Posted by Mario on January 21, 2012
Classic Game Room reviews BMW GROUP EFFICIENT DYNAMICS PINBALL for iPad, a free game available for download from the Apple App store. This free download game is basically an advert for BMW that demonstrates their “commitment” to sustainable energy and eco friendly cars… whatever, give me a 5 series with a V10. This CGR review [...]
Posted by Mario on October 27, 2011
Musk can even teach the master a less on or two No one can accuse Tesla’s Musk of a small ego Last week Tesla’s CEO Elon Musk gave kudos to GM for building the Chevy Volt because it helped legitimize plug-in vehicles in the mainstream auto industry. However, he also stated that the Volt wasn’t [...]
Posted by Mario on October 24, 2011
Promoting a new product through a Facebook app is nothing new, but Toyota added an extra spin to their virtual racing game by building the track’s signage based on your personal Facebook content. Called Social Network Racer, the purpose of the Facebook racing game is to help promote the FR-S [...]
Posted by Mario on October 16, 2011
Classic Game Room reviews TEST DRIVE 6 for Game Boy Color from 1999! Realistic driving action… I mean realistic RC Pro Am reverse engineered driving action on the Game Boy with licensed cars such as the Dodge Viper, Audi TT and TVR Cerbera.
Posted by Mario on October 12, 2011
Serious Hardware CUE’s first application will be inside the 2012 Cadillac XTS, followed shortly thereafter by the ATS and SRX, with every model in the Caddy line-up getting the system by 2015. With that level of adoption, Cadillac has to back it up with some serious hardware, and the bits behind the dash don’t [...]
Posted by Mario on October 11, 2011
This past weekend, a parking lot in Tokyo’s Odaiba glimmered with geek pride. This weekend saw the Ita G Festa expo. Gear-heads gathered and showed off more than their appreciation for automobiles. They showed off their appreciation of covering their cars in otaku decals. More »
Posted by Mario on September 21, 2011
With his crunchy right foot still ensconced in a pink cast, Travis Pastrana has a lot of free time to dream up elaborate pranks on Ken Block and get ready for next year’s NASCAR season. Thanks to iRacing, Pastrana is focusing on his oval-track stock car debut next year. It’s impressive compared to Sprint Cup [...]
Posted by Mario on August 8, 2011
Classic Game Room reviews 007 RACING for PS1 Playstation from 2000. This James Bond driving game is “License to Suck” with terrible controls, production value and a lack of respect for how truly awesome Bond is. It says “Be Bond behind the wheel” but that really means be some shmuck driving a choppy, blocky car [...]
Posted by Mario on July 24, 2011
Just not cheap or energy dense enough A 300 mile, cost-effective battery probably isn’t just around the corner When will plug-in electric cars really take off? Basically when they offer the same range and ease of fueling as conventional vehicles claims conventional thinking. Oh yeah, and when they’re obviously more cost-effective. Of course, there is [...]
Posted by Mario on July 1, 2011
Toyota, Honda Back in Incentive Game By Michelle Krebs June 30, 2011 Toyota and Honda, confident vehicle production is returning to normal, increased incentive spending in June from May, yet the overall industry continues to spend the lowest levels in nearly a decade, according to Edmunds.coms estimates for June incentives. Toyota and Honda are offering [...]