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– German tuner Brabus solidified its partnership with British yacht builder Sunseeker London Group earlier this year by opening a joint flagship store in one of Germany’s fanciest shopping districts. As a proverbial ribbon cutting, the two collaborated on a special project to exhibit the ethos of each company. The result is the Brabus Ultimate Sunseeker […]
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– I was once assigned to drive an 8.2-foot-long Smart Fortwo—about the size of a poufy sectional sofa—to a U.S. destination where the car was least likely ever to have been seen. Daimler AG nixed Nome, Alaska, saying something about no service and cloven-hoofed Smart-mauling impediments. So I opted for the Oklahoma Panhandle, ground zero […]
– UPDATE 9/19/17: NHTSA has upgraded its investigation to an engineering analysis after receiving reports of at least 27 engine fires, 19 of which have occurred since January 2015. None of the subject vehicles were involved in a crash when the fires started. – A fire risk on early-model Smart Fortwo microcars has prompted the National […]
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– Remember the Google car, a.k.a. the Waymo Firefly, that dopey gumdrop-shaped device occupied by simpering passengers and blocking traffic in one of the hapless cities selected to be experimental proving grounds for autonomous driving? The sight of one was enough to make you dismiss the technology altogether and head straight to the Dodge dealer […]
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– Think of the 2017 Smart Fortwo cabriolet as the vehicular equivalent of a raccoon. Both the city car and the masked mammal can be cute and strangely endearing, but both are best avoided entirely. READ MORE ›› – Car and Driver BlogCar and Driver Blog
Some people don’t know when to quit. Chuck Wepner was one of these people. Wepner was famous for two things as a heavyweight boxer in the 1970s: having his face broken open (his nickname was The Bleeder) and going 15 rounds with Muhammad Ali in a title match for the championship. Ali, not surprisingly, beat […]
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