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Google Giggle: Latest Automotive Patent Is Human Cow-Catcher – By Carl Malek

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During the course of automotive history  there have been many advances in safety technology with the bulk of these systems focused on protecting occupants inside an automobile. However, a new patent recently filed by Google flips the script, and takes a novel approach to pedestrian safety. Whereas some automakers have equipped their offerings with pedestrian protection systems, Google’s approach would allow pedestrians to literally stick to the car in the event of an impact. At first glance the idea seems ahead of its time with Google’s giggle producing patent photos not helping matters, but a closer look reveals that there …

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Hands-On with Apple CarPlay + List of VW USA Models Offering Full Smartphone Integration

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Nowadays, distracted driving is on the rise. Android and Apple phones can be used for navigation but people also use them to text while driving. With technology evolving, it was only time before our phones became a part of our in-dash infotainment systems. Not surprisingly, both Android and Apple have created Android Auto and Apple CarPlay to simulate your phone on your current infotainment systems. For 2015 and on, some cars come with either Android Auto, Apple CarPlay, or both. My car has the option for both, but since I own the much superior iPhone, I have the option to …

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2015 Mitsubishi GC-PHEV – 40 Photos and 4 Reasons This Concept Previews USA-Bound 2017 Montero Full-Size SUV

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  Okay, okay. We can certainly echo your initial thoughts on this design. First reaction at this desk was a blasphemous exclamation. “Sweet Jesus.” Second reaction after thinking we might see a production-spec Montero reborn. But ended up with this? “Holy Mary, mother of God…. what is this evil monstrosity?” But step back a minute. Appreciate its creamy and sily surfaces atop this unapologetically blocky shape. Functional, futuristic, and certainly eye-catching. The nose and tail are absolutely ghastly, but then, the 2016 Outlander shows how cool and chic production-spec nose like could look. With some tweaks, the overall scale of …

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Site Updates: New Navigation Functionality – Left-Side Article Outlines + Lower Center Scroll-To-Top

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Site Updates: New Navigation Functionality [Beta] Hey guys, As you undoubtedly know, we run a cutting-edge type of operation here. That means there are various flashy gizmos on the back-end of this website to allow it to load every page and any image, any time. But along with all these photos in every article comes the challenge of navigating easily around the site and down the page itself. As we balance site load speed with ease of use, there are good changes and bad ones. We hope these two new navigation helpers will be in the “good” features bucket. They …

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Design Talent Showcase – Jan Rosenthal 2023 Rolls-Royce Concept Wins Official RCA Contest

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This is an oldie but a goodie. Not so old – 2012 — and previewing a Rolls-Royce for 2023. So it is a bit of Days of Future Past. Forgiveness Please if you have seen this already! Royal College of Art students submitted ideas for a 2023 Rolls-Royce back in 2012, with the winning design selected by Rolls-Royce executive leadership and designers themselves. The winning study is shown here in all its magnificence. Jan Rosenthal is the artist and elegantly combines many disparate ideas into one glamor-soaked luxury car. It is a four-door coupe with a SUV ride height. Very …

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Status Update – Site Language Translation Is All-New and Actually Works – Yay!

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Hey guys, Quick status update: there is a new translation functionality on the site after a brief outage of the other service. The new one is really easy, quick and appears to be pretty accurate in its interpretations and translations. There are two ways to pick your language preference: the mid-right sidebar that is labelled “Google Translate” or there is a floating element in orange at the bottom right with a ‘Translate” icon Once a language is selected, the little bar on the top of the page will note the progress of translating the whole page. There are 170 languages …

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Mustang 50th Anniversary Showcase – 1972 Ford Mustang Convertible – Driven 1600 Miles From Colorado!

