Taking Wing: 1955 Mercedes-Benz 300SL Gullwing vs. 2016 Mercedes-AMG GT S – Feature
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Taking Wing: 1956 Mercedes-Benz 300SL Gullwing vs. 2016 Mercedes-AMG GT S – Feature
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2015 Volkswagen Beetle Review: Cuteness Curbed
–Overview: Despite tracing its lineage to a beloved counterculture icon of another era, the contemporary Volkswagen Beetle has almost nothing in common with its revered ancestor besides its rounded contours. Resemblance to 1998’s front-drive revival version has also been diminished, thanks to the most recent makeover, which chopped the Bug’s top and added rake to the windshield, diluting the cuteness quotient. Like the original, and the revival, the latest Beetle
2015 Volkswagen Beetle – Quick-Take Review
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2015 Mazda 5 Tested: 5’s Alive, But Not for Much Longer
-Overview: The Mazda 5 has its class—the mini-minivan with proper sliding doors—all to itself in the U.S. The model was first introduced to America roughly a decade ago as a roomier cousin to the contemporary Ford Focus and Mazda 3, and it was redesigned for 2012 with new sheetmetal, an updated interior, and mechanical tweaks that included adding one forward gear to the since-discontinued manual transmission. READ MORE ›› –
2015 Mazda 5 – Quick-Take Review
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Car dashboards that act like smart phones raise safety issues
By Sarah McBride and Paul Lienert SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) – When it comes to dashboard displays that are more like smart phones, two things are clear: Customers want them, and automakers are intent on supplying them. Text messages pop up on the dashboard, in addition to being read out loud.
Google begins testing self-driving prototype cars in Austin, Texas
By Paul Lienert DETROIT (Reuters) – Google Inc has begun testing its self-driving cars in Austin, Texas, expanding efforts to gather information on how the prototypes interact with traffic, road conditions and people, the company said early Tuesday. Google has been testing self-driving prototypes since 2009, mainly around its Silicon Valley headquarters in Mountain View, California. Google is sending a second specially equipped Lexus RX450h prototype this week to Austin.
Samsung Electronics profit guidance suggests costly S6 miss
By Se Young Lee SEOUL (Reuters) – South Korean tech giant Samsung Electronics Co Ltd on Tuesday guided for weaker-than-expected second-quarter earnings, as a supply shortage plagued its latest smartphone launch and tepid demand from key markets likely undercut sales. The guidance suggests that Samsung, while on a gradual recovery path, will struggle to replicate the explosive growth it recorded at the turn of the decade as smartphone competition intensifies
The future of travel? A tube called Hyperloop
This was originally the brainchild of billionaire U.S. entrepreneur Elon Musk, who envisioned being able to whisk passengers between San Francisco and Los Angeles in under half an hour. Two years after unveiling plans for a futuristic, high-speed Hyperloop transportation system, Musk has now announced plans for building a test track in southern California and a competition for prototype pods. Several companies subsequently announced plans for pilot projects in California,