road trips
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Harry's Garage is one of the great gems in the automotive YouTube landscape. It's run and hosted by former Evo founder Harry Metcalfe, and it highlights some amazing vehicles including a handful from his own personal collection. One of those vehicles that gets a lot of exercise is Harry's beloved Lamborghini Countach. He's driven it all over, and now he's using it to take a massive tour through Europe. Harry and his Lamborghini set out from the United Kingdom on a quest for France's "Route Napoleon." This route takes the Countach on amazing roads through the Provence region of Southern France...
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At 35.4 Miles, New Swiss Tunnel Will Be World's Longest
Next summer, the world's longest tunnel will open in the Swiss Alps. Unfortunately, you won't be able to drive through it. Also? It's likely the least scenic way ever devised to transverse the legendary mountain range. ALSO SEE: Russia Proposes Superhighway Linking New York And London The Gotthard...
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New Austrian Mountain Lodge Showcases Bentley Lifestyle
The food will be spectacular. The views be breathtaking. The staff, alarmingly accommodating. In short, the new Bentley Lodge Kitzbühel will be better than sleeping in any car. CHECK OUT: Porsche Pays Homage To Its 911 With New Sculpture Robert Engstler, Regional Director Europe at Bentley...
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Russia proposes superhighway linking New York and London
Update: An earlier version of this story misquoted former Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin by incorrectly attributing a television-skit quote to her. What if U.S. citizens could drive...to Asia? A new proposal from Russia would see the country connected to the United States by highway bridge as part of a...
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Bentley Devises Bespoke Luxury Tours For Buyers
When you buy into a company like Bentley you're buying into a little more exclusivity than you get from many marques, and customers expect to be treated that little bit better than they might elsewhere. Where one manufacturer might offer cheap branded merchandise alongside its vehicles, Bentley is...
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'Top Gear' Filming Epic Supercar Road Trip In The U.S.: Report
Here’s what we know for sure: Top Gear hosts Jeremy Clarkson, Richard Hammond and James May are in the United States, losing money in Las Vegas and driving a Lexus LFA, an SRT Viper and an Aston Martin Vanquish. Autoblog was first to decipher this from the ramblings of Jeremy Clarkson on...
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To promote its all-new Boxster, Porsche is sponsoring an event it calls The Spirited Escape. Starring NFL-linebacker-turned-travel-host Dhani Jones, The Spirited Escape is a documented road trip from New York City to Porsche's Sport Driving School at Barber Motorsport Park in Leeds, Alabama. To kick off the event, Porsche displayed its new Boxster alongside the iconic Porsche 550 Spyder and the still-lustworthy Porsche Carrera GT at New York City’s famed Grand Central Station. If you’ve never been, Grand Central Station (or, correctly, Grand Central Terminal) is the largest train...
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2013 Porsche Boxster S, 2013 Aston DBS Spied, GT-R Crashed On The Ring: Car News Headlines
Today we have our first drive review, with track and autocross video, plus our impressions of what it's like to drive the newest Boxster S. We won't spoil the fun, but it's very, very good. The 2013 Aston Martin DBS replacement has been spied, and it looks, well, very Aston, with hints of the...
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A Land Rover Tour Of... Chernobyl?
The premise behind Land Rover’s “Journey of Discovery” is both simple and noble: to commemorate the millionth Discovery model built, and to highlight the SUV’s unique abilities, an expedition will drive 8,000 miles in 50 days to raise money for the International Red Cross...
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Google Maps Predicts Rain And Shine With New Weather Layer
If you're trying to squeeze in one more vacation before summer comes to a screeching halt, you might want to crack open Google Maps. You already know that the service can plan your travel route, but now, Google Maps can help you pack, too, by giving you weather forecasts for your target...
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Vacation Planner: Toyota Has A Road Trip App Just For Kids
At a time when most major manufacturers are scaling back and focusing on core products, Toyota has added a brand -- and along with it, a new toy to keep kids occupied on road trips. The brand in question is ToyToyota, and its first product is an app called Backseat Driver. Backseat Driver is...
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Roadside America App Ensures Weirdness At Your Fingertips
The Roadside America app for iPhone will guide you to the obscure and bizarre along your travels. It's the perfect app for summer road trip season.
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During an epic, three-day trip an Aston Martin Rapide will venture through the harsh wilderness of Alaska to showcase the endurance and durability of the V-12 powered luxury sedan. The very first Rapide to ever be seen in the country’s northernmost state has already taken off from Anchorage and will travel to Fairbanks and as far as the Arctic Circle. The entire round-trip journey will cover some 1,230 miles, with much of the trip taking place on the 400 mile Dalton Highway. Running from the town of Fairbanks through to Prudhoe Bay and its oil fields, the road is predominantly used by...
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Memorial Day: 6 Apps For Your 3-Day Weekend
If you're one of our U.S. readers, you're probably (well, hopefully) preparing for a three-day weekend. And although gas prices are sky high, chances are good that many of you are planning road trips over the Memorial Day holiday. If you're in that number, we'd like to suggest a few apps that'll...
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Road Ahead App May Be The Road Tripper's Best Friend
If you’re like us, you have a passion for road trips and a serious preference for certain brands of food, gasoline and coffee. If you own an iPhone, iPad or iPod Touch, a new application may be just the thing to turn road trip frustration into road trip bliss. Called RoadAhead, the app will...
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Planning A Road Trip? Make It 'Appen With These Mobile Apps
In the good old days all you needed for a road trip was a car, some buddies, and a sense of adventure. Even a map was optional. These days you can have it so much easier with the latest downloadable apps at your fingertips telling you everything from where to sleep to providing your tunes. Here is...
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Planning A Summer Vacation? Google Updates Street View To Help
During the recent recession, a new type of vacation was born: the relaxing but slightly saddening "staycation". Thankfully, many of the world's economies have begun to recover, so now that winter's chill is thawing, cabin fever victims in the northern hemisphere are planning real getaways for...
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Garmin Makes Road Trips Fun With Maps From RoadsideAmerica.com
Garmin, TomTom, and other aftermarket telematics systems have been fighting an uphill battle since July 2008. That's when Apple launched the App Store and smartphone users began to realize that apps could serve the same function as pricey dashtop units, but with minimal upfront cost and no...
Richard Read