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Technology you can talk to has been around in films for years, but the Siri voice-activated software assistant really has turned the iPhone 4S into a little robot personal assistant. Still, there's unexplored territory as far as talking to tech is concerned. How about a Knight Rider-style car that...

You know the drill here people: It's a Monday, everyone's least favorite day of the week. Actually, we don't mind Mondays that much as it's a perfect excuse for us to find something that makes the day a little bit more fun, and this week we've dug up five iPhone apps for the ardent Volkswagen fan...

There are plenty of car apps available to tempt the obsessive gearhead, from racing games to apps that measure your cornering G-force. If you consider yourself a more discerning automotive connoisseur, you might want an app to match. That's where Road Incorporated comes in, a new app for the Apple...

We feel sorry for Monday sometimes. It's had the misfortune of being placed after the weekend, and through no fault of its own reviled by adults and children everywhere for spoiling their free time. Maybe if we had access to some Bionic Bopper Cars every Monday, the day's reputation would improve...

Not to be out-done by the recent Gran Turismo 5 downloadable content packs, Turn 10 has announced the November Speed Pack. In the pack, out now, your $7 or 560 Microsoft points will gain you access to ten brand new cars, from undisputed classics like the 1957 Chevrolet Bel Air, through legendary...

It's been just under a year since Gran Turismo 5 launched to an expectant audience, and us Gran Turismo fans have had a rough ride of it. Littered with glitches and falling short of many gamers' expectations, developers Polyphony Digital have worked painstakingly over the past year to fix bugs and...

Update: We now have video of the incident, including police dash cam footage of the arrest, courtesy of CNN. The new footage also includes new details: not only was the driver nearly naked, she was drunk. Good times. -------------- We are no more sure about what was going on in Erin Holdsworth's...

This video depicts a 5-year-old kid driving a Nissan GT-R to the limits--it's cute and funny, but does it contain a deeper criticism about the computerization of the modern car?

As gamers around the world get their teeth stuck into Forza Motorsport 4 on the Xbox 360, racing fans on the Sony PlayStation shouldn't feel too left-out. Gran Turismo 5 creators Polyphony Digital have been hard at work behind the scenes and the "Spec II" update for GT5 was released a week ago...

Don't say we didn't call it. The old-school radio control handset is dead. Back in March we showed a Mini Cooper radio control car being directed via smartphone. Since then we've seen smartphone apps used to control all manner of other objects, and the culmination of these advancements is in one of...

Teenage boys all around the world now have another reason to purchase the latest Need For Speed title, due out on November 15. The new driving simulator, Need For Speed: The Run, will feature several Sports Illustrated swimsuit models, rendered perfectly for your computer or television screen, and...

Today's video game moment of Zen is brought to you by none other than the game that jeopardized so many of our early educational careers: Pole Position. This Namco arcade classic features "realistic" explosions, stunning 8-bit graphics, and sound effects that shaped a generation. Modern driving...

An Indian corporation that owns a chain of jewelery stores has created the world's most expensive Tata Nano, by covering the diminutive commuter car in over 200 pounds of gold, silver and jewels.

Dressing for success key to Bentley CEO Wolfgang Duerheimer.

Every once in a while we get a vehicle in the MotorAuthority Garage that is just begging us to lay some rubber down. The 2012 Chrysler 300 SRT8 is just such a vehicle, and we are more than happy to oblige. A quick refresher on the latest SRT8 to sport the Chrysler badge: Powered by a 6.4-liter V-8...

BAAAM! Reality hits you hard, bro. [MotorAuthority] The 2011 Subaru Legacy and Outback have been recalled for flying sunroofs. [TheCarConnection] The 2014 Ford Mustang will get new, non-retro design. [MotorAuthority] But if you're still loving the current Mustang, battle it out with your own custom...

In an effort to market M Series cars to PGA Tour pros, BMW is using a campaign the offers racetrack test drives and motor oil scented cologne.

A Phoenix, AZ driver suffering from a medical condition yesterday rear-ended another car, swerved, and collided with an electrical power pole, bringing the lines down on the rear-ended SUV. Both drivers are alive, but the man trapped in the SUV got a bit of a charge out of the fiasco. For a full...

There aren't many production engines that sound better at full song than BMW's V-10, which manages to simply scream rather than sounding like a truck as many other V-10s do (we're looking at you, Viper). But putting one in a 1996 Subaru WRX? That doesn't sound so great. That is, it doesn't sound so...

Are you feeling lucky? If so, you should zip over to Pennzoil's "Join the Pursuit" sweepstakes page, where you can enter to win a very special 2011 Dodge Challenger SRT8 392, inspired by Penske Racing. "Join the Pursuit" is a marketing campaign that celebrates the partnership between Pennzoil and...