http://www.news.smartdownloads.net Hand-picked news by SmartDownloads.net en-en http://backend.userland.com/rss SmartGuy http://news.smartdownloads.net/ http://news.smartdownloads.net/Cars/Catch_Truth_in_24<_em>_this_Friday_on_ESPN-4324515.html Filed under: Motorsports, Audi, PeugeotThe 24 hours of Le Mans is arguably the toughest, most famous race in the world. Audi has dominated the annual event since 2006 with its... http://news.smartdownloads.net/Cars/Random_Sightings_Original_Batmobile_spotted_at_SoCal_car_wash-5548914.html Filed under: Time Warp, Etc.Original Batmobile - Click above for high-res gallery It's no secret that Southern California is home to one of the best car cultures in the world. You... http://news.smartdownloads.net/Cars/Classic_JDM_TV_Seibu_Keisatsu_s<_i>__Super_Machine_X__Skyline_2000GT_Turbo-75625595.html Filed under: Time Warp, Coupes, Sports/GTs, Etc., Japan, Videos, Nissan, Police/EmergencyUnfortunately, I don't speak Japanese, because then I might have enjoyed the old detective drama Seibu Keisatsu even more than... http://news.smartdownloads.net/Cars/JDM_kit_turns_Honda_Crossroad_into_a__HUMMER_H4_-76623138.html Filed under: Aftermarket, SUVs, Japan, Honda, HUMMERDriving a HUMMER in Japan seems about as practical as piloting an Chevy Kodiak in the urban canyons of Manhattan. It's just not optimal.... http://news.smartdownloads.net/Cars/PSA_If_you_re_going_to_rob_your_mechanic__it_s_unnecessary_to_pay_for_your_repairs_first-67857631.html Filed under: Etc.Police in Ypsilanti, MI had little trouble nabbing a thief suspected of holding up a repair shop employee at gunpoint because they knew exactly what car he was... http://news.smartdownloads.net/Cars/Google_Street_View_catches_flock_of_Ferraris_in_natural_habitat-23127719.html Filed under: Sports/GTs, Etc., Euro, Supercars, Ferrari Click the above image for a closer look at the assembled Ferraris Man, the Google Street View Driver got an eyeful the day he drove... http://news.smartdownloads.net/Cars/More_Lambo_shoes_Reventon_sneakers-7282533.html Filed under: Etc., Lamborghini, LifestyleTim Cooper came up with a hideous set of pumps inspired by the Lamborghini Gallardo. Now, a French designer at Subaru in Japan has come up... http://news.smartdownloads.net/Cars/Just_follow_the_light_Traffic_lines_stay_brighter_going_in_one_direction-30305356.html Filed under: SafetyA recent study by North Carolina State University has shown that the stripes dividing our nation's roadways are brighter when they are applied in the same direction that... http://news.smartdownloads.net/Cars/Shakeup_Fast__and_amp;_Furious_to_be_first_major_movie_release_with_D_Box-75833584.html Filed under: Etc., Tech, LifestyleD-Box aims to put viewers into the movies they've paid to go see by moving the chairs they sit in. It works by translating the onscreen... http://news.smartdownloads.net/Cars/Rally__round_the_family_Ford_backs_up_Chrysler_s__weak__assessment_of_new_CAW_contract-87107625.html Filed under: Plants/Manufacturing, Ford, Earnings/Financials, UAW/Unions, CanadaGM just ratified an agreement with the Canadian Auto Workers union, and as soon as it did, Chrysler blasted it for being "weak." Chrysler's... http://news.smartdownloads.net/Cars/PSA_Snuggies_and_driving_don_t_mix-30153259.html Filed under: Etc.Sure, the Snuggie's just tops for keeping warm while using the remote, talking on the phone, playing video games, reading a book, eating popcorn, making s'mores, or looking... http://news.smartdownloads.net/Cars/BMW_DesignWorksUSA_designs_ultimate_gaming_rig-74819311.html Filed under: Tech, BMW, Lifestyle Click above to enlarge About a decade ago, pretty much every computer in the world was housed in a boring beige box, and the biggest design question... http://news.smartdownloads.net/Cars/Without_its_editor_in_chief__Motive_closes_up_shop-11133152.html Filed under: Etc., Hirings/Firings/LayoffsFollowing in the wake of Eddie Alterman's ascendancy into the Editor-In-Chief position at Car and Driver, the online auto outlet known as Motive is indefinitely "on ice."... http://news.smartdownloads.net/Cars/InsideLine_retests_V6_Genesis_Coupe_after_lackluster_numbers-20544769.html Filed under: Coupes, Sports/GTs, Etc., HyundaiTwo weeks ago, InsideLine released a comparison test pitting the V6 Hyundai Genesis Coupe against the Infiniti G37. Although the Genesis posted some less-than-stellar performance... http://news.smartdownloads.net/Cars/GM_Europe_gets_its_own_Facts_and_Fiction_website-83112697.html Filed under: Euro, GM, Opel, VauxhallToward the end of last summer, before GM went from "Everybody calm down..." to "Everybody calm down... but we could use some help over here...",...