With the drive to push children to define their life goals while still infants, we think the direction this kid is being pushed by his helicopter parents is at least as awesome as the future mapped out for the Powerwheels kid. This little tyke looks to be a bit younger, but possessing parking skills any urbanite would…

Our experience with the ad-hoc Adventures in Branding series have been so positive that we've decided to rebrand the whole idea. Henceforth, "Auto Branding Adventures." Look for it, and away we go. Unless you're a kid whose father is a pretentious Ferrari owner, there's no reason to own a toy like this one. Ferrari has…

Remember when you first started forming opinions about cars? When you were just worldly enough to be dangerous? We remember thinking we were absolute geniuses when we decided attaching generators to all the turning shafts of a car would create a self sustaining electric car. Or when we thought more spoilers meant…

Today's moms don't subscribe to the same, tired prestige products to which their moms did. They go for crossovers over minivans, Dexedrine over cocaine and custom made over off-the-rack. For their kids' strollers, a snooty Peg-Perego or McLaren simply will not do. For these moms, there's the Roddler. It combines…

Not content to let the Australians beat us in the category of "worst parents," an Oregon man was arrested yesterday for locking two of his kids in his car's trunk for the family vacation. The small car he was driving didn't have room for himself, his fiancee and his four kids so he did the reasonable thing and stowed two …

The radio was touting it all week in the ads. You knew it had to happen, but wow there were munchkins everywhere around the full-sized versions of Tow Mater and Lightning McQueen. I think one of them may have tried to chew through my leg to get around me. Sadly, I wasn't able to catch the flash mob that almost cost me …

Since today is Friday, and folks are looking to hit the road on a gorgeous summer day, here's something for all of your vacationers. So no, that's not the formula for determination of FoMoCo's sales or how much money DaimlerChrysler's spent on the "Dr Z" ad campaign. Rather, it's a formula created by the folks at

BMW launched a new version of its 6-Series convertible that's, er, a bit smaller than the current model. The new version offers a reductive take on the 2006 6-Series, including a single forward gear plus reverse, a hand brake and foot brake, and "real" electric horn. Two powerplants are offered, including an electric…