Month: March 2016
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What Does Lincoln Motor Company Stand For?
As one of many luxury car brands, our customers want to know what Lincoln’s purpose is and what we’re about. And we have news for you: it’s not horsepower, and it’s not technology, though we do those well. Instead, Lincoln is a company about American leadership. It was named after Abraham Lincoln by its founder…
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You’re Driving on the Highway. Suddenly a Piece of Guardrail Flies at You. What Do You Do?
Donna Chang (not her real name) was driving on the interstate Wednesday morning when a 16-inch section of steel guardrail was kicked up by a semi-tractor trailer and flung toward her windshield. Fortunately for Donna, the foot-long piece of metal hit the front of her car instead the glass. At 70 mph, the jagged shard…
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Watch This Ford Interceptor Stop Armor-Piercing Rounds
In the movies, you know how people take cover behind cars when gunmen are firing? In real life, a regular car door won’t be able to stop bullets from coming right through. Ford, however, has developed new bullet-stopping panels for police and law enforcement vehicles, as you can see in the video above. While Ford…
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Keeping Your Family Safe on the Highway – 5 Quick Tips
By now, you’ve probably heard about the 100-car pileup on I-40 near Statesville, and the 21 people who were injured as a result. WRAL and other sources report that the accidents were caused by low visibility from Sunday night’s rainstorms, wet roads, and possibly rubbernecking. Thankfully, no one was killed. It’s terrifying to see something…
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An Italian SUV with a Ferrari Engine? Oh Right, the Maserati Levante
This is Maserati’s first SUV ever, its entrance to a club populated by Porsche, BMW, Mercedes-Benz, and soon even Lamborghini: the performance SUV circle. And what an entrance it is. Two available engines, both six-cylinder wonders built by Ferrari in Maranello—a town in Northern Italy—which will ensure you get that trademark Maserati exhaust note perfect…
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We Got an Audi Convertible For the Afternoon; It Was Sweet
In the interests of full disclosure, here’s who we are: a marketing agency who represents the Leith network of car dealerships. Audi Cary is one such dealer, hence how we got this 2016 Audi A5 Cabriolet for a few hours. That out of the way, here’s how it worked: we called up and said we…
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The Toyota C-HR Concept Is a Sharp-Looking Crossover. Literally.
Said to be inspired by diamonds, the Toyota’s C-HR is sharper than cheddar cheese. The entire design is angular and aggressive, but also unlike anything we’ve seen before. It looks like the kind of car that’s searching for Shia LaBeouf and Optimus Prime. “Day 201… They still suspect nothing…” There’s more to this car than…
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Review of BMW’s M235i Perfect Start to Spring
The sound of the engine scorching past 3500 RPM. The support of the seat across the back of your shoulders. The compulsive propulsion of the car in Sport mode. The sparkling liquidity of the blue finish against the black top. The tight feeling of a well-made, lightweight BMW on the road. These are the things…
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People Don’t Remember Jeep Getting Hacked Last Year
People get freaked out by the word “hacking” but there’s really nothing to be afraid of. To help people understand this word and keep them from panicking whenever they see it in a headline or on TV, we thought we’d focus on the Jeep hacking event that happened last year. As you might recall, WIRED…
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Porsche CEO Oliver Blume Says No Thanks to Autonomous Vehicles
Just when Volkswagen Chief Operating Officer Johann Jungwirth announces that Volkswagen plans on being the first to market with an autonomous car, Porsche dropkicks the entire concept. Reuters reports that Porsche CEO Oliver Blume said, “One wants to drive a Porsche by oneself,” and “An iPhone belongs in your pocket, not on the road.” Is…