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Yes, bubbles. Volvo sure likes to throw a party, and for a people that everyone tells me prefers to avoid attention and ostentatiousness, these Swedes sure like some drama in their car reveals. So there was a band and dramatic lighting and when the car was revealed it emerged from a huge cloud of illuminated, pulsating glowing orbs, as you can see above. Now, I’ll be honest: When Volvo revealed the car, I was underwhelmed....

BMW’s first generation of i-badged vehicles were the quirky and delightful i3 and attractive but curiously-positioned i8. I’m not sure either can qualify as hits, but they both have a place in history and provided BMW with valuable experience making EVs they are now applying to the rest of their range. Plus, the BMW i3 had maybe the best interior of any car on sale for a couple of years....

But, what is it, why is it beneficial for businesses and how can it be improved within the workplace? What Is Critical Thinking? Put simply, critical thinking is the ability to look at a situation or problem in a way which is impersonal and unbiased. It removes personal opinions and emotions, meaning that you are able to consider all of the options with neutrality. By considering a situation without the filter of traditions or personal bias, you are able to truly look at the information you are given and form a logical response....

The Learjet Was Based On An Aborted Swiss Fighter Plane Okay, this isn’t the automotive part, but it’s part of the Learjet story about which I was not aware. The famous pointy-nosed fast luxury aircraft started out as a prototype Swiss fighter aircraft built by the comically-to-American-ears-named company Flug und Fahrzeugwerke Altenrhein (FFA). The airplane, called the FFA P-16, was intended to replace Switzerland’s piston-engined air fleet. The project began in 1952, with the goal of making a fast, close air support type of plane that was able to take off from short runways and land on unprepared fields if needed....

Last year, news stations and police in Milwaukee, Wisconsin reported on an alarming problem. In 2021, some 10,479 vehicles were stolen in the city. That number is up from 2020’s statistic of 4,500 thefts. What happened to make car thefts more than double in a single year? People–reportedly sometimes as young as 12–have found out that Hyundais and Kias are apparently easy to steal. Two-thirds of the vehicles stolen in the city in 2021 were Kias and Hyundais....

I’ll get us started. Here’s what I imagine is being said: or perhaps or even You know, like that, but better. Would it help if you had a better idea of what a 1964 Singer Vogue was engineered? Here you go: There, I bet that helps!

Last week, we kicked off the series with the 2023 Newmar Essex, a luxury Class A motorhome with a beefy Cummins and decorated with real wood. We asked you to guess its headlights and taillights. Those of you who guessed eleventh-generation Toyota Corolla for the headlights and Nissan Titan for the taillights are correct! Today’s Parts Bin Puzzle is the creation of Ronald Heijnsdijk. In 2006, the mechanical engineer embarked on a quest to build his own sports car....

Well, not just Volkswagen Beetles, but they do make up an extremely significant part of the mix. In fact, I’d say the two most common Christmas-tree-on-roof cars shown are Beetles and old pickup trucks, often F100s or ’50s-era Chevy 3100 trucks, or the sorta genericized versions of them. Trucks are almost always the bulbous, fat-fendered ’50s sort, and the Beetle category includes a lot of cars I think people mistake for Beetles, especially in profile (in America at least), like Fiat 600s or Citroën 2CVs....

In fact, the rest of the ISS partners are in a better place than ever before, because unlike Russia’s threat to leave back in 2014, this time NASA and ESA and Japan and the other ISS partner countries have a way to get to the orbital lab without relying on Russian Soyuz capsules, thanks to the SpaceX Crew Dragon capsules that have been ferrying crews to the ISS and back since 2020....

True, yes. But as I said before, I’m not including that glorious yellow Corvair that David found in this weekly finals competition. We here at Shitbox Showdown, Inc. have a strict $2,500 price cutoff, and I’m sorry, but the Corvair is over the line. This ain’t the wild west; this is Shitbox Showdown. There are rules. But before the final vote, we need find out who our last finalist is, between that sweet V8 Chevy pickup and the straight six Ford:...

In this post, I’m going to share one secret strategy that helped me to grow my blog traffic by 15% in just 30 days. I actually got 15% more visitors from search engines within a month by applying the one strategy you are going to learn now. Are you ready? A side note: If you think you don’t have much time for SEO, this is probably not something for you....

Yes, this bonkers creation is a Miata – I think an NB? – that’s wearing the dead skin of a Dauphine, sort of an automotive version of the Mesoamerican god Xipe Totec, who was always portrayed wearing someone else’s flayed skin. Like Xipe Totec, this combination is likely to conjure up feelings of alarm, maybe terror, but in this case the fun variety instead of the scary-god variety. It’s incredible how well the Dauphine’s wheelbase aligns with a Miata, especially when you consider the Dauphine was a four-door family car....

Buying rakhis before market rush as you get the best stock and so many options. Getting my dress and jewellery ready and not leaving anything for the last hour. Deciding a gift for my brother and getting it before some days. I prepare my thali in the morning itself with kum-kum, akshat, sweets and flowers so that I don’t need to find anything at the last moment. But this time is different as me and my brother are in different towns, and I am planning to send him the rakhi online....

Let’s face it.. most advice you find on Google about increasing your website traffic is old. The strategies that worked 2 years ago won’t work now! It can be very frustrating if you don’t get the results even after spending a lot of time creating great content. We all know, that the most common advice for increasing traffic to a new blog is: “create more content, share it on social media, optimize for keywords, blah blah blah”....

Apps like Instagram have given small business owners the opportunity of a lifetime. It has even helped turn some into overnight millionaires. While most business owners who advertise on Instagram don’t strike gold overnight, they can set themselves up for success. They achieve this by getting more followers, building more brand awareness, and increasing sales. If you are looking to learn about the best way to advertise your small business on Instagram, here are a few social media tips you should know....

A career horoscope can streamline your thought process about what you want to achieve. Taurus individuals are multi-talented and may find it difficult to choose a suitable career path. Knowing their zodiac strengths and preferences can help them choose a career that works well for them. If you were born between April 20th to May 20th, read on for your Taurus career horoscope. Those who fall under Taurus are known for their patience, stability and responsibility....

According to the press release for the Windstar Solutions, this one-off vehicle was borne from Ford and Maytag research that delved into the lifestyle demands of busy parents. Record numbers of working mothers were a myopic fixation for project coordinators and as a result, the coolest Windstar of all time came with a similarly focused series of press shots. I’m not sure whether this photo set was meant to depict the freedom and responsibilities that come with single parenthood or the hectic schedule of a business dad that sees him working long hours away from the family, but hey....

[Full disclosure: Volvo Cars Canada let me borrow this XC60 for a week so long as I returned it with a full tank of premium fuel and wrote a review of it.] [Editor’s Note: Welcome to Sensible Car Reviews! This is where we review “boring” cars. Why? Because Thomas really, really likes sensible cars, and we all like that he likes them, because they’re what most people are buying. So, between the exciting stuff, you’ll see these: Sensible Car Reviews....

First, a note about fashion. Barbiecore has been taking off recently, partly thanks to the upcoming Barbie film and partly thanks to trends generally working in 20-year cycles. Once the economy rebounded from the dotcom bubble crash of the new millennium, conspicuous consumption was in. Headrests with built-in televisions, Juicy Couture sweatsuits, a level of almost overwhelming maximalism that just so happens to play fairly well with Barbie’s image. In addition, the aggressively pink aesthetic serves as one rejection of the nauseating minimalism that dominated the latter half of the 2010s....