Black Boxes in EVERY Car?

Tuesday, May 31st, 2011

Last Thursday, the U.S. Department of Transportation released a proposal to make black boxes – more properly known as event data recorders, or EDRs – mandatory in all light-duty vehicles. If this sounds like yet another way for the federal government to invade our privacy, consider that such devices are already included in new cars, [...]

Media Monday: Top Gear & Mercedes-Benz

Monday, May 23rd, 2011

We here at the CarSeek Blog are great fans of the BBC show “Top Gear” and its host Jeremy Clarkson. We love the mix of tech geekery and unabashed love of all things automotive, and we’ll cop to enjoying the “Celebrity in a Reasonably Priced Car” segments a bit more than is probably healthy. For [...]

Media Monday: 2011 MINI Cooper Test Drive

Monday, May 16th, 2011

Okay, we admit that even we sometimes joke that the 2011 MINI Cooper is closer to being an outfit than a car, but that doesn’t mean we don’t like the car. In fact, we think it’s pretty cool, for a tiny vehicle. If you want the chance to virtually experience just how cool, check out [...]

Media Monday: 2011 Mitsubishi Outlander Sport

Monday, May 9th, 2011

Last November, Mitsubishi did something new to introduce the 2011 Outlander Sport: they created an online test drive. Today, we’re showing you some of the video they shared.

Media Monday: 2011 Nissan 370

Monday, May 2nd, 2011

With all the media attention it’s getting you might thing the Leaf is the only Nissan vehicle for the 2011 model year. That’s untrue, of course – there are a number of others. For this week’s Media Monday, we wanted to share this walk-around (courtesy of YouTube and “The TestDriver”) from the St. Louis Auto [...]