Flying Cars: We'll Never Live to See Them
13 Jan 2010, 15:45 UTC / Sometime during the last month of 2009, when just about all of us began contemplating anything but work or auto industry cover stories and guides, we here at autoevolution thought of bringing you a ...
Lights! Camera! Action! 2009 Motorcycling Wrap-Up Report
30 Dec 2009, 16:07 UTC / The motorcycle industry rode on an extremely rough road in 2009, but we must say the road certainly was not short on surprises for all two-wheeled fans out there. We’ve had it all this year: ...
2009 Auto Industry Wrap Up
30 Dec 2009, 15:15 UTC / CHAPTER 1: GM - THE NEVERENDING STORY CHAPTER 2: CHRYSLER AND FIAT - A MATCH MADE IN HEAVEN CHAPTER 3: FORD - THE LITTLE ENGINE THAT COULD &n...
Pioneering Women Motorcyclists
18 Dec 2009, 10:21 UTC / Although it’s traditionally considered to be an activity dominated by men, more and more women are choosing to take the open road on a motorcycle, regardless of its type. But have you wondered...
Outlaw Motorcycle Gangs - Live Hard, Die Free
11 Dec 2009, 16:20 UTC / Portrayed in countless films and movies, feared by those who crossed their paths and admired by countless others, biker gangs, or, as law enforcement agencies call them, motorcycle gangs, have creat...
Gordini – Dead Brand Alive
9 Dec 2009, 15:24 UTC / If you're one of the guys interested in motorsports, the Gordini nameplate surely rings a bell to you, as it is often considered one of the most iconic brands that ever existed. Fortunately, Go...
Amphicar, the Fastest Car on Water, the Fastest Boat on Land
4 Dec 2009, 08:37 UTC / We are not sure how many of you out there reading this know that, sometime in the history of the automobile, a strange hybrid vehicle crawled its way into the public eye, bringing with it a concept ...
Exclusive Interview with Mercedes-Benz's Head of Design: Gorden Wagener
27 Nov 2009, 09:28 UTC / Gorden Wagener is one of the youngest (if not the youngest) chiefs of design in the automotive world. He became the head honcho of Mercedes-Benz's design division in the beginning of 2008, when...
Route 66, the Legend Road
20 Nov 2009, 15:43 UTC / We are sure those with a passion for the automotive world can tell us, by heart and at a moment's notice, at least five people who in time have become somewhat of road legends. If, however, we ...
The Andretti Legacy in American Motor Racing
13 Nov 2009, 16:00 UTC / When deciding to leave Italy for the American dream back in 1955, Mario Andretti unknowingly made the first step towards what was later to become the most important and successful dynasty in North A...
Saturn, End of a Different Kind of Car Company
2 Nov 2009, 07:59 UTC / Rarely in the automotive industry has a punch-line characterized the philosophy behind a brand better than the tag line chosen by Saturn's advertising people in its early days. Although aware ...
Great Motorsport Celebrations
27 Oct 2009, 16:05 UTC / Many times throughout the 2009 Formula One season, some of you might have heard Bernie Ecclestone ask drivers and organizers of the F1 environment to spice up things for the fans. And he didn't...
Police Cars, One Century of Chasing Crime
23 Oct 2009, 12:09 UTC / One could say that after over a century of chasing crime in an organized form, police should have caught up with it by now. Yet, no matter the means, man power or techniques used to combat crime, la...
Road Trains, Multi-Wheeled Freaks
14 Oct 2009, 07:02 UTC / If you ever thought that being overtaken on a highway by a speeding truck is a spooky experience, you haven't met these monsters. Whereas trucks are a common sight on European, American or Asia...
Afsluitdijk - Cruising over Water
8 Oct 2009, 16:02 UTC / Countries around the globe and more specifically, governments and ministries of transportation, are continuously building new infrastructure for traveling, together with new means of transportation ...
Fifty Years of IIHS Safety Research
2 Oct 2009, 19:24 UTC / Safety comes first.... at least nowadays. We now see how year after year every carmaker in the world is constantly improving safety features for its vehicles. Today, they not only battle on offering...
Rise of the Sport Utility Vehicle
1 Oct 2009, 08:46 UTC / With a little under three decades of history behind it, the mass production Sport Utility Vehicle, or SUV, as the class is known today, has grown from a car built with a specific consumer group in m...
Ferry Porsche: The Eponym of Porsche Sports Cars
25 Sep 2009, 07:03 UTC / It was 100 years ago that the son of automotive engineer and constructor Ferdinand Porsche and his wife Aloisia was born in Wiener Neustadt, Austria. Ferdinand Anton Ernst “Ferry” Porsch...
NASCAR Team Haulers
17 Sep 2009, 15:12 UTC / Slow, big, incapable to perform burnouts and very often a dreaded sight for Prius owners...If you are an American, or at least a NASCAR fan, you would know what a team hauler is. If you are neither,...
World's Most Dangerous Roads
25 Aug 2009, 07:41 UTC / In the very beginning of our driving careers, most of us feel the road that takes us from home to the office and back must be the most daunting, challenging, life-threatening stretch of tarmac known...