Feeling the Road: The Toyota FV2
Will autonomous cars replace the freedom of the open road with the “predictability” of machines? Here’s an alternative from Toyota. One can see why a car that drives itself is …
Here Come the Flying Cars: The Terrafugia Transition® and TF-X™ Concept
People have been fantasizing about flying cars since the automobile came into being at the beginning of the twentieth century. From Star Wars to the Fifth Element and beyond, science …
Quote for Today: John Holiday
There are Navajo teachings about how a car works. This vehicle is very much like a horse, operating on the same principles. The automobile is considered more “intelligent,” and we …
Quote for Today: Don Winslow
Simon drove as if he knew something about physics that Einstein hadn’t thought of and God never intended. If nature abhorred a vacuum, Simon positively loathed one, and rushed to …
Quote for Today: Gary Oldman
I was quiet, a loner. I was one of those children where, if you put me in a room and gave me some crayons and pencils, you wouldn’t hear from …
Quote for Today: Marshall McLuhan
The car has become the carapace, the protective and aggressive shell, of urban and suburban man. —Marshall McLuhan
Quote for Today: Jay Leno
I also tend to like cars that need me. To me, cars are like old screen doors. I know that if I jiggle the latch and move it this way, …
Quote for Today: Roland Barthes
I think that cars today are almost the exact equivalent of the great Gothic cathedrals; I mean the supreme creation of an era, conceived with passion by unknown artists, and …
Quote for Today: Bert Dodson
There are enough ideas, images, symbols, and experiences in your head already to work with for a lifetime. It’s a little like having a car with an unpredictable battery, though. …