Saturday, July 28, 2012

This is How Russian Pedestrians Thank Drivers for Letting Them Cross the Road


Usually a hand wave is more than enough to thank a driver who slowed down and let you cross the road, but everything in Russia seems to have a special twist to it.

Then again, you may have a better explanation of what this young woman was doing just as she reached the tip of the sidewalk.

Head past the break to watch the short video and tell us what you think in the comments.

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Ford Mulling Aluminum Body for 2015 F-150 Pickup Truck Series, Save up to 700 Pounds


The next generation of the Ford F-150 pickup truck series expected in 2014 (as a 2015MY) may very well feature an aluminum-intensive body, The Wall Street Journal reported citing sources from within the Detroit-based automaker.

The reason why the Blue Oval is exploring the idea is to reduce the truck's weight and improve its fuel economy as the company ramps up its efforts to meet the Obama administration's new car mileage goal of 54.5mpg (4.3 lt/100km) on average by 2025.

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Meet the King of Camaro Bling: SS Convertible Chromed Inside and Out Riding on 32-inch Wheels


We would say that "excessive" does not even begin to describe this creation from the admittedly imaginative crews of '813 Customs' and 'Mad Mark's Stereo' tuning shops.

Hiding beneath all that chrome is a fifth generation 2012 Chevrolet Camaro SS with GM's 6.2-liter V8 engine.

The mirror shiny wrap is accented by red pin and racing stripes, a custom front grille, colorless tail lamp covers, LED strips on the hood opening, devilish-looking headlamps and fog lights in red, and of course, massive 32-inch wheels that create enough ground clearance to allow the Camaro to pass over...a Fiat 500.

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New Photo Gallery of 2013 Lexus LS460 and LS460 F-Sport Sedans


The wall surrounding the 2013 Lexus LS has completely broken with some 30 or so high-resolution photos of both the regular LS 460 and the F-Sport variant of the same model flooding the web-o-sphere.

Taking into consideration the fact that the current generation of the LS has been with us since 2006 with Lexus performing a mild makeover in 2009, when the company announced that it was preparing a new model, we believed that it would be just that and not another facelift.

The exterior redesign is concentrated exclusively on the two ends of the car with the front gaining a version of the Japanese brand's spindle grille, new headlamps (very similar to the ones found on the outgoing Hybrid model), reshaped fenders and a new hood that includes a bulge running along the middle.

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Friday, July 27, 2012

What Do You Say About this Cadillac ATS Hatchback Prototype Model?


We know for a fact that any new car's design goes through several phases before reaching its final production form and that in the process, designers experiment with various prototypes that usually don't see the light of day.

Every once in a very rare while, though, we get the opportunity to take a look at early prototypes that either inspired or led to the finished product.

Such is the case with this scale model of a design prototype that was created by the team responsible for the styling of the all-new 2013 Cadillac ATS compact saloon, which goes on sale in the U.S. this month.

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Meanwhile in Motorcycle Land…Some You Dodge, Some You Don't


Riding a motorcycle can be fun, but it can also be dangerous, and since bikers are not as near as protected as drivers and passengers of an automobile in the event of an accident, they need to extra vigilant while driving on the road.

In our first video, which looks like it was filmed somewhere in Europe (if you think you know where, tell us in the comments), we have a rider of Kawasaki Z100 trying to overtake an older Kia Sorento on a turn when a BMW X5 SUV driver from the other side of the road enters the lane and clips his foot.

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2015 Chevrolet Camaro Coupe Design Study: What do Think?


There is a debate going on right now, as to whether Chevrolet designers should make the next Camaro coupe, expected to be introduced in 2015, look more like a first-generation model (1967-1969) or the second-generation version built from 1970 to 1981.

But what if GM and Chevrolet were to take a different path and create something with very few, if any, retro touches?

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