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I have done many, many huge roadtrips in my life – and hope to do many more! (Starting this Thursday, actually… on way to The Mitty vintage race at Road Atlanta…) But overall, I have about a 1200-mile cap before my eyes start bleeding and have to stop driving for a few days. 1,000 miles typically is two 12-hour days behind the wheel. 1,600 miles is more like three 12-hour days – despite the official Google Map estimate that the journey is only 23 hours. This discounts and stops for fuel, restrooms, or tourist attractions – without which most roadtrips …

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SHELBY COBRA – How These Two Words Ultimately Killed the Ford Takeover of Ferrari in 1963

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No series of articles about the GT40 can begin without a look at how the car came to exist. A battle of spite between Ferrari and Ford? Yes. But also a battle to establish Ford as a racing powerhouse – which was a new opportunity to regain face as Chevrolet and General Motors dominated the coolest car news via Motorama shows and Corvettes in the 1950s. FROM DE-FACTO BANS ON BOTH RACING CARS AND RACY MOVIES… Racing was also heavily discouraged by the United States government of the time – until the case was made that racing improved the breed. …

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DIY Car Mods Series — Plasti-Dip Your Chrome or Painted Grille Matte Black

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Part Six of a new ‘DIY Car Mods’ series. Definitely some really trashy stuff included in this series of articles. But what is the best/worst part of modifying your own car? No matter the price of the upgraded parts — you have zero guarantee they will perform as promised, or even fit. So please take all these with a hefty dose of salt. Ideally, these are just ideas based on what has “stuck” on my car’s cosmetic refresh list over the years. Many, many even trashier upgrades have been installed and later removed from deep shaming by car-guy pals. And …

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Honda Heritage Celebration — Official Togichi Museum PhotoSpheres — 71 Honda-isms and Milestone Achievements Since 1936

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Auto Museums are super cool. Even if your eyes glaze over at the thought of visiting a dark and endless art museum — if you like cars, you will be ecstatic the moment you walk into any car museum. Why? The cars are there because they are objectively so, so important. So important that they cannot even be stored in the basement archives of the car company — but need to be proudly displayed for both internal teams and the public to admire. Another amazing reason car museums should be on your radar? These collections are expertly-curated and laid out …

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Some Sweet Status Updates — Our New FB Page Hits 1,280 Likes in Week Two!

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The new Facebook page is a hit! Welcome, cherished car-news readers! We hope you’ll enjoy this unique web experience, with as few glitches and clicks as possible to devour a news article in 5-min or less. But do not be surprised if you are shocked by my words at times…. or shocked into laughter! The goal here is to make Car-Revs-Daily.com a fun environment for every kind of car news…. in the world! Agenda Items: — Our new Facebook page is exploding with growth! Please head over to ‘Like’ the page, which will then plop the freshest, maddest and coolest …

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CarRevsDaily – Status Updates and New Menu’s

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CarRevsDaily – Status Updates and New Menu CarRevsDaily.com – TomBurkart – RoadAtlanta Petit Le Mans Hey guys! CarRevsDaily is coming along pretty nicely. We are exactly 12 days into this project, and are thrilled to report: successful Google Analytics integrationall new 16-core server package to increase site performance, security, and cloud-based global regional loaders for desktop and mobile successful Google AdSense integration for display, video and mobile ads.  (This is great news – and we are working on fixing those ‘blank spaces’ in the page reading layout pronto) semi-functional social links (some bad code on end of URL’s some times) …

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CarRevsDaily – Status Updates and New Menu's

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CarRevsDaily – Status Updates and New Menu Hey guys! CarRevsDaily is coming along pretty nicely. We are exactly 12 days into this project, and are thrilled to report: successful Google Analytics integration successful Google AdSense integration for display, video and mobile ads.  (This is great news – and we are working on fixing those ‘blank spaces’ in the page reading layout pronto) all new 16-core server package to increase site performance, security, and cloud-based global regional loaders for desktop and mobile semi-functional social links (some bad code on end of URL’s some times) via Pinterest, Facebook, Linkedin, Twitter and many …

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