J.D. Power Says Porsche Remains Most Appealing Brand for US Buyers, Audi Comes in 2nd

Cars have been around for more than a century , and they have been perfected and adapted to meet our needs. Now, in the age when your phone is also a camera, a map and a fashion accessory, you expect to get everything, all the bells and all the whistles, even in a basic city car which more than a decade ago would barely have qualified for air-conditioning or ABS.

This change, brought about by the seemingly exponential burst of new technologies now available at much lower prices, has thankfully been accounted for by industry analysts , in an effort to provide the public with the most accurate studies that they are capable of producing.

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405HP Volvo C30 Polestar Takes on the Nürburgring

Unfortunately for Volvo enthusiasts, the C30 Polestar Concept never made it to production, although a less hardcore version was produced in a limited edition of 250 units in the U.S. Read more »

Next-Gen Chevy Spark Due in 2015, Aveo/Sonic in 2016, Says Report

Having driven the Daewoo and later Chevy Matiz / Spark , it came to me as a real shocker just how different and how much better the current model is. Interesting design and a futuristic interior make it stand out, and Consumer Reports says the all-electric version is the pick of the range , for US buyers. Read more »

State Police Trooper Knocks Over a Skater while Performing a Speedy U-Turn

An officer's job is to protect and serve the public, you say? Well, I guess we'd all like to believe that even when cops use bad judgment.

In a new video named "Unplanned Pregnancy" from the DA INBREDBOYS containing footage of a number of different skateboarders doing their thing on the streets, there's a scene (at the 21:10 minute mark) of state police trooper behind the wheel of the silver-colored Ford Crown Victoria with a blue-top hitting a young man named Tim Crawford standing on the sidewalk.

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Spied: New Kia Sedona Replacement in the Making

The recent re-introduction of the Sedona minivan in Kia's lineup after an absence of a year does not mean that the Korean company has scrapped plans for a modern successor, but only that it will be delayed and we have the photo proof for that in these first scoops of the new model, seen testing at Hyundai's European technical center in Germany. Read more »

Jaguar Brings 10 Units of the XKR-S GT to the UK, Prices It at £135,000

Jaguar announced that it will sell 10 examples of the hardcore XKR-S GT sports car to customers in the UK. Although the British automaker originally planned a limited-run of 30 units for the United States and Canada only, it couldn't ignore requests from the UK and decided to build 10 right-hand drive units as well.

Dubbed “the ultimate road-going XK ”, the Jaguar XKR-S GT will be priced at £135,000 ($205,370) on-the-road, with first deliveries to UK customers planned for October 2013.

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Check Out This Video Review of Tesla Model S Done Through Google Glass

The idea of strapping a camera to one’s head may not be such an appealing concept to some, who may want to record certain events from a first-person perspective, and are put off by the cumbersome nature of the equipment. However, now there’s an easier way to do it, and I think it will greatly benefit the practice of car reviewing through video – Google Glass .

These nifty smart glasses, which are in fact a “wearable computer,” offer many capabilities courtesy of the Android platform that they run on, as well as granting the user the ability to shoot 720p video, which while not perfect, is adequate for small screens.

This could lead to a whole new style of reviews in years to come, if these glasses and others like them catch on. But for now let’s contend with one of the first actual such reviews we’ve seen recorded using Google Glass – the product being put to the test is the Tesla Model S.

Imagine this like some of the POV test drives that we posted, but with commentary and focused on individual parts of the car, and not necessarily while it’s moving – you can’t show off the infotainment system, for instance, while driving. Aside from the novel use of Google Glass, this review -courtesy of YouTube user Lon Siedman - also follows the trend that we’ve seen with the Model S – it’s very positive, finding few flaws.

By Andrei Nedelea

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