A few weeks ago, we stumbled onto one of the cooler modifications we’ve seen in a while. The happy crew of wide-eyed dreamers over at 8bitmiata.com put a quarter slot from an old arcade machine—possibly Galaga? Space Invaders? Michael Jackson’s Moonwalker?—so that by feeding the car a quarter, the engine starts. It still requires the […]
Archive | April, 2014
The Brilliant New Hybrid System That Efficiently Analyzes Topography
This might be one of the most intelligent hybrid systems we’ve heard of. Mercedes-Benz’s Intelligent Hybrid analyzes the road ahead so the vehicle can make decisions about how to most efficiently use battery power. It works like this: Inside the COMAND® navigation system, information about topography—hills, valleys, elevation and descent—are all stored. As the vehicle […]
Mercedes-Benz Makes Joshua Jackson and Diane Kruger Drink From a Tailpipe
If a company told you that a car could produce water, would you drink it? That’s the situation posed between the Mercedes-Benz F-Cell vehicle, and actors Joshua Jackson and Diane Kruger in a recent video by the probably-not-sadistic automaker. Being actors, the two have personal resources for dramatizing the unusual science project. To make the […]
Best Way to Observe Earth Day? It’s Surprisingly Easy
Today is Earth Day, which is something of a conundrum for the modern world. Our phones, WiFi, office buildings and ice cream machines aren’t exactly made out of twigs and leaves, and the whole idea of a technologically advanced society is that we keep making things that would never occur naturally. Every year this day […]
NYIAS: 2015 S63 AMG® 4MATIC® Coupe Arrives
In today’s category of cars that aren’t messing around, the 2015 Mercedes-Benz S63 AMG® 4MATIC® Coupe is poised to debut at the New York International Auto Show. This is the kind of car that the bad guys would chase Jason Bourne or James Bond in around Europe. It has an astonishing 4,000 lbs. of weight […]