Photo: Rolls-Royce The Syntopia is the first Rolls-Royce to have a bespoke scent, developed for the clients by an expert perfumer that’s now known as “the Nose of the Bespoke Collective.” A specially created and patented mechanism within the headrests was developed to release the fragrance and ensure it is released delicately and will be … Read more
Today is Boxing Day. And what better way to celebrate that than to have a car powered by a boxer engine for Nice Price or No Dice? Let’s find out if this Scion’s asking is anything worth celebrating. The Scion xB Was the Closest We’ve Come to Having Kei Cars in America Whether you’re just … Read more
Automaker giant Tata Motors on Tuesday announced that it has bagged an order to supply 1,350 units of diesel bus chassis from the Uttar Pradesh State Road Transport Corporation. The order is for the company’s Tata LPO 1618 diesel bus chassis that has been developed for intercity and long-distance travel, the company said in a … Read more
There is no purely electric version of the Mercedes-Benz S-Class. If you want something like that, you’ll need to go with the Mercedes-Benz EQS Sedan. The “something like that” is the important bit there, because the EQS is awfully different than the S-Class. Just look at it, for one. Its design encompasses a wildly different … Read more
A woman walks along the beach at Jekyll Island as emergency responders work to rescue crew members from a capsized cargo ship on September 9, 2019 in St Simons Island, Georgia. A 656-foot vehicle carrier, the M/V Golden Ray departed the Brunswick port on Sunday and suffered a fire on board, capsizing in St. Simons … Read more
They call themselves “garbage collectors,” but the metal boxes that Li and his team in southern China gather and sell are in reality immensely valuable — and difficult to come by. The seven men are traders of a hot new commodity in the world’s biggest and most mature electric-vehicle market: used batteries. Each one contains … Read more
Photo: Daniel Golson/Jalopnik It can be hard to convince the non-car enthusiasts in your life to spend a few weekend hours at a car show, especially if it’s one that starts before 9 a.m. (even I have trouble with that). As enticing as the boozy brunch with friends afterwards might be, the thought of spending … Read more
Motorsport fans who yearn for juicy behind-the-scenes insights might want to circle January 2 on their 2024 calendar. The third season of Formula E’s unscripted reality show Unplugged will hit the Roku Channel on that date. It’s the first time that the show will be available on Formula E’s new streaming home, while fans around … Read more
The International Space Station is due for decommission in the 2030s. NASA is currently evaluating how to go about retiring the station: options include letting it burn up in the atmosphere or pushing it into a graveyard orbit. There’s another option that doesn’t involve disposing of the ISS at all, which would extend the life … Read more
Would you believe that after all those pushrod V6 engines powering GM vehicles for all those decades, only one remains available here? That’s right, the LV1 4.3 used in the Chevrolet Express/GMC Savana work vans, a descendant of the good old small-block-V8-derived Chevrolet V6, is the last pushrod V6 standing in the GM universe (not … Read more
