On the surface, the concept of CarType seems a little strange. This is, after all, a site devoted to car-related typography – the fonts, whirls, and logos that instantly bring into mind iconic cars, and the companies that make them.
Look beyond the surface, however, and what you find is a website that not only […]
Posted on September 3rd, 2008 by QueenMab
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I just returned from a week in San Francisco (and let me just say that Mark Twain was right about the summer weather there), where I kept seeing these cute, tiny yellow cars populated by one or two helmeted tourists, and sharing audio GPS with passers by. I was curious, of course, so I […]
Posted on August 13th, 2008 by QueenMab
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Tesla Motors, is all over the news this week, with three different announcements of new developments, all released yesterday.
First, they’ve introduced the new Model S, a fully electric five-passenger sedan that will be able to go about 225 miles between charges, and comes with a pricetag of about $60,000. If that seems a […]
Posted on July 1st, 2008 by QueenMab
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Generally sites that claim to be encyclopedic or comprehensive fall far short of their own press. RawHorsePower.com doesn’t. It would be hard to find a site that is more useful in terms of news and resources for enthusiasts who love power and performance from their machines — all kinds of machines. If your thing is […]
Posted on May 7th, 2008 by Shorty
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TheSuperCars.org uses the tagline “Smart, Sweet, and Fast” to describe the cars they honor on their website, but those words are applicable to the site itself as well.
Smart: The website puts you behind the wheel, as it were, from the first click, with feature articles right there on the front page, highlighted by pictures […]
Posted on March 18th, 2008 by QueenMab
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Aw, Who Needs a Test Drive, Take My 50K
Not sure how much this falls into the category of car tech, but I find it fascinating all the same. Jaguar has managed to rake up 10,000 orders for its new XF sedan with no advertising and not a single car sitting out there waiting for the […]
Posted on February 19th, 2008 by Shorty
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While some of us are watching for production models of the plug-in versions of the Toyota Prius and Ford Escape, and others are following the news of Subaru’s recently announced EV offering, the R1e, many people still see electric and solar-electric cars as something limited to the garages of hobbyists and backyard tinkers, rather than […]
Posted on January 31st, 2008 by QueenMab
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The people’s car is generating a lot of buzz right now. No — not the Volkswagen. How very WWII of you. I mean the People’s Car that Tata Motors is getting ready to unleash on the world at a price of 100,000 rupees — $2,500 USD. It’s going to be the cheapest . . . […]
Posted on January 2nd, 2008 by Shorty
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Imagine it: you’re behind the wheel of a Dodge Viper, doing laps on a closed track at ever-increasing speeds. You’re going so fast that you can’t even see the people watching you, but you can feel a burst of adrenaline every time you turn the wheel to take a corner, and the sound of the […]
Posted on November 9th, 2007 by QueenMab
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With the advent of computerized cars came the ability for electronics geeks to get involved with precision tuning their vehicles, a hobby formerly left to those who didn’t mind getting their hands dirty, even if it mean having to scrub axel grease from under their nails. As cars progress, however, so, to does the technology […]
Posted on November 9th, 2007 by QueenMab
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