23 Aug
A collaboration that combines three of life's great pleasures

WeSC and smart have joined forces for a collaboration that combines three of life’s great pleasures: music, travel and transportation. The Swedish clothing brand and the German automobile company’s collaboration includes gold-plated headphones with WeSC logo on the sides, as well as a matching limited edition smart car modified by BRABUS — the largest independent tuner […]


23 Mar
35 years of the sport compact original

When the first VW Golf GTI initially sprung from the laboratories at Wolfsburg, Volkswagen had no idea it had invented an entire new class of automobile. In the 35 years since, the VW Golf GTI has become a legend, the standard to which all other sporty compact cars judge themselves. To celebrate this anniversary GTI35 […]


Frank M. Rinderknecht — Swiss-born inventor, entrepreneur and founder of Rinspeed Inc. — always seems to debut something wacky and automotively fringe every year in Geneva, and this year was no different. Compared to the Rinspeed sQuba or Splash (or last year’s uber-useless iChange, the first car to be controlled by an iPhone), this year’s […]


6 Jan
Smart automobile innovations where one didn't imagine was needed

Here’s a video for the Disappearing Car Door (or rather “Retractable” car door), which is actually available for installation via California’s Jatech. They claim to actually increase the car’s rigidity and safety, so the only reason I can see for these doors not catching on is because they are either A) too expensive; or B) […]