The Most Dangerous Way To Test A 'Bulletproof' Mercedes

Auto journalists, like The Smoking Tire's Matt Farah, are tasked with evaluating cars both new and old, putting them through their paces, and seeing if they live up to manufacturers' hype. If you have an armored Mercedes-Benz, and if you're brave enough, that means getting shot at while you sit inside.

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Auto Shops Don't Mean to Overcharge Women, But They Do

Researchers at Northwestern University's Kellogg School of Management wanted to find out why customers receive different price quotes when they call auto-repair shops. Get ready to be very surprised (not): The biggest gap they found was between men and women.

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These Are The Fantastical Victorian Off-Roaders That Didn't Exist

Cars have been around longer than people realize, with larval versions dating back to the early 1800s. What's also been around a long time is people's infatuation with the idea of a go-anywhere exploration vehicle. Even if they were only built in jingoistic imaginations, it's still a start.

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Has Red Bull Figured Out How To Cheat F1's Traction Control Ban?

Red Bull absolutely walked away with a win at Montreal, but anyone watching the exit of the hairpin would see something was up with the way the RB9 exited the corner. Have they figured out how to use illegal traction control?

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Four Insane 60s Military Prototypes That Crashed and Burned

If the music‘s anything to go by, pretty much everyone was on something in the ’60s — and that includes the engineers. BAE Systems has recently dug up some totally batshit-crazy ideas that were seriously being kicked around by its ‘crack’ team of engineers, and they’re both totally ridiculous and dangerously awesome.

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