A Quadcopter's-Eye View Of The Costa Concordia Shipwreck

The wreck of the cruise ship Costa Concordia in early 2012 resulted in 32 deaths and the destruction of the ship, resulting in a $300 million salvage operation that may be the most expensive in history. A pair of quadcopters equipped with cameras capture the sad vessel and the massive operation to remove it from the…

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Should Rental Agencies Be Required To Stop Renting Recalled Cars?

There's a bit of a kerfuffle in Washington regarding rental cars, car dealers, and recalls. Washington wants cars involved in a recall to not be rented until the recall is satisfied. Car dealers and automakers don't agree. What do you think?

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Inside the Coolest Car Collection You've Never Heard Of

I'm currently writing this from a castle in southern Sweden, where I've been invited to drive the new, "production" Volvo S60 Polestar, which will only be sold in Australia. I'll post my review of the new car later (hint: I really like it, especially compared to the lackluster "Polestar Edition" C30 I drove a while back). …

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When I was younger (and arguably less intelligent) my friends and I dabbled in a bit of ‘urban exploring’ to supplement our automotive thrills. We’d track down old abandon buildings in the post-industrial decay of metropolitan St. Louis and venture around the properties. What we never found, though, was a legitimate automotive graveyard, like this.

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Forza 5 Is The First Racing Game Announced For XBOX ONE

We've been watching Kotaku all day for the launch of the new XBOX ONE, waiting for some news that might relate to the racing games we love to play. Alas, the first glimpse of a game they showed was a McLaren P1 in what we now see as Forza 5 with two key easter eggs.

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Mercedes Lets Retired Old Man Drive An F1 Car At The Nurburgring

Nurburgring's Nordschliefe hasn't seen an F1 race since 1976. But occasionally, a current team will take a car to the track just to have a little bit of fun. That's what Mercedes just did with their 2011 F1 car and an old retired man named Michael, who I'm told is the most successful F1 driver of all time.

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Best of Oppositelock: May 21, 2013

Yesterday's holiday in Canuckistan caused me to to be distracted by a lake, sun and drinks so gathered here are the Oppositelock posts that people have put a good deal of effort into writing from the last 4 days. Today's edition includes an ode to a Mercedes 190e, a father and son sharing their passion for cars, a…

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