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Win a Volkswagen GTI!

October 22nd, 2009 · 1 Comment

Oh, we’re not lying – that would just be mean. Volkswagen is indeed giving away six brand new 2010 GTIs! And if you’re thinking that you have to sign away your first born child or give up the sweet taste of chocolate for a year to enter, you’d be wrong. Just download their Real Racing [...]

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Miniature Ferrari: 1/10th the Scale, Less Than 1/10th the Price

August 27th, 2009 · No Comments

If you can’t afford the real thing, but you still want to see your dream car in action then you might want to look into a radio-controlled mini dream car. R/C cars are everywhere, but for the most realistic looks and detail our favorite manufacturer is Tamiya. The company’s been around since the ’70s and [...]

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Land Rover’s S1 Telephone, It’s Everything-Proof!

June 17th, 2009 · No Comments

So it seems that with such a volatile car market, Land Rover has decided that what it needs is to do to remain competitive is to make telephones. Partnering with Sonim Technologies, the duo has created the world’s first IP-67-rated phone, and we all know what that means! Actually, we have no idea what that [...]

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Rev Turns Your iPhone into a Mechanic… Well, Sort of

June 4th, 2009 · No Comments

Meet Rev, the iPhone app that, for $40, effectively turns your handy-dandy Apple phone or music player whatchmacallit into an OBD-II scanner. It also uses the iPhone’s accelerometers and GPS to calculate things like fuel economy and g-force load. Hit the video above to learn more about the app, demoed partially through the experiences of [...]

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DREC-3000 Can Record Accidents, Provide Evidence of Your Reckless Driving

May 15th, 2009 · No Comments

While it might sound the part, the Fujitsu-Ten DREC-3000 isn’t the name of the next great RoboCop replacement, but rather a new in-car camera that can be used to provide flashback replay of accidents. Basically it’s a black box for your car that constantly records over itself and logs the last 20 seconds of driving [...]

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