cars

The TV goes 3D for this Inglewood California man.  He's just as surprised as you will be as anyone would be when a high speed chase on TV comes to life! Maybe time to move?

This was no movie stunt.
Tom Cruise got to test drive a race car at a track in California this week, where the actor did 24 laps in the Red Bull F1 car. Former driver and 13-time Grand Prix winner David Coulthard instructed the ‘Days of Thunder’ star before he let Cruise take ho…

A Georgia man was aware that his pickup truck had no functional brakes when he took it for  a drive Wednesday afternoon. But the 24-year-old was under the mistaken — and likely Saturday morning cartoon-influenced — impression he could just stop the vehicle by sticking his foot out t…

Many of the world records that the folks at Guinness dole out recognize skills that are otherwise pretty useless. (For example, the ability to wear a lot of t-shirts at once.)
Conversely, the Guinness World Record for the tightest parallel park actually celebrates a pretty practical talent. Anyone wh…

Earlier in the week, a massive storm dumped almost 12 inches of rain in less than hour on Montreal, causing the city’s sewer system to swell. In this amateur video shown on ‘Today,’ a cameraman filmed as a geyser of water blew off a manhole cover and lifted a parked car into the air.
The geyser start…

Eventually, your car options may not be limited to just choices about color, transmission or even GPS. If Toyota has its way, you’ll also be mulling over interactive window features.
These futuristic pieces of glass, called “Windows to the World,” will be far more than just a way to watch the miles f…

Like the robot maid, the flying car is part of our 'Jetsons'-promised future that has yet to materialize.
But that could change soon. Last month, the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration granted the Transition Roadable Aircraft a series of special exemptions, effectively making th…

Would you like a free pass to the Gallatin Speedway? All you have to do is enter in the secret code word ‘pitstop’ and see if you are an instant winner. It's that easy! The contest is running until the 15th. If you don't get lucky this time there will be another cont…

YouTube A bill has passed in Nevada that makes it legal for Google’s fleet of driverless cars to take to the state’s roads.
The hope is that in the future, these automated cars could avoid the crashes currently caused by distracted driving. Several companies are alread…

Traffic congestion Southern California? Not for these toy cars. Things move along pretty briskly in this demonstration of California artist Chris Burden‘s “Metropolis II,” an installation that features more than 1,100 Hot Wheels cars and 13 toy trains in perpetual motion. It’s a big step up from “Me…