Looking to fill up on auto news? We’ve clocked some miles traversing the Web for all things auto-related. Pull in, grab a coffee and digest some of the week’s most interesting news with us. “2017 Acura NSX first drive [w/video],” Autoblog There’s a new supercar coming: the Acura NSX goes on sale in spring 2016 and is much changed from its first generation predecessor. A “unique supercar,” it comes with “a giant bag of tricks,” has a 191 mph top speed and will cost about $170,000. Watch Autoblog’s first drive review video and get all the specs. "Check… Read More
Looking to fill up on auto news? We’ve clocked some miles traversing the Web for all things auto-related. Pull in, grab a coffee and digest some of the week’s most interesting news with us. "Great Scott! The story behind the car that made time travel stylish,” CNN It’s been a momentous week. Back to the Future Day took place on Wednesday, Oct. 21 2015. In the movie "Back to the Future Part II," it was the day to which Marty McFly time-traveled to save his unborn children. And it was the cult DeLorean car that took him there. The silver screen… Read More
Looking to fill up on auto news? We’ve clocked some miles traversing the Web for all things auto-related. Pull in, grab a coffee and digest some of the week’s most interesting news with us. “World’s worst traffic jam: the G4 Beijing-Hong Kong-Macau Expressway,” Yahoo! Autos You think Thanksgiving and Christmas getaways on the road are bad? Spare a thought for motorists taking to the highways for "Golden Week" in China. This epic 50-lane traffic jam on the G4 Beijing-Hong Kong-Macau Expressway might well have taken the shine off the holiday celebrations. Watch the drone footage and read the full… Read More
Coming this weekend is one of the biggest rivalries in all of college sports, the AT&T Red River Showdown. The annual match-up features The University of Texas (UT) and Oklahoma University (OU) battling it out on the football field. The action takes place at the Cotton Bowl Stadium, Dallas, which is surrounded by the amazing State Fair of Texas. As a UT student (and Longhorn fan), I attended the game last year to root for my Horns. I had never been to the State Fair before and was amazed from the minute I arrived. There are rides, foods, games, shopping… Read More
Looking to fill-up on auto news? We’ve clocked some miles traversing the Web for all things auto-related. Pull-in, grab a coffee and digest some of the week’s best news with us. “20 hot cars from the Frankfurt Motor Show 2015,” Business Insider All eyes have been on the Frankfurt Motor Show this week. Business Insider picks out 20 stars of the show, including the Porsche Mission E electric concept car, which grabbed plenty of attention. Read the full article in Business Insider “Bugatti Vision Gran Turismo is the future, now,” Autoblog The Bugatti Vision Gran Turismo… Read More
Looking to fill-up on auto news? We’ve clocked some miles traversing the Web for all things auto-related. Pull-in, grab a coffee and digest some of the week’s best news with us. “Ford Mustang is the world’s best-selling sports car,” Autoblog The mighty Mustang is the world’s best-selling sports car through the first half of 2015, based on IHS Automotive data quoted in Autoblog. And the right-hand drive versions haven’t even gone on sale yet. Read the full article in Autoblog “Did you know? Jay Leno built a jet-powered super car,” Yahoo! Autos He did indeed, with a little help… Read More
The Big 5 – 0. Whether an anniversary, a mark of years in business, a birthday or time together as a musical group (we’re looking at you, Rolling Stones), the number 50 has some serious significance. The National Football League will be celebrating this magnificent milestone at the end of this season as the Super Bowl is hitting its golden anniversary. This year’s march to Super Bowl 50 at the new Levi’s Stadium in Santa Clara, California, starts Thursday, September 10, with the New England Patriots versus the Pittsburgh Steelers. Now that the first week of college football is in… Read More
The Audi A8 returns to the big screen this week to star in “The Transporter: Refueled,” the latest installment in a series of films created by Luc Besson, which exists to fulfill petrolheads’ need for high octane car chases. As with the film’s predecessors, the armored reinforced, tech-enhanced Audi performs stunts which are equal parts wreckage defying and inducing; weaving, peeling, and drifting its way into and out of harm’s way in order to deliver the driver and his package to their destination. Even in the previews for the film the A8’s stunt performances promise the viewer a caliber of… Read More
Maybe it’s just me, but the popularity and hype seems to grow every year. Everywhere I turn lately, there are promotional items, billboards, advertisements, magazine covers and peanut butter cups adding to the excitement. The fact that there are entire cable networks dedicated to the topic is evidence enough for me to see the impact. I’m speaking of college football. This week marks the official start of the 2015-2016 season. Big games are on the Week 1 schedule with Alabama taking on Wisconsin in AT&T Stadium, Michigan and new coach Jim Harbaugh visiting Utah, North Carolina versus South Carolina, last… Read More
Now that you are all settled in at school, it’s finally time for game day and the fun that is tailgating! Here are some tailgating tips that I have learned from my experiences attending a variety of game days. Do: Bring sunglasses On an extremely sunny day like many game days, sunglasses are a basic necessity. Bring a cute pair to compliment your burnt orange, red or whatever color outfit you may be sporting. A good pair of sunglasses will help you see the game action without an intense glare in your eyes and they look good, too! Don’t:… Read More