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Designer Flavio Adriani has created this concept Lamborghini supercar, which has been dubbed the Lamborghini Concept EV. As the name suggests this is an all-electric Lambo. The designer has created this concept as a tribute to Lamborghini’s founder, Ferrucio Lamborghini. The concept looks to have borrowed a lot of styling lines from Lamborghini’s Gallardo and Diablo supercars and the car [...]

TxtStopper is a gadget which completely eliminates the risk of texting or conversing on one’s mobile phone while driving by creating a complete no-phone zone within one’s car. It works by shutting down all cellphones within the car when the vehicle is in gear. TxtStopper is a 12-volt device and requires professional installation, after which it is ready to use. Once installed, it automatically [...]

If you love tuned cars, then you’ll definitely be smitten by this one. Created by 21-year-old Domien Courtens from Deerlijk in Belgium, this is basically a 1980 Volkswagen Golf Cabriolet. The car has been created with a mix of styling cues from the 80′s along with some bling thrown in for good measure. The car has been kitted up with a Berg Cup skirt kit, Billet Hot Rod wheels, a shaved [...]

A Professor by the name Dr. Werner Pachero Lujan, working at the University of San Marcos has come up with an ingenious idea to replace the two-stroke petrol motors which currently power all the mototaxis which flood the streets of Lima city in Peru. His idea is to retrofit the mototaxis with a roof mounted solar panel, thereby enabling them to operate on a battery connected to the panels or on pedal-power, [...]

A survey by personal finance website Bundle has revealed that Americans spend more money on cars and car related expenses than they do on normal household expenses such as groceries, clothes, entertainment and travel. The survey reveals that an average American household spends  $ 2,208 on fuel bills alone and $ 3,269 on other expenditures related to the car. The survey has found Connecticut to be [...]

This rendering by designer Eduardo Oliveira gives us a glimpse as to what the next-generation Volkswagen Beetle could look like. The designer has even created a rendering of a four-door adventure version of the Beetle based on his rendering of the next-gen Beetle. The car in the rendering features the classic lines which have been a feature of all the VW Beetles till date, integrated with the current [...]

A guy in New Zealand, after crashing and overturning his car, while being heavily dunk , popped open another can of beer while waiting for rescue teams to come and pull him out. Paul Nigel Sneddon, who was three times over the legal alcohol limit, had failed to negotiate a turn and thereby crashed into a wooden barrier, causing his Ford Laser to roll over. It seems Sneddon could not open the doors [...]

Here’s a rendering of what the 2012 Audi A6 Avant, the station wagon version of the Audi A6, could look like. The 2012 Audi A6 Avant, will be based on the next-generation Audi A6 sedan. The 2012 Audi A6 Avant will be similar to the its sedan sibling till the B-pillar, after which it will taper into the rear end of a hatchback. The 2012 Audi A6 Avant will possess the new Audi Bulgarian Beard [...]

A survey conducted by car insurer RACV in Australia has revealed that the Hyundai Getz is the cheapest car in terms of the cost of ownership aspect. This result now means that the Getz can now celebrate its fourth year atop the standings of the survey. Following the Getz home in second and third places are the Fiesta Econetic and the Civic Hybrid. The survey by RACV termed the ‘Driving Your [...]

Fiat has announced that a new model of the Fiat Bravo is presently under development and that the new model will arrive in showrooms by 2013. Here’s a rendering of what the car might look like. There is also a rendering of the station wagon version of the next-gen Bravo, since the new bravo will also have station wagon version spun off its platform. The next-generation Fiat Bravo will be based [...]