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Show up at the "Tron: Legacy" movie premiere on one of these babies.

Parker Brothers Choppers, of Melbourne, Fla., have built 10 Tron Lightcycles. The $55,000 bike is built on a steel frame, with a fiberglass body and a V-twin Suzuki TLR1000 engine. According to Parker Brothers, it is street-legal.

Each bike weighs a reported 474 pounds and is about 100 inches long and 23 inches wide, with a seat 28.5 inches off the ground. And while the Parker Brothers' design is strikingly similar to the Disney movie light cycle, there are some visible differences, such … Read more

Teaser videos and pictures of the 2012 Audi A6 have been swirling around the Internet for the past couple of days, but here is the real thing.

Worldcarfans.com this morning posted this video on YouTube. It shows the 2012 Audio A6 sporting a delightful, if not conservative, design.

The 15-minute video highlights the LED headlights, taillights and 16-inch alloy wheels, an integrated trunk-lid spoiler, and a dual exhaust system. The wheelbase has been stretched out a bit longer than the 2011 as well.

Although Audi didn't release specs on its Web site or any press release I could … Read more

To enhance the driving experience, Porsche is looking at the driver. This video gives an overview of how experts at the Porsche Human Performance Centre, in Northamptonshire, England, use exercise and nutritional plans to improve driver performance.

Drivers of any level are evaluated by Porsche's team of experts, and programs are devised to develop strength and improve flexibility.

Whether it's testing hand-eye coordination and endurance on a BATAK board or testing drivers in a battery of exercises, the experts at Porsche can get any level of driver into peak shape.

Rather than waiting until the 2010 Los Angeles Auto Show to reveal it's first production hybrid, Audi released near full specs and video clips of its soon-to-be released 2011 Q5 Hybrid Quattro SUV.

The Q5 Hybrid Quattro promises the power of a V6 and the fuel consumption of a four-cylinder from its 2.0 TFSI engine and electric motor. Combined, the gasoline engine and electric motor deliver 245-horsepower yet achieve an estimated 33.6 mpg--around the same fuel economy as a Volkswagen Golf.

It may be one of the last manufacturers to add a hybrid to its lineup, but … Read more

Toyota this week announced its new campaign "Ideas for Good," along with a Web site that encourages anyone to post a video of an idea that uses Toyota technology in a new way.

Consumers are challenged to find new, nonautomotive ways to repurpose five distinct Toyota technologies: T.H.U.M.S. (Total HUman Model for Safety) is an advanced injury-simulation, Solar Powered Ventilation System uses the sun's rays to keep an electric fan running while the car is parked, Hybrid Synergy Drive converts braking energy into electricity, Advanced Parking Guidance System helps drivers park hands-free and allows drivers to control music, and Touch Tracer Display allows drivers to control the cabin temperature and other features from the steering… Read more

Exposed-weave carbon fiber now has a fighting chance against UV rays. The lightweight material, used to give the Corvette better speed and handling, can be protected by a new clear coat that is sprayed on like paint.

This industry-first technology acts as a sunscreen for the Chevrolet Corvette ZR1. "Everyone said it couldn't be done, and we were crazy for trying," Mark Voss, senior design engineer for the ZR1 said today in a press announcement. He and his team worked for three years on their own time to develop the clear coat.

Carbon fiber is one-fifth the … Read more

Las Vegas, Nevada is a city where you normally keep your cards close to the vest. However, with the 2010 SEMA Show just around the corner, Chevrolet gives us a sneak peak at what it plans to bring to the show floor in a slick promotional video.

As was the case last year, expect to see more Camaros than you can shake a shift knob at, both at GM's own booth and peppered about at the booths of third parties. From the looks of the video, Chevrolet will be rounding out the selection with what look like a few heavily modified Silverados and at least two custom Corvettes.

Check out the video after the jump and stay tuned to our continuing coverage of the 2010 SEMA Show. … Read more

When you think of automotive test tracks, you might think of flat blacktop and a course delineated by orange cones.

But Mine (Mee-NAY) Tasci and engineers at General Motors have taken testing to the extreme for the latest Buick models. They have created an innovative road scanner that makes a micro-detailed 3D digital representation of some of the toughest real-world road surfaces.

As seen in the video below, Tasci drives virtual Buick vehicles on the roads to test for quality and reliability.

"Just like a photo scanner, we can scan the surface of a road to create a 3D … Read more

The latest effort in driver and passenger safety for Lexus is to eliminate accidents. To do this, Lexus technicians employ the largest and most advanced driving simulator ever built.

The driving simulator, in Higashifuji, Japan, uses a high-definition imaging system to provide a full 360-degree environment of roads around the vehicle. The driver sits in a pod that is about 15 feet high and 56 feet in diameter. Inside the dome is an actual Lexus, mounted to a turntable. The pod itself runs along a set of interlocking full-motion tracks in a football-field-size room. It can tip forward or backward … Read more