When Jeremy Clarkson was given the sack by the BBC, it resulted in there being two high-concept car-related television programs where previously there had been one. Clarkson took his co-presenters Richard Hammond and James May off to Amazon Prime where they, along...
NEW YORK CITY – The New York City International Auto Show has long been the stage for dramatic releases, automotive innovation and exciting foreshadowing for an industry consistently trying to outdo itself. This year, however, was more 1968 than 1965, more 1959...
March 28 was Media Day at the New York International Auto Show (the first of two Media Days, to be precise) and the team from CarShowSafari wore ourselves out covering the entire show floor all day and visiting the manufacturers’ parties all evening. What did we...
The first mass-market modern hybrid-electric car was the Toyota Prius, and with each passing year the market has seen additional hybrids and, more recently, fully electric cars ranging from the earnest Nissan Leaf to the over-the-top Tesla Model S with “ludicrous...
CarShowSafari will be on hand for the press days of the upcoming New York International Auto Show Wednesday & Thursday, March 28th & 29th at the Jacob Javits Convention Center in Manhattan, looking for news and items of interest. New York City isn’t really a...
The speed of light is 186,000 miles per second. The speed of a Boeing 747 is 614 miles per hour. The speed of the new Tesla Roadster is 0-60 in 1.9 seconds at over 250 miles per hour, making it officially the fastest street legal car to accelerate to sixty miles per...
