The AMC Pacer looks crazy from any angle; as we saw in the DOTS \'76 Pacer, it\'s pretty much impossible to tell if you\'re getting lens distortion when you photograph- regardless of angle- due to its weird bulbous appearance. Jean-Charles, the French [...]

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Tags: Pacer, looks, crazy, from, angle;, DOTS, Pacer,, it's, pretty, much, impossible, tell, you're, getting, lens, distortion, when, photograph-, regardless, angle-, weird, bulbous, appearance., Jean-Charles,, French, distributor, Pacer,, figured, best, approach, demonstrate, round, objects, look, bad., Image, source:, Wikipedia, [...]

Teenagers are one of the highest-risk segments of the driving public due to inexperience behind the wheel. Now a new study in the UK has shown that getting several teenagers together in a car can make the problem even greater, as much as tripling t [...]

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Teenagers, highest-risk, segments, driving, public, inexperience, behind, wheel., study, shown, that, getting, several, teenagers, together, make, problem, even, greater,, much, tripling, risk, fatal, accident., According, Association, British, Insurers,, greatest, period, risk, teens, traveling, group, during, first, weeks, after, passing, driving, test,, reports, Times., report, itself, puts, findings, uncertain, terms:, ?Young, passengers, both, distract, young, drivers, encourage, them, [...]

New York City may have to backpedal on its recently introduced legislation that mandates all new taxis to be either hybrids or have fuel economy of at least 25mpg (9.4L/100km). The reasoning is that by state law taxis are also required to have part [...]

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New, York, City, have, backpedal, recently, introduced, legislation, that, mandates, taxis, either, hybrids, have, fuel, economy, least, 25mpg, (9.4L/100km)., reasoning, that, state, taxis, also, required, have, partitions, installed, between, driver, passenger,, there, currently, crash, test, studies, conducted, vehicles, fitted, with, partition., problem, lies, fact, that, carmakers, refusing, certify, crash-worthiness, hybrid, cars, with, partitions,, which, could, potentially, lead, minefield, lawsuits, partitions, [...]

Mimicking similar statements made by Mercedes Benz last July, BMW?s EfficientDynamics chief engineer has revealed plans for the carmaker?s future powertrains and expressed his desire to see waste-exhaust power generation systems fitted across the l [...]

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Mimicking, similar, statements, made, Mercedes, Benz, last, July,, BMW?s, EfficientDynamics, chief, engineer, revealed, plans, carmaker?s, future, powertrains, expressed, desire, waste-exhaust, power, generation, systems, fitted, across, lineup., carmaker?s, battle, with, tough, environmental, regulations, being, introduced, across, United, States, Europe,, innovative, methods, improving, efficiency, being, investigated, quest, maintain, power, while, reducing, fuel, consumption, emissions., simplest, most, effective, methods, boosting, power, while, r...
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