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Afghanistan’s National Museum will soon welcome an unusual new exhibit: an E100-generation Toyota Corolla station wagon that has been buried since 2001. The wagon was used by Mullah Mohammad Omar, the Taliban’s founding leader, to escape American troops in 2001. Omar relied on his humble Corolla to flee the city of Kandahar and escape to […] July 15, 2022 at 12:46AM

Toyota has patented an autonomous vehicle to help you walk your dog. In the drawings accompanying the filing the vehicle looks like a mail cart, but these are often rudimentary diagrams used only to describe the function, not an actual depiction of the vehicle. What’s more important is what it promises to do. Toyota calls […] April 17, 2022 at 12:46AM

Remember the story about the unknown guy who rented a Tesla that was totaled in a ridiculously stupid jump stunt on a public road in Los Angeles? As you already know, there’s pretty much no such thing as a victimless crime, and one of the victims of this one is Jordan Hook, whose Subaru Forester […] The post Tesla jump stunt victim reaches GoFundMe goal to replace Subaru appeared first on Automoto Network . March 24, 2022 at 07:40AM

LISBON — Rough waters forced authorities on Wednesday to postpone a salvage operation for a ship packed with luxury cars that have been on fire for a week in the middle of the Atlantic Ocean, a port official said. With teams unable to board the Felicity Ace, heavy tug boats sprayed water to cool the […] February 24, 2022 at 06:20AM

A Ford Bronco Sport rolled approximately 400 feet from Colorado’s notorious Black Bear Pass near Telluride Sunday morning, ejecting the driver and a dog (along with the Bronco Sport’s engine) in the process. Both the driver and dog were hurt in the accident, but a passenger who had gotten out to spot apparently survived the […] September 29, 2021 at 07:03AM

Don’t expect an easy getaway if one of Boston Dynamics’ Atlas robots ever chases you down. The Hyundai-owned firm has shared a video (below) of the humanoid bots successfully completing a parkour routine in an obstacle course for the first time. The pair of Atlas machines leapt gaps, vaulted beams and even coordinated a backflip, […] August 18, 2021 at 07:18AM

When American philosopher George Santayana wrote in 1905 that “Those who cannot remember the past are condemned to repeat it,” we’re certain he didn’t realize people would repeat the past so soon. Over the weekend, as GM Authority reported, a 2021 Chevrolet Corvette owner in the San Francisco Bay area took his car to a […] August 05, 2021 at 06:47AM

The Toyota Land Cruiser is known for its legendary indestructibility, and we’re all eager to find out how the recently launched, all-new 300-series fares against its ancestors. However, it turns out that they are not invincible, especially when a transporter carrying a fleet of them crashes en route to a dealership The accident took place […] July 04, 2021 at 06:19AM

Enthusiasts visiting Italy’s Motor Valley could experience the district’s vehicle building custom when they land in Bologna. Air terminal authorities reestablished their association with Lamborghini to let a Huracán Evo free on the tarmac. Lamborghini has furnished the Bologna Guglielmo Marconi Airport with follow-me vehicles for quite a while. The furthest down the line seething […] June 29, 2021 at 06:20AM

Since buying Michigan Central Station, Ford has been laborious at work restoring the property to its former glory. Within the course of, employees have made dozens of fascinating discoveries, from sealed rooms to long-lost objects. One — a beer bottle containing a handwritten notice from 1913 — stood out. Ford historians consider it was left […] May 29, 2021 at 07:03AM