Just northwest of Detroit is one of the greatest automotive test facilities in the world: the General Motors Milford Proving Ground. Here’s an excellent video on its 90-year history. Continue reading
Category Archives: Technology
Conserving a Legend: the 1967 Ford Mark IV Le Mans winner
The Le Mans-winning Ford Mark IV of Dan Gurney and A.J. Foyt is one of America’s most beloved race cars. In this video, watch the fascinating and exhaustive steps the Henry Ford Museum takes to preserve it—exactly as it was one spring day in 1967. Continue reading
Video: Watch this semi-truck jump a Lotus F1 car
One small jump for the Lotus F1 Team, one giant leap for social media. Here’s a tractor-trailer rig jumping a speeding Formula One car. It’s a Guiness world record, naturally. Continue reading
Tested: BlueDriver vehicle scan tool
With an attractive price and real functionality, the Bluedriver could be just the right data scanner for the casual home mechanic. Continue reading
Video: See a crankshaft created from a raw steel billet
Watch the magic of digital manufacturing at work as a plain chunk of steel is transformed into a finished crankshaft—automatically on a single machine. Prepare to be mesmerized. Continue reading
Video: Rocket bicycle runs 207 mph, leaves Ferraris in the dust
François Gissy’s custom-built bicycle sports a hydrogen peroxide rocket motor that can develop more than 1000 pounds of thrust. So watch this. Continue reading
Video: Inside the Morgan Motor Company factory
There’s an ancient auto plant in England where time seems to stand still: Morgan of Malvern Link. Here’s a brand new video tour of the Pickersleigh Road factory, in operation for more than a century. Continue reading