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William Faulkner, bane of every English student forced to read DWMs until they cry MEGO, had this to say about automobiles in his minor novel Pylon, «a dark and pessimistic novel, one that looks at the uncertainty of American society created by the

William Faulkner, bane of every English student forced to read DWMs until they cry MEGO, had this to say about automobiles in his minor novel Pylon, «a dark and pessimistic novel, one that looks at the uncertainty of American society created by the dehumanizing effects of the machine age.»

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Using these value - added data, Flatness and Rasmussen calculated that the U.S. share of automobile imports — in other words, the amount of American made parts in cars and trucks imported from Canada and Mexico — dropped to about 12 per cent in 2011 from about 19 per cent in 1995.

That was true since automobiles transformed our lifestyles while simultaneously killing thousands a day, and it's true in our current reality of mind - bending technological progress with entrepreneurs aiming rockets at Mars and envisioning artificial intelligence that makes humans look about as smart a house cat in comparison.

In June, Shanghai opened the country's first intelligent vehicle pilot zone, where its trialed about 200 vehicles across nine miles (15 kilometers) of test roads in a closed zone at Shanghai's international automobile city, the government said in a statemenIn June, Shanghai opened the country's first intelligent vehicle pilot zone, where its trialed about 200 vehicles across nine miles (15 kilometers) of test roads in a closed zone at Shanghai's international automobile city, the government said in a statemenin a closed zone at Shanghai's international automobile city, the government said in a statemenin a statement.

Heins, in a recent editorial for The Globe and Mail, wrote about the potential to extend BlackBerry 10 into automobiles, credit card machines and all manner of «embedded systems that run constantly in the background of everyday life.»

«Automobile accidents now result in about five times as many deaths in this country as does typhoid fever, once a widely prevalent scourge.»

Both attract a consumer who has a genuine interest in the finest luxury automobiles available today, yet remain steadfast in passion about innovation, style and technology.

And she talked about how much China has changed since she first visited in 1982 («very few automobiles,» «no big skyscrapers.»)

Japanese manufacturers exported a total 512,432 automobiles in November, up 9.4 % from a year earlier, the fastest rise in about a year and a half.

Tarkington, who saw the effects of the industrial revolution in his neck of the woods in the late nineteenth century, used the novel to talk about the rise of new technology — in this case, the automobile — and the impact it would have on an idyllic life.

Instead be writes about and for people who typically get exactly what they want, in large part because they have been conditioned by the world around them to desire what that world can provide: the right automobile; ethnic or trend - setting foods; a lucrative but not socially embarrassing job; a residence identifiable, in architecture and interior design, with a style that has a name.

The bit about «mutant social growths» being «unceremoniously uprooted» comes from Stuart Dowty, an American automobile worker who had visited China in 1972.

So at least this guy knows there are things like automobiles and electricity and gay rights, but aside from that he's still pushing a 1500 year old philosophy about unknown people and special beings in the clouds.

It is patterned in planes, trains and automobiles, which got him very excited about his new adventure.

However, being cooped up in a plane, train or an automobile DOES require distractions that will last for longer than 10 seconds, and once you are out and about, there may not always be somewhere safe and / or clean to sit down and play...

If you need some convincing about how important this is, consider that in car seat use reduces the risk of death for infants in an automobile accident by 71 % and to toddlers aged 1 - 4 years by 54 %, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

BCB kicks off SUMMER TRAVEL SEASON this week on the blog and next week at our annual event in Chicago: Planes, Trains and Automobiles - Everything you need to know about traveling with your baby and tots.

In one of the incidents, about 10 armed men stormed Royal Motors, an automobile company in Accra, making away with the company's saleIn one of the incidents, about 10 armed men stormed Royal Motors, an automobile company in Accra, making away with the company's salein Accra, making away with the company's sales.

NY1's Josh Robin pressed the Democratic gubernatorial nominee about his relationship with the Indy Party during a press conference in Manhattan today at which Cuomo was in full AG mode, announcing an «industry - wide» probe into potential fraud by charities that accept automobiles for donations.

There are about 2,400 automobiles in Japan at present, 600 of which were imported during the first nine months of last year, as against 218 during all of 1916.

A single carbon nanotube about two billionths of a meter wide can compete with the best materials of today at detecting ammonia and nitrous oxide, a gas often found in automobile emissions.

Right now ethanol is used mostly as a fuel additive; about one - third of the gasoline sold in the United States contains a shot of ethanol (about 10 percent, typically) to reduce automobile emissions.

The hippocampus is a few inches from the prefrontal cortex, about as far, relatively, as the alternator and carburetor are in an automobile engine.

Previously, typhoid fever had killed about 25 out of 100,000 people in the U.S. annually, a death rate close to that now associated with automobile accidents.

Compared with a typical, 30 - mile - per - gallon automobile, the Volt will save these motorists about 500 gallons of fuel a year, which also will result in a substantial cut in annual carbon dioxide emissions which are associated with climate change.

There should be questions about automobiles role in global warming on every driver's license test.

A lil bit about me I was in a very bad automobile accident about 4 years ago.

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Like Stan Lee, Audi automobiles have made cameos in many of Marvel Studios» films, so on the eve of the U.S. release of Avengers: Age of Ultron, the automaker hired Kevin Smith to direct (and cameo of course) in a satirical short film / commercial about the Stan Lee School of Cameo Acting.

Cars 2 (G) Pixar / Disney animated sequel about a couple of cool automobiles (Larry the Cable Guy» and Owen Wilson) who become embroiled in international espionage when they venture to Europe to compete in the World Grand Prix of Racing.

Joaquin Phoenix stars in this biopic about cartoonist John Callahan, who became a quadriplegic following an automobile accident.

There are some people who seem to think it's ridiculous to think about the universe of Pixar's animated franchise Cars beyond its surface - level existence of a world where automobiles can talk just like animals have in countless Disney movies before.

Over at Deadline, they're reporting that actor Christian Bale has «said yes» or agreed to play the lead role of Enzo Ferrari in Michael Mann's upcoming Ferrari movie, about the life of the creator of the famous automobile company.

(In Norwegian and Danish with subtitles) The Highest Pass (Unrated) Fate - tempting documentary about Adam Schomer, a defiant 27 year - old who takes to riding a motorcycle around the Himalayas without a helmet after an Indian guru predicts his imminent, untimely demise in an automobile accidenIn Norