cars

You Think Your Commute Is Perilous?

John Siegel · 05/27/10 02:05PM

These motorists in Dubai have to deal with out-of-control Toyotas, sport utilities that defy physics, and guys that drive wearing headphones while their friend films the strange highway shenanigans before them.

Warning: Your Car Is Now Hackable

Adrian Chen · 05/14/10 12:26PM

Cars have so many computers in them now that they're vulnerable to hackers. Two security specialists were able to remotely disable a car's brakes by hacking into its on-board computer. Is there anything more terrifying than this? [NYT]

The Greatest Car Wash of All Time

Etan Berkowitz · 04/29/10 12:11PM

There's no better way to attract customers to your delightfully anachronistic manual car wash than girls in bikinis. Oh, you live in an area surrounded by Star Wars freaks? Well just add some Princess Leia slave costumes and voila!

Girl Gets Revenge On Parking-Spot Thief

Elaine Moran · 04/28/10 02:08PM

This is the sort of thing you fantasize about for hours after someone has successfully usurped a spot that you clearly intended to park in. This girl made it a reality.

Car Model Needs Walking Lessons

Elaine Moran · 04/28/10 09:00AM

What is the purpose of of car show models? It seems like they would just distract from the vehicles. At least, they would if they do what this woman did, and hit the ground like a floppy muppet.

Boar-ed to Death

Max Read · 04/21/10 01:28AM

[The growing population of wild boars in Europe has led German car club ADAC to conduct crash tests on simulated animals. Video after the jump. Pic via ADAC]

Mythbusters Takes on the Spycar

Robyn Caplan · 04/08/10 01:49PM

The concept of the spycar has been around since the invention of the car so the guys from Mythbusters decided to play a little game of chase to find out whether the techniques shown in movies work out on the road.

Factory Made of LEGOs® Builds LEGO® Cars

Daniel Barnum-Swett · 04/07/10 09:13AM

A German technical high school's robotics club created this auto factory out of LEGOs® to produce LEGO® cars in a miniaturized assembly line. Not only an amazing class project, but also the next step in Smart Car-style shrinkage.

The Fastest Car Wash Ever

Robyn Caplan · 04/01/10 12:00PM

Now this is a carwash that will take those unsightly years off of your car! Watch as the vehicle is demolished by tons of water being dropped on top of it, tearing it to pieces with one gigantic wave.

Man Covers Car With Singing Fish and Lobsters

Elaine Moran · 03/24/10 12:48PM

It's called the Sashimi Tabernacle Choir, and it's made up of about 200 singing sea creatures on a Volvo. Every lobster from the marine cast of "The Little Mermaid" is rolling its eyes right now.

Dude, Where's my $200,000 Lamborghini?

Adrian Chen · 03/19/10 12:49AM

On December 17, 2008 a British man parked his $200,000 Lamborghini outside his home. He then got blackout drunk. When he awoke, he had "no idea what happened" to the car. It has never been found. Spooky. [Telegraph]

Paper May Beat Rock, But Rock Beats Car Any Day

Elaine Moran · 03/17/10 10:21AM

A news crew was shooting footage of a rockslide when they got something way more interesting...footage of a driver somehow failing to notice the giant rocks all over the road and driving straight into them.