Tour the country in style. The German RV manufactuer Volkner Mobile is now offering a built-in garage facility along with the other luxuries in its motorcoach. The Volkner Mobil mobile home features a mobile garage situated between the front and rear axles that can stow lower cars like the BMW Z4, MINI Cooper convertible and Mercedes-Benz SLK.
Not as cool as Pimpstars, but you can do your own custom splashscreen when your BMW starts up. Appears to be a benefit of the V27 navgiation software release.
Not that it would be that that hard to a white Lamborghini Gallardo that's in Bullrun 2006, but this one does have an extra measure of protection: an electronic license plate cover with an LCD film that instantly obscures the plate at the flip of a switch.
BMW has released an interesting video showing its manufacturing process from start to finish. The cars being built are the E90 3-Series sedan, and as you will see, some pretty cool manufacturing processes are used. See BMW being welded, glued, and bolted together.
A designer who has spent most of his career working on parts for Formula One cars has come up with a new, off-road wheelchair. The Trekinetic K2 dispenses with the old tubular chassis and uses a carbon fibre monocoque instead. Designer Mike Spindle was inspired to create the off-road chair when he saw someone wheeling through an airport lounge.
BMW is working hard on a matt finish paint that will end the drudgery and could rewrite the rules on car styling and presentation. It made the first move with its M Coupe concept at the Frankfurt Motor Show last year and, after a lot of interest from potential customers, is fast-tracking development of the new paint.
This is a video of BMW\342\200\231s extreme testing innovations. For a producer of cars so packed with technology, it\342\200\231s only normal for their testing procedures to be highly advanced too. They actually have a Nurburgring track test simulator, which allows a BMW being tested to experience the trials of the Nurburgring track without actually having to be there.
It's been well over a year since Michelin unveiled its take on the future of the tire, the airless Tweel. The odd-looking invention pairs a replaceable outer rubber layer with a central alloy hub joined by polyurethane ribs. Judging by this video, it would appear that the tire manufacturer is continuing to develop its concept, testing it on a variety of vehicles in a number of different environments.
It's listed as a product feature, but this article really shows how strong it is, and how extrication may actually be difficult as a result of the reinforced structure, written by the guys that know first-hand.
150 cars, 23,000m2, 3 different buildings, a private test-track, restaurants and a movie theatre... this is the biggest showroom in the world, the Toyota Mega Web. Situated not far from the Tokyo Big Sight and Fuji TV, the Mega Web is a unique showroom on earth and a true heaven for car fanatics.
The residential car lift is designed to make the most of your available parking space. If you've got an older house with a one-car garage and you've got more than one car, this device is for you. You drive your first car onto the lift, get out, and hoist it up, and then there's room to drive your second car in underneath.
High-tech thieves are becoming increasingly savvy when it comes to stealing automobiles equipped with keyless entry and ignition systems. While many computer-based security systems on automobiles require some type of key \227 mechanical or otherwise \227 to start the engine, so-called \221keyless\222 setups require only the presence of a key fob to start the engine.
Add Infiniti to the ranks of automakers with a hard disk in the dash for both navigation data and music storage. It's part of the optional Bose Studio on Wheels sound system, which comes in the new G35 arriving this fall. Although other automakers have chosen DVD-Audio with discrete five-plus-channel simulated sound (Acura), or simulated sound such as the Logic7 system (BMWs and Audis), Nissan is returning to good old stereo with the G35 sedan (albeit with 10 speakers).
BMW is to introduce a stop-start system - which cuts the engine when stopped and restarts it when the driver's foot comes off the brake - from next year. Various four- and six-cylinder 1-series, 3-series and 5-series models will use a Bosch-developed system, which promises fuel savings of around five per cent.
Among the technology features that will distinguish the 2007 Lexus LS 460 when it goes on sale next month is an eight-speed automatic transmission. An industry first, the Lexus gearbox will top the mere seven speeds offered on certain Mercedes-Benz and BMW models — even the $1.2 million Bugatti Veyron — and handily outclass the four-, five- and six-speed transmissions in widespread use today.
Tesla Motors, a San Carlos start-up that is building a high-performance electric sports car, has raised $40 million in a third round of venture capital from a group of investors including VantagePoint Venture Partners and Elon Musk, co-founder of PayPal.
This is an interesting gadget for the car, an emoticon display so you can let drivers behind you know exactly what you think of their driving behaviour! If they\222re driving too close, just hit the :( button on the controller and see what happens.
If you buy a high-end Mercedes-Benz with the included navigation system, you won't have to figure out how to work the controls: Just press a help button and Mercedes will download the destination for you. This feature, called Destination Download, comes on 2007 S-Class and CL-Class Mercedes-Benzes.
The Swedish super car maker Koenigsegg now have their own notebook computer just like Ferrari (whose computers are manufactured by Acer) and Lamborghini (whose computers are manufactured by Asus). However Koenisegg opted for a unknown computer company to manufacture it for them so as the computer be branded by them completely.
If you follow the "read" link your eyes and ears will be under full assault as BMW hypes up a soon to be released gizmo. What is it? We're a bit baffled, but according to the trailer it has the ability to play MP3s, DVDs and CDs, has USB and Bluetooth connectivity, can recognize voice commands and has a 65,000 color LCD. But alas, no nav.
BMW announced today it would be equipping select 2007 models with Real Time Traffic Information. Provided by Clear Channel's Total Traffic Network to 44 major American cities, the service will be available on the 3-, 5-, and 6-Series models, as well as the X5, M5 and M6. What's more, it's free for four years with the cost of the navigation system.
Since its debut at the Consumer Electronics Show in January, the exceptional ASUS-Lamborghini VX1 has aroused global interest and received great appreciation. At CeBIT this year, the notebook, displayed with its supercar counterpart, continued to be the centre of spotlights. ASUSTeK Computer Inc. (ASUS) today unveils the final details of the VX1 specifications.\r\n
Trickle-down features need to start from the top. The news of the Toyota Prius parallel parking itself automatically led to false hope. Instead, it will be only available in the US as part of Lexus' flagship model, the LS 600h.
The robot that parks cars at the Garden Street Garage in Hoboken, New Jersey, trapped hundreds of its wards last week for several days. But it wasn't the technology car owners had to curse, it was the terms of a software license. The garage is owned by the city; the software, by Robotic Parking of Clearwater, Florida.
BMW XFCD - Extended Floating Car Data System records information about weather and road conditions and transmits information directly from one car to other cars on the same route.
Blinding rain. Careening traffic. Distracted drivers. There are lots of reasons why car crashes are America\222s leading cause of accidental death. And one way that most accidents could be prevented: with cars that predict a coming collision\227and take action to stop it.
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