autoblog

Turn 10 Studios has blessed us with another round of screen shots from the upcoming Forza Motorsport 3, as well as a few more hints regarding the tracks and vehicles in the game. The previous update had a Le Mans theme, but this time the focus is on Japan, highlighted by a selection of both cars ...

VIDEO: Michigan man builds awesome jet-powered F-150 5 months ago on Autoblog

Here we have what may quite possibly be the World's Coolest Hybrid. It may not be particularly adept at saving fuel – owner Chris Lentz of Jackson, Michigan, says it burns one to five gallons of kerosene per minute (though presumably it could also run on biodiesel like Jay Leno's EcoJet) ...

Brain Power: Toyota develops thought-controlled wheelchair 5 months ago on Autoblog

You shouldn't need Professor X-style telekinetic powers to move a wheelchair using only your mind, at least not according to Toyota. The World's Largest Automaker is busily developing its Brain Machine Interface, which uses thought-control and brain wave analysis technologies in an attempt the ...

Quick Review: Raptor - Born in Baja is Rocky for pickup trucks 5 months ago on Autoblog

Autoblog went to the premiere of Raptor - Born in Baja, and while the film is on the long side, it's an enjoyable flick. We wrote before that the truck "only" came in third (out of four total trucks in Class 8), but to finish the Baja 1000 at all is an achievement -- especially when the overall ...

Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen - Better action, worse storyline 5 months ago on Autoblog

We played with Transformers as kids and have a considerable appetite for anything automotive, making the second installment of the Transformers film franchise a must watch in an otherwise uninspiring summer blockbuster season. While we didn't dare hope for a compelling story line, we were ...

Artist creates full scale F1 car from recycled styrofoam 5 months ago on Autoblog

We have no idea why Michael A. Salter wanted to create a race car out of polystyrene packing waste, and we guess it doesn't matter -- he did, and this is the result. We don't have much any information on the single-seater open-wheeler other than that it's on display at the John Ross Plaza Studio in ...

Pioneer using WiMax to send content to your car 5 months ago on Autoblog

With so many infotainment devices being created, we're beginning to wonder what people are actually doing in their cars -- or rather, if they ever get out of their cars. Pioneer has thrown another electronic log onto the in-car streaming entertainment fire with its prototype network A/V ...

Lights Out: Guerilla Drive-In uses BMW sidecar motorcycle to host secret movie screenings 5 months ago on Autoblog

Che Guevarra's image has been transformed by the very capitalism he railed against into something non-threatening enough that the totem has been given a pair of 3-D spectacles and serves as a logo for a rebel band of film enthusiasts. Meet the Guerilla Drive-In. In sharp contrast to what the ...

Porsche to break Guinness World Record using treadmills 5 months ago on Autoblog

The Porsche Human Performance Center is a part of Porsche's Driving Experience Center at Silverstone. At the latter facility they'll show you how to be the best racing driver. The former facility is to train you to become the fittest racing driver, with a team of instructors to assess and create ...

A Different Kind of Clutch: Kim White makes handbags from old car interior fabrics 5 months ago on Autoblog

The annals of automotive history are full of great interior fabrics, especially from American automakers during the 1970s and early '80s. While our tastes in seating surfaces may have changed over the years, those colorful prints and durable fabrics still have lots of life left in them – ...

Guinness Attempt: Biggest-ever Subaru gathering planned for Illinois in July 5 months ago on Autoblog

Thunder will descend upon Itasca, Illinois on July 11th, even if the sky is clear. The rumbling will be of the horizontally-opposed variety as Subaru of America's Great Lakes Region goes for a Guinness world record. The particular accomplishment Subaru is after is the "largest Parade of Subaru ...

VIDEO: LightLane adds instant bike lane for night bicycle rides 5 months ago on Autoblog

There's no question that well-designed and implemented bike lanes improve safety for cyclists by making them less likely to be hit by passing automobiles, and that's especially true after the sun goes down. LightLane thinks it has the solution in the form of frickin' laser beams ...

We Are All Bumblebee: Beijing Transformers fans gather to celebrate Revenge of the Fallen 5 months ago on Autoblog

var digg_url = 'http://digg.com/movies/Chinese_Transformers_enthusiasts_parade_their_own_Bumblebees'; Less than one week before Transformers 2: Rise of the Fallen goes into wide release in China, fans of the morphing vehicle-turned-robot movie franchise took to the streets of Beijing in full ...

DiRT 2 will honor Colin McRae in-game 5 months ago on Autoblog

Former WRC driver Colin McRae died just before the game bearing his brand, DiRT, was released. That game didn't get a chance to honor the 1995 WRC champion, but the game's sequel, DiRT 2, will make up for that. In addition to a host of off-road events that you can run in a variety of off-road ...

World of Top Gear exhibit opens in UK 5 months ago on Autoblog

From the impossible-to-kill Toyota pickup truck, to the amphibious cars the three presenters created to cross the English Channel, to the Reliant Robbin Space Shuttle they tried to put into orbit, our fondest memories of Top Gear over the years almost always seem to center around the ridiculous ...

Spec out your own Maserati - in 1/43 scale 5 months ago on Autoblog

If you're looking for a Maserati that's easier on your wallet, or a treat for a Maserati lover, then you should check out the Maserati model configurator. Three base models in 1/43 scale are available: Quattroporte, Quattroporte S, and Granturismo S. From there you can choose from among seven ...

Airstream and Victorinox hook up for limited edition Swiss Army trailer 5 months ago on Autoblog

When any male member of my family turned 13, my grandfather would present the birthday boy with his first Swiss Army knife. It was tradition, despite the fact that the knife would be lost within hours. Chances are if you get the new Victorinox Special Edition Airstream for your birthday, you're ...

eBay Find of the Day: Back to the Future DeLorean replica [w/VIDEO] 5 months ago on Autoblog

The way we see it, if you're going to build a time machine into a car, why not do it with some style? Thankfully, Hollywood's Doc Brown agreed with us. In this case, style equals a 1981 DeLorean with 31,854 original miles and tons of Back to the Future props built in. We're not exactly experts ...

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