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Aug 16, 2012

In pictures: Crash test results for mid-sized luxury cars

Most mid-size luxury cars performed poorly in a new frontal crash test developed by the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety. The new test is designed to replicate what happens when a car strikes another car or a fixed object like a tree or utility pole. Click through the gallery to see how each car performed, and then tell us your thoughts in the comments section. http://www.theglobeandmail.com/globe-drive/car-life/galleries/in-pictures-crash-test-results-for-mid-sized-luxury-cars/article4482654/

Jul 30, 2012

In pictures: The fastest car transporter of the 1950s

When Stirling Moss scored his first Grand Prix victory in the British Grand Prix at Aintree in 1955, becoming the first Brit to do so, the Mercedes-Benz team he was driving for had at its disposal the world’s fastest race car transporter, The Blue Wonder, which could cruise at more than 100 mph with his W196 GP car strapped on its open rear deck http://www.theglobeandmail.com/globe-drive/car-life/galleries/in-pictures-the-fastest-car-transporter-of-the-1950s/article4438184/

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