Google released some footage this week of people in the company’s self-driving car in a cutesy video reminiscent of how a toy company would show newborns engaging with mobiles, colorful blocks and stuffed animals. The reason this video merits our attention is that Google is not an automotive company. Many companies that make cars are […]
Macan Launch Party Wows Crowd at NC Architecture and Design Center
“Wait, so they’re both turbos?” The question came from a sandy-haired man standing under the alcove of the architecture building. The building is that funny-looking place covered in bright natural wood that looks faintly European on the corner of Peace Street and Wilmington. His friend, an energetic fellow who had been ferrying Porsches over the […]
PGA Pros and Amateurs Draw Crowds at 2014 Rex Hospital Open
Golf can be a lot of things, but the goal of the 2014 Rex Hospital Open is simple: supporting patients of Rex heart & vascular services. Every year the Open focuses on one particular aspect of the hospital. This year that spotlight is one of the body’s most critical systems—the heart—and what better way to […]
5 Bad Driving Habits Putting Yourself and Everyone Else at Risk
Good driving is more than not having been in a collision recently. Many of us think that we’re basically good drivers, which entitles us to bend the rules here and there. A no-look lane change. A little driving while sleepy. A bottled water while we drive (water’s good for us, right?). A closed-eye sneeze (just […]
1970s-tastic Fusion Sports Car from VW-Porsche Still Wows
Whether or not you’re the kind of guy who tends to socialize, you’d have to be crazy to not love the 914 after all these years. A nicely shot video by the folks over at Petrolicious takes us into deep into the annals of Porsche collectorship. Their focus is a Porsche that some have decried […]