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Germany’s Frankia doesn’t just name its new camper van “Yucon” to send visions of epic trips amidst colossal mountains and glacial turquoise dancing through your head. Naming the Sprinter van after Canada’s sparsely populated northwestern ter… Continue reading Mercedes camper van blows van life open with spacious, motorhome-style interior
Mercedes-Benz Classic, the restoration arm of Mercedes, has reconstructed the streamlined race car from 1932. The SSKL will be showcased at the Pebble Beach Concours d’Elegance 2019 as part of the event’s “125 Years of Motorsport” theme. A 19… Continue reading Reconstructed Mercedes 1932 SSKL silver arrow headed for Pebble Beach
A leading name in custom camper vans, Outside Van developed one of its latest customs with a different purpose in mind. The Next Gen van is an experimental prototype designed to optimize and centralize weight, using new strategies and experim… Continue reading Next Gen off-grid camper van drops weight with ultralight cots and components
At last year’s Düsseldorf Caravan Salon, Mercedes debuted the Sprinter Connected Home concept to highlight its new MBAC touchscreen and app control system built to turn Sprinter-based motorhomes into smart homes on wheels. A year later, some… Continue reading Mercedes empowers smart-home-like camper vans and 4×4 adventure rigs
In addition to more than cars that might sell for more than a million dollars, the Monterey Car Week auctions also throw up some remarkable cars that won’t fetch that mark, but are nonetheless, automotive treasures. This article is designed t… Continue reading 50 fascinating cars going to auction in Monterey for less than $1 million
This week marks the 125th anniversary of the first motor race, held between Paris and Rouen, a distance of 126 km (78 mi). The race was organized by Pierre Giffard, editor of Le Petit Journal, the Paris-based newspaper that was at that time, the largest circulation newspaper in the world, selling just short of two million copies a day.
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Continue Reading Motorsport’s 125th birthday – 125 years of motorized personal transport
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Over the years, we’ve seen a number of solutions aimed at automatically parking the car so that drivers don’t have to, including fully automated facilities that move vehicles on platforms, parking robots and even auto-parking features in some… Continue reading Bosch and Daimler get official approval for driverless automated parking system
Porsche’s perfectly circular 12.6 km (7.8 mile) test track at Nardò in Southern Italy has been renovated and is again open for business. Far more than just the massive banked high speed test track, the Nardò Technical Center contains over 20 test tracks on an area of more than 700 hectares, and has been used by 90 automotive companies for testing in the past.
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Continue Reading Porsche’s circular 7.8 mile Nardò test track reopens
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Mercedes redesigned the GLC-Class crossovers in 2016 and has made a few changes for the 2019 model year. We drove the GLC 350e plug-in hybrid Merc and found it to be a fun drive, thanks to efficiency not being its focus. It’s enjoyable and lu… Continue reading Review: 2019 Mercedes-Benz GLC 350e is a plugged-in luxury crossover
Hymer’s Fiat Ducato-based Free camper van was one of the standouts of last year’s Düsseldorf Caravan Salon, a youthful adventure van with flip-away rear bed, vibrant graphics and available sleeping space for two or three singles, a couple or … Continue reading Hymer makes its versatile, adventure-loving Free camper van a little swankier