Fun Stuff

You probably see them every day, or nearly so: car transporters, bringing the newest cars to market, shipping used cars to where they're wanted, and generally helping us all get the wheels we want. Sometimes, however, things go wrong. In this case, spectacularly wrong. A tractor-trailer rig...

Your wristwatch can say a lot about you as a person. Rolex? Traditional topsider type. Casio? Hipster. TAG Heuer? Leonardo DiCaprio. Now, a new line of watches wants to tell the world that you're a gearhead -- and it's got Jay Leno on its side. The line is called Bianci, and one glance at its "Pro...

Remember the Saab 9-3 wagon that received a heart transplant from a Dodge Viper we reported on yesterday? Well, here is the Dodge Viper, minus its body, just before being inserted into the shell of the awaiting Scandinavian wagon. As we can see from this video, the bodyless Dodge Viper, complete...

In the world of automotive audio enthusiasts there are competitions called "sound offs." In their simplest forms, these are gatherings of cars with modified sound systems where a winner is chosen for a variety of reasons. The 2012 Camaro ZL1 doesn't have much in the way of a competitive audio...

Want a sports car or muscle car but don't want the expense of higher fuel bills and insurance costs? Want to enjoy the rumble of a big V8 but don't want to wake the neighbors every morning when you leave for work? Your wishes have just been answered, and for only $40. What you need is the...

It's Friday, the sun is shining (well, mostly), and yet, there you sit, stuck in your cubicle, slaving away for The Man. Of course, we'd never encourage you to play hooky, but we can suggest a pretty good way to goof off and still look busy. It involves a new choose-your-own-adventure game designed...

The third installment of the Transformers movies is only a couple of months away, July 1 to be exact, and in the lead up to its arrival the third trailer has been released. This latest trailer is more than two and a half minutes long and reveals some very tasty tidbits. First and foremost we get to...

The movie may have been before your time -- way before your time -- but chances are pretty good that you can hum a few bars from the theme song of Chitty Chitty Bang Bang. The popular 1968 musical featured Dick Van Dyke, Benny Hill, and an Edwardian-styled car that also served as a boat and an...

Stephen Colbert is finally being put out to sea. The comedian, actor, and co-planner of 2010's Rally to Restore Sanity will sail toward the northernmost tip of the mysterious Bermuda Triangle in next month's Charleston Bermuda Race. For several weeks, we'd heard that Colbert would serve as Honorary...

The 2011 Audi A7 might be big but it isn't particularly heavy for its size. Weighing in at around 3,900 pounds it's around 300 pounds lighter than its rival the BMW 5-Series GT despite the Quattro drivetrain. You can thank the part aluminum construction for that. Still, it could be lighter. And...

It’s bad enough that this relatively well-kept C5 Chevrolet Corvette was wrecked when its owner crashed into the median strip of a busy highway, but then it was set upon by what must be the world’s worst tow truck driver. We must warn you that watching this video might be a little...

Maternity leave is a wonderful thing, but apparently it has forced Ford to take special measures to test cars for safety and comfort when taking pregnant women into account. That, too, is a noble and worthwhile effort. This photo of a Ford engineer in a pregnancy suit, however, begs for a headline...

We've all seen them, some of us may even have put them on our own cars, but these accessories belong on everyone's no-fly list. Avoid the parts-store impulse and save your car (and yourself) some embarrassment. Robocop-Levels Of Gear/Mounts You're not an on-duty cop (and if you are, your work...

Brushing the red line, grabbing top gear and clipping the apex, AllCarTech brings you our full review of the latest racing title to hit your PlayStation 3, Need For Speed: Shift 2 Unleashed. Last week we brought you our first impressions of the EA Games and Slightly Mad Studios racer and with a few...

Using bits of the environment for creative ad campaigns is nothing new, but it is certainly entertaining--or can be. Case in point: this ad for Hot Wheels from Bogota, Colombia, which to onlookers like a vertical loop has been placed in the freeway. A sign next to the loop, though not the first...

We've already seen BMW's early April Fool's Day joke, and the but today the company made the not-so-surprising (or funny) official revelation. Despite the anti-climactic nature of the unveiling, we still want one. Like, now. Does it make sense? Of course not. It's a high-performance sport truck, or...

The Toyota MR2 has proven to be a solid platform for many a tuner's fantasy, but this one has to be the most ridiculous, pointless, and completely awesome we've seen to date: the Kinner R-55 radial engine swap. This video captures its first startup. Born for Lemons competition, the excellently...

Are you still parking level, tucked between your fellow lab rats? Get with the program! Forty-five degrees is the new horizontal. Or at least we think that's the lesson this Corvette driver is trying to teach us. It's just not cool to park on flat surfaces when there's a guardrail handy to let you...

photo by Flickr user SashaFatCat April Fool's Day is here--and exactly what have you done to screw with your friends' heads? Nothing? Lame. It's pretty easy to use your car as a tool of mental mayhem--but you've got to be good about it. Moving their car to a different space? Amateur hour. Moving...

Thanks to the kind folk at EA Games we've got hold of a copy of the latest game in the long-running Need For Speed franchise, Shift 2 Unleashed (S2U), in PlayStation 3 format. As with the previous Shift title, Unleashed errs more on the simulation side of racing titles rather than the franchise's...