When you’re born to a notable suffragette mother and an activist father, there’s a good chance you’re going to grow up with something of an independent streak, despite being an early twentieth century gal. When they tell you that learning to drive will be of a benefit to you, chances are, you’ll learn. Such was the…
There’s plenty to criticize about the British rule in India, but I think I’ve found its most redeemable factor. I’d like to introduce you to the 1910 Brooke Swan Car, designed by a very wealthy engineer named Robert Nicholl “Scotty” Matthewson. It is absurd. It is hilarious. It is the only thing I ever want to…
Let me set the scene for you: it’s the first snow of the year in a suburb outside of Philadelphia. Thick, wet flakes have been piling up all morning—and no one was ready for it. Schools closed, work ended early, and suddenly everyone was on the road trying to get home. Including me. A Texan freshly planted in the…
Rally is a beautiful sport—there’s something incredibly pure about just freakin’ sending it through quiet roads in the middle of nowhere without being able to count on, y’know, barriers or structure or run-offs. It’s exciting watching people keeping their car on the absolute limit. But sometimes, that just doesn’t…
Change happens fast. You blink your eyes and the next thing you know, ten years have passed and you’ve swapped your sports car dreams for a daily driver that will most efficiently get you from home to work and back again.
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If you’re confused by NASCAR’s playoff system, you’re not the only one. The points system is confusing and terrible and has changed about a million times in the past few years, so it’s kind of a toss-up about who the hell will be competing for the championship. It’s one of those situations where you throw your hands…
Wouldn’t it be nice if every car was equipped with a self-preservation system? The thing couldn’t rattle itself apart because it was designed specifically to just snap back together. Easy! Or, y’know, you could do the same thing with a WRX-engined Dino.
Deep breath, America. We’ve done it. We’ve survived another election cycle, and I bet everyone is pretty stoked that we aren’t going to be bombarded with political ads and commentary everywhere we look for a little while and take a breather. Right? Well—maybe not.
The electric scooter fiasco has been, uh, quite the entertaining one to watch. Whether it be Lime, Bird, or any of the other e-scooter situations that have resulted in mass annoyance, banning, and destruction, there have been plenty of storylines to follow. Now, there’s a new one. Namely, Lime scooters might be…
Dick jokes are a timeless classic. I’m pretty sure it was the first form of humor the cavemen developed when they started painting on walls for their kids to check out. Unfortunately nowadays, that kind of nonsense can get you in some deep trouble.
I don’t know what’s worse: getting car sick or being the person in whose car someone is starting to feel sick. While we’re not totally certain exactly what causes motion sickness, it’s something that impacts up to 90% of folks to some degree. Now, the Jaguar Land Rover is looking into ways the car itself can combat…
As the economy picked back up after World War II, so did imagination. Everywhere you looked, auto manufacturers and just your Regular Joes were designing some pretty outrageous machines that seem wild to us even today. One of those incredible futuristic-yet-somehow-retro-classic cars was the 1948 Tasco Prototype.
Chances are, you’re not the same person you were in high school. Life comes at you fast, and suddenly you don’t even recognize that kid from all those years ago. Which inevitably means our taste in cars will change right along with us.
Heartbreaking forest fires have been sweeping through both Northern and Southern California in what has become the most destructive fires in the state’s history. The news emerging from this disaster has been horrifying—hundreds of thousands have been evacuating the state as the fires spread, many of whom were trapped…
The Dubai police force isn’t known for holding back when it comes to transportation. Last year, they announced that they were looking at adopting functional hoverbikes as a way to cruise over tight traffic. Now, they’re already starting to train their cops with the hope that they’ll be able to fully introduce these…
Growing up in La Sarthe as the granddaughter of one of the founders of Le Mans, racing might seem like a predestined future. For Anny-Charlotte Verney, with an unrivalled ten straight years of competing in the 24 hour race, that certainly proved to be true—even with no immediately family competing in racing.
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