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Video: GM explains next-generation heads-up display tech
Posted by: | CommentsFiled under: Safety , Technology , Videos , GM GM explains next-generation heads-up display tech – Click above to watch the video after the jump Recently, we told you about the new heads-up display technology that General Motors is working on. The new concept, developed in the human/machine interface department of GM, is an enhanced vision system that builds upon conventional heads-up technology and displays important information across the entire windshield using cameras and sensors placed around the car. This new high-tech, forward-thinking system won’t come to market for quite a few years (if ever), but this interesting video offers an in-depth look at the technologies that GM is using to better enhance heads-up technology.
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Video: GM explains next-generation heads-up display tech
Report: Nissan Leaf priced at U.S. $38,500+ in Japan
Posted by: | CommentsFiled under: Concept Cars , Japan , Nissan , Electric Nissan Leaf – Click above for high-res image gallery Interest in, and ” pre-orders” for , the Nissan Leaf remains high, but a report from the Japanese newspaper the Mainichi Shimbun might put a damper on things. Apparently, the price for the all-electric car in Japan will be somewhere between 3.5 million and 4 million yen, which is about $38,667 to $44,191 U.S. at today’s exchange rates. Granted, even if these prices are accurate, they certainly don’t automatically equal the MSRP for the U.S.
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Report: Nissan Leaf priced at U.S. $38,500+ in Japan
Daily U-Turn: What you missed on 3.17.10
Posted by: | CommentsExclusive First Ride: 2011 Ford Edge Sport Yee-Ha! in a 2011 Ford Edge Sport – Click above for high-res image gallery Manufacturers used to roll out all-new cars every five-to-eight years. Somewhere around the halfway point -… BMW confirms plans for front-wheel-drive models If there’s one thing that’s certain in this crazy world, it’s that Ultimate Driving Machines are driven by their rear wheels. Sure, there’s an occasional all-wheel-drive model thrown in for good…
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Daily U-Turn: What you missed on 3.17.10
World’s oldest known flying car headed for the auction block?
Posted by: | CommentsFiled under: Auctions , Etc. , Specialty 1935 Skroback “roadable” aircraft – Click above for image gallery Going across the block this weekend in Atlanta is a vehicle auction house Red Baron’s Antiques is describing as the oldest original flying car in existence. Built in 1934 or 1935 by designer Frank Skroback, this “roadable aircraft” is truly a sight to behold. Looking a bit like a dirigible that’s been set up for grand prix racing, it has a seven-foot wingspan and enough wings, stabilizers, ailerons and flaps to supply the whole grid in last weekend’s Bahrain GP .
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Driven: 2011 Cadillac CTS coupe
Posted by: | CommentsDriven: 2011 Cadillac CTS coupe Art, science, and practicality. The Cadillac CTS coupe is a car for realists. Sure, it looks like a concept car that took a wrong turn leaving the convention center, but, in fact, it’s an entirely logical and even conservative step in a brand renaissance that’s changing course. After a decade in which Cadillac reached for the stars with sexy halo models and pie-in-the-sky concepts like the Sixteen, General Motors’ luxury division is adjusting its ambitions to reflect new realities.
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Driven: 2011 Cadillac CTS coupe
By Design: Cadillac XTS Platinum Concept
Posted by: | CommentsBy Design: Cadillac XTS Platinum Concept Are they there yet? Cadillac’s 110-year trek from its initial existence as the Detroit Automobile Company has been a long, hard trip. From rising to be the “Standard of the World” it fell to the depths in the Cimarron era and is again on the way up, attaining, if not yet the pinnacle of the motor industry, at least genuine respectability.
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By Design: Cadillac XTS Platinum Concept