Ever wondered what a 2013 Hyundai Elantra would look like in your driveway? Well, short of taking one on a test drive and bringing it home, Hyundai offers the next best thing with its “Driveway Decision Maker.” The virtual configurator allows site visitors to select one of the three Hyundai Elantra models, the coupe, sedan [...]
In February, Nissan created Project 370Z. The idea was that Nissan would ask its fans on its Facebook page how they’d want their hypothetical new 370Z tuned, open it up to a vote, and bolt on the most-demanded mods. The final product debuted last week at ZDayZ in North Carolina
To boost power, fans voted for a Greddy Twin Turbo kit, which claims to increase engine output to more than 500 hp from the standard 332. A Greddy Ti-C catback exhaust was chosen to help the engine breathe with the added horsep…
Shortly after the Chrysler Group put the spotlight on the all-new 2013 SRT Viper at the New York Auto Show, Turn 10 Studios announced that the Detroit automaker's halo sports car would be coming to Forza Motorsport 4 this summer through a downloadable package. "This downloadable content will include both a drivable version of the SRT Viper as well as a Viper Autovista experience which, in true Autovista fashion, is designed to give you a stunning view of this incredible machine, as well as insi…
The first thing you’ll notice about Rolls-Royce’s Goodwood facility is how clean the entire operation looks. Unlike American assembly plants, many of which are dark and covered with generations of industrial grime, Goodwood looks more like a hospital operating room than an auto assembly line.
You’ll probably get the impression that “good enough” is a phrase never spoken under the roof at Goodwood, either. Whether you’re talking about paint, woodwork or leather, the fit and finish is either…
iRacing, the third big player in the simulation-racing-game industry along with Gran Turismo and Forza, is releasing another car for its worldwide championship, the famous
Placements within video games are increasingly viewed by automakers as a legitimate tool for stirring interest in their products.
Placements within video games are increasingly viewed by automakers as a legitimate tool for stirring interest in their products.
Also in this episode: The United States goes from zero Formula One races in 2011 to two races in 2013,
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Microsoft’s Research department is always coming up with cool new ways to interact with gadgets, and this newly released video of the “Holodesk” is definitely one of the cooler ones. It uses a Kinect (“hacked” doesn’t seem really correct when it’s a Microsoft project) to see your hands and face, and allows you to juggle completely virtual 3-D objects–balance a virtual ball on a book, then tip it into a bowl of water, or stack virtual 3-D blocks. It’s pretty amazing.
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The Union of Concerned Scientists recently designed a virtual demonstration car that it hoped would inspire auto companies to build greener passenger vehicles.