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Subaru Impreza WRX STI pulls a semi-truck out of snowy predicament
If you’ve ever doubted the power that comes from a Subaru, then this video should – at the very least – make a believer out of you. In an ironic twist of fate, a tractor-trailer got stuck on a icy and snowy road, rendering it immobile and, in the process, clogging up traffic and feeling [...]
Tesla to embark on two-week LA-to-Detroit roadtrip
Tesla’s attendance at the Detroit Auto Show has been finalized and the California-based electric car maker will go to Detroit the old fashioned way: road trip. Beginning on December 17, 16 Tesla employees will start their road trip from Los Angeles and will go on a city-by-city tour en route to Detroit and Detroit Auto [...]
Jaeger-LeCoultre AMVOX2 Chronograph Racing Paris
The last time that we heard the words Jaeger-LeCoultre, Aston Martin’s director of design Marek Reichman was showing us his new timepiece. Just in time for Christmas the French watch manufacturer has just come up with the exclusive AMVOX2 Chronograph Racing Paris. Making the high end chronograph even more desirable is that there will only [...]
Dartz creates car to commemorate Russian SUV whale penis debacle
Warning: if reading the word “penis” over and over again makes you uncomfortable, you might want to avert your eyes. First of all, the real story here is that Russian super-SUV maker Dartz never wanted to use whale penis skin to cover the seats in their ultra-lux Prombron. They wanted to use whale foreskin. Why? [...]
Danica Patrick headed to NASCAR in 2010
For the longest time, NASCAR has tried to attract a bigger demographic to its sport but while some of their drivers s have their own following, there’s not a lot of them in the sport that can draw the mainstream audience. That of course has changed now that Danica Patrick is headed to NASCAR in [...]
Porsche Design releases 2010 spring/summer line
In collaboration with sports retailer Adidas, Porsche Design will be releasing a completely new line of products including shock-absorbing sneakers (called the ‘AC Bowman’), golf t-shirts, duffel bags, weatherproof jackets called the “Spray Light Top”, which, according to Porsche ‘fuses technical outdoor performance with timeless style. The wind and waterproof GORE-TEX® Paclite® Shell offers superior [...]
Porsche Design brings back Yoko Ono sunglasses
We’re saying it now; if you’re a Beatle-maniac, then this product is not for you. Porsche Design, the German sportscar maker’s Austrian product design studio, has released – or re-released one of the most iconic sunglasses in modern history: the Yoko Ono’s. The wife of the late John Lennon became infamous after being one of [...]