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Tesla has revealed its latest electric vehicle, and rather than a car, this is an all-terrain vehicle designed for kids. Tesla’s Cyberquad has design elements inspired by the Cybertruck and is intended for children eight years old and up.

The shortage of microprocessors has resulted in severe constraints for the automotive industry. Some car companies have been forced to cease production of specific models, while others continue to build those models but can’t ship them to dealerships because they lack critical components that require computer processors.

Hot Wheels are some of the most popular toys made by Mattel, and the small-scale cars have been available for decades. They are collected by young and old alike, and some are wild futuristic cars while others are cars you could buy off the showroom floor right now.

BMW has revealed a new painting process it developed in collaboration with a company called Durr. EcoPaintJet Pro is designed for waterborne base coats and 2K clearcoat. The primary feature of the process is that it allows for highly customized two-tone paint jobs to be created without needing to mask the car or use stencils.

This week, Ford announced what it’s calling its most advanced, most efficient, and largest automotive construction complex in its history. The facility will be called Blue Oval City and is designed to enable Ford to produce electric vehicles at scale for customers in America.

Hovercraft aren’t anything new; they have been around since the 1950s. One of the coolest parts of a hovercraft is that they’re able to travel by floating on a cushion of air over just about any surface.

LEGO Japan, Legoland Japan, and Toyota Gazoo Racing teamed up to create an incredible 1:1 scale replica of the 2021 GR Supra. Built to celebrate 35 years of Supra, the model is made from an insane 477,303 LEGO bricks and took builders took roughly 2400 hours to design and assemble.

Now that Nissan has taken wraps off of the new 2023 Nissan Z, we can’t wait to get behind the wheel of the 7th-generation Z car, which now packs a 3.0-liter, twin-turbocharged V6 engine that makes 400 horsepower.

The people over at The Little Car Company have produced some extremely cool small electric vehicles meant for adults or children. One of the most iconic was based on a classic Bugatti racing car. The company is back with another vehicle called the Ferrari Testa Rossa J.

With the advent of adaptive radar cruise control, driving over long distances has become much less tiresome than it once was. These systems can dynamically adjust the speed of your vehicle based on the distance between you and the cars in front of you so they’re equally useful at high speeds and in rush hour highway traffic.

The new Lotus Emira is one sexy-looking sports car. It’s got an amazingly sleek and aerodynamic style, and I love the body sculpting visible from every angle. The doors and side air intakes are especially drool-worthy.

2020 was a bad year for most people worldwide, with the coronavirus pandemic canceling all large gatherings and keeping most people indoors and out of work. The good news so far in 2021 is that the pandemic has lessened here in the U.S.

Lexus makes some pretty great vehicles, but if there’s been one complaint about their cars in the last decade or so, it’s their dated and counterintuitive infotainment system. Well, good news. Lexus Entune and its wonky trackpads and control pucks are going away.

McLaren and LEGO have teamed up to deliver the new Speed Champions McLaren Elva kit. While some LEGO hypercars available are extremely complicated and expensive Technic kits, this one doesn’t fall into that category. This tiny replica of one of the most exclusive open-top speedsters in the world has just 263 pieces.

No passengers are allowed on the MINI “Looking Glass” bus. It’s made for looky-loos only. The yellow double-decker bus making rounds in New York City this month is a rolling showroom for an actual 2020 MINI Convertible – visible through two large panes of glass.