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The Broadmoor creates 14-foot gingerbread Pierce Arrow race car https://ift.tt/2qBGvFq Fancy hotels love a big ol’ fancy gingerbread sculpture this time of year. Forbes Travel lists a few of them, the exhibitions including a 10-foot-tall streetcar in at the Four Seasons New Orleans and an 18-foot-tall lighthouse at Ritz-Carlton Bal Harbour. The Broadmoor, Colorado’s luxury […]

Chinese consumers more open to EV, autonomous cars than Westerners https://ift.tt/38l8MRq Automakers, ride-hailing and technology companies plowing money into the development of electric, self-driving and shared car services will find more enthusiastic consumers in China than in Europe and the United States, a survey on Thursday showed. Consumers in some Western countries appear unconvinced […]

Alcantara’s one-off BMW i8 Roadster LimeLight is aptly named https://ift.tt/38eHEnr It’s been the better part of a decade since BMW introduced the i brand to the world, and with it, unveiled the i8 and i3 concept cars (and the BMW Vision EfficientDynamics before that). The production versions brought those concept looks to reality, and even […]

Next-gen Nissan Qashqai designed to accommodate two hybrid systems https://ift.tt/350OiLY Auto Express spoke to Ponz Pandikuthira, Nissan’s European vice president of product planning, about the next-generation Qashqai crossover, which we know in the U.S. as the Rogue Sport. Due on sale next year, the all-new Qashqai will be the same size as the current vehicle, […]

Ford patent application shows new ‘skateboard’ EV truck chassis design https://ift.tt/2Ly6h4w A user on the MachEClub forum discovered that on May 16, 2018, Ford applied to patent a “Body-on-frame electric vehicle with [a] battery pack integral to [the] frame.” The diagrams included in the patent application change show a divergence from the typical skateboard EV […]

On the mysterious draw of garbage trucks https://ift.tt/2Yt0i6A One of the joys of automotive passion is that it comes in endless forms. Whether an old Camry wagon stirs the soul or it’s a Porsche 911 that awakens the senses, there are niches for nearly every type of person. That includes garbage trucks.  Earlier this […]

F1 waves checkered flag for tradition over technology https://ift.tt/2PAtmoH Formula One’s governing body has ruled for tradition over technology when it comes to deciding the official end of a grand prix. The FIA said in a statement after a World Motor Sport Council meeting in Paris that the waved checkered flag would be reinstated next […]

Nissan U.S. closing for two days in January to save money https://ift.tt/36dEzSI Nissan hasn’t been feeling well lately, and medicine strong enough to cure the ailment doesn’t taste good. The automaker’s U.S. arm informed employees this week that all of Nissan’s domestic operations will be closed January 2 and 3, and no one will be […]

Autoblog video week in review | Dec. 1-7 https://ift.tt/2DRIbxs The video roundup post is your weekly landing spot for all things Autoblog video. This week features a +$200K Bentley, the new F-Type, and the Porsche Panamera GTS. There’s also new gaming content and a new Podcast episode to check out.  Episode 5 of Behind […]

Jury says Elon Musk didn’t defame British cave diver as ‘pedo guy’ https://ift.tt/2OVKXIg Elon Musk did not defame a British cave explorer when he called him “pedo guy” in an angry tweet, a Los Angeles jury found Friday. Vernon Unsworth, who participated in the rescue of 12 boys and their soccer coach trapped for […]