Archive: October, 2009

Matchbox Cars & Hot Wheels as Collectables

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Matchbox and Hot Wheels cars flourished as popular toys for decades, and continue to do so. However, in recent years, these die-cast cars have also spurred on a new realm of collecting. Toy collecting has been around for some time and those individuals naturally started to collect toy cars as well. However, there have been many individuals that got their start in, and stayed exclusively in, die-cast toy cars. Collecting Matchbox cars and Hot Wheels is something that wide varieties of people have come to enjoy. One of the reasons for this is that most people, especially men, enjoy cars. Read more

Zap Releases X Crossover Electric Car Concept Drawings

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ZAP, an electric car pioneer, earlier unveiled the concept drawings of its X Crossover SUV on its website. The images are also highlighted in the April 2007 issue of Popular Science in the article titled ‘Who killed the gas guzzler?’ where you can also find an interview with Steve Schneider, the ZAP CEO. The ZAP-X compact crossover SUV images highlight the technology, styling and the potent performance that the company wanted to integrate into the vehicle. The concept will feature all-wheel drive complemented with in-hub electric motors and other performance parts. The vehicle is Read more

Innovative Gadget Prevent Kids From Releasing Car Safety Belt

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Approaching the National Child Passenger Safety Week, one new device dubbed as the Angelguard was introduced in an effort to keep young children strapped safely to their car seats. The device is aimed to prevent young children from accidentally releasing the safety belt buckle to reduce the risk of major injury or even death of kids during collisions. You may strap your little one in a child seatbelt such an act will be rendered useless when these little tots could accidentally release them from their safety locks. Kids not safely strapped on their car seats can be easily thrown around Read more

Car Leasing Special: Volkswagen Reveals Futuristic Car Concepts

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Inspired by a film with a 2028 setting, Volkswagen launched a new micro-site for its “Ego,” “Room,” and “One” concept cars, which are offshoots of Volkswagen’s car designers’ and developers’ ingenuity, creativity, and imagination. In the said film, the father was narrating to his son about the automotive world about twenty years back. The micro-site showcases the visualizations of the car maker, who is based in Wolfsburg, Germany. The car maker has a wide array of ideas for future cars but zeroed in on three concept cars. The “One,” from the word itself, is a Read more