200 YEARS AGO: Check Out Iconic Images From The War Of 1812
Two hundred years ago this month, on June 1 1812, the United States declared war on Great Britain. Just over two weeks later, the young nation went to war to stop the British from bullying them at...
View ArticleAfter Driving A Hyundai For 5 Years, Here's What It Was Like To Get Behind...
As I drove from the West Village to Dobbs Ferry, N.Y. in brand new Bentley Mulsanne, a man on the street shouted at me "(Insert expletive here) girl, you have a nice car!" I flashed a smile and...
View ArticleTEST DRIVE: The 2012 Scion iQ Might Not Be The Smartest Small Car On The Market
The first time we saw the Scion iQ was on Top Gear UK and it was a Toyota. The iQ was released in Europe in 2009 after its debut at the Geneva Auto Show in 2008. There are few cars that immediately...
View ArticleStunning Pictures Of Car Wrecks From 1930s
The Boston Public Library recently released a stunning photo collection of car wrecks in the 1930s captured by Leslie Jones, a famous photographer who worked for the Boston Herald-Traveler from 1917...
View ArticleYACHT OF THE WEEK: This $49 Million Yacht With A Garage Is The Perfect Way To...
All yachts come with a name that has some great significance to the first owner. In the case of the $49 million Mi Sueño, which means "my dream" in Spanish, it seems that the name represents the...
View ArticleA Billionaire Entrepreneur Just Bought The World's NEW Most Expensive Car For...
Some records are made to be broken. Just months after a rare Ferrari GTO sold in Europe for a record-breaking $32 million, word comes that an apple green Ferrari 250 GTO from 1962 has topped it,...
View ArticleWatch This Guy Set A New World Record For The Tightest Parallel Parking Job Ever
Chinese driver Han Yue recently set the world record for the tightest parallel parking job ever. He beat the record by 7 cm., plugging his special edition Mini into a space just 15 cm. longer than his...
View ArticleHundreds Of Mountain Dew Cans Flood The Streets Of Seattle After A Truck...
Hundreds of Mountain Dew cans flooded the streets of Seattle after a truck carrying said cans ripped in half after a collision with a Sound Transit Train, according to the Associated Press. There were...
View ArticlePOLL: Am I The Only One Annoyed By Southwest's Boarding Process?
My parents warned me not to fly Southwest to Phoenix, but I bought a ticket anyway. I had flown low-cost airlines like Frontier and Jet Blue and had a great time. In fact, I enjoyed those two more...
View ArticlePeople Are Feeling Good About Buying A New Car These Days
As the auto industry prepares to report expected strong May sales Friday, it's seeing evidence that buyers are willing to pay more for new cars. The average sticker price on new cars buyers selected...
View ArticleA GM Car Just Crashed Right Into GM's Detroit Headquarters
During yesterday's Detroit IndyCar Grand Prix, there were a number of incidents on the track. But off the track, there was a peculiar incident that could be considered the definition of irony....
View ArticleAlaska Airlines Kicked A 3-Year-Old Off A Flight This Weekend
An unruly child on an airplane could be considered the bane of any flyer's existence. According to Time, a child on a flight bound for the Virgin Islands this weekend was out of control enough to be...
View ArticleThis $17.3 Million Norwegian Secret Submarine Base Is Ready-Made For An Evil...
A frequent problem we hear about is a lack of places to park that can effectively hide a submarine. But now a new parking space has just opened up to solve that problem for one lucky owner. According...
View ArticleWhat You Need To Know About The State Of The Auto Industry (F, GM, TM)
May auto sales largely disappointed investors, falling to an annual pace of 13.8 million from an earlier run rate well above 14 million. Morgan Stanley's Adam Jonas, who has been fielding investor...
View ArticlePHOTO: A New York Taxi Driver Figured Out How To Get Into Exclusive Gramercy...
Gramercy Park may be the most exclusive patch of green in Manhattan, but nobody told this cab driver. In late May a cab reportedly plowed through the wrought iron fence at the north end of the park,...
View ArticleWATCH: This Dead Cat Helicopter Is By Far The Most Outrageous Thing You'll...
Sadly, Dutch artist Bart Jansen's cat was run over by a car. So, instead of burying him, Jansen did what any normal cat lover would do: He had him stuffed and then contacted an RC specialist to help...
View Article30,000 Outraged Parents Have A Bone To Pick With United Airlines
It's been weeks since United Airlines decided to yank preboarding privileges from families with children, but the controversy is only just now reaching its boiling point. More than 30,000 consumers...
View ArticleIt's About Time People Stop Falling For These Shady Tow Truck Scams
A Denver couple has been charged with running a two truck scheme to steal cars, according to CBS4 in Denver, Colorado. C&M Towing allegedly stole 19 vehicles and then sold the parts online....
View ArticleSomeone Smashed The Wing Of Space Shuttle Enterprise Into A Dock
The prototype Space Shuttle Enterprise made its way up the Hudson river in New York City today on the first leg of its journey toward its new home at the Intrepid Sea, Air and Space Museum....
View ArticleAre These Amazing Creations Cars Or Art?
Ever since the car replaced the horse as the main mode of personal transportation, people have been working to individualize them. While some owners prefer to enhance performance with changes...
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