Thursday, September 1, 2011

Video: Jet Skiing on the Roads of Oceanside New York



Stuck in a neighborhood with enormous volumes of water doesn't exactly sound like an ideal setting for entertainment, or at least that is what most people would like to believe.

Some folks, however, found a way to make the best of a really bad situation. Like this guy who took out his jet ski and had a blast on the empty (pun intended) roads of Oceanside, New York after the passing of Irene.

Click past the jump to watch him in action.

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New Honda Civic Hatch to Race in BTCC in 2012 [with Video]



We may be waiting for Honda to fully reveal the European market 2012 Civic hatchback, but the Japanese automaker announced today that the five-door model will compete in the 2012 British Touring Car Championship.

Team Dynamics, which has been a long time Honda partner, will prepare two fully works cars based on the new Civic with which it hopes to repeat 2010’s success of winning both the drivers’ and manufacturers’ titles.

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ABT's New Audi RS3 Sportback Packs up to 470 Horses



German tuning firm ABT Sportsline has decided that the latest Audi RS3 Sportback requires a bit more punch and has prepared a new power package for the hot hatch from Ingolstadt.

In factory outfit, the four-wheel-drive model is powered by a 2.5-liter turbocharged 5-cylinder engine generating 340-ponies and 450 Nm (331 lb-ft) of torque, good enough for a 0 to 100 km/h (62mph) acceleration time of 4.6 seconds.

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GM's New App Lets you Call your Car and Set a Destination



OnStar has announced a new mobile application for GM vehicles fitted with its RemoteLink system. The app allows drivers to search for a destination on their smartphone and send it directly to their cars via text message or voice mail. The system can store up to five endpoints.

Once the driver starts up his or her car, the route will be readily available and navigation will be activated.

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Drift Ahoy! 11 Minutes of Non-Stop Slide…show



In Japan, drifting is more than a hobby; it's a way of life. If you enjoy watching professional drivers mastering the technique of going slideways in an unmatched display of choreographed drifting, then just hop over the jump to check out this 11-minute-long video shot during the Kansai All Star Drift GP event in mid-August.

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Citroën Video Teases Frankfurt Motor Show Concept



If you were bummed out by the absence of a concept model in our previous report on Citroën's 2011 Frankfurt Motor Show offerings, you'll be happy to know that as it turns out, the French automaker does have a surprise in store for us.

What it will be remains a mystery, as the only pieces of information that we get is through a teaser video clip that shows some sort of concept model.

You can watch it for yourself in the video after the break and tell us what you think.

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It’s Light, Jim, But Not as we Know it: BMW Looks Ahead with Laser Lighting Technology



Most car manufacturers have already adopted the use of LED (light-emitting diode) technology for the lights on their new models – at first for the rear and subsequently for the front daytime running lights. Premium carmakers are even offering full LED headlamps on some of their models, like BMW in its new 6-Series coupe and convertible.

But the Bavarian firm's engineers didn’t put out the lights (pun intended) and head home after their latest achievement. Instead they started working on what they say is the next logical step in car light technology: laser.

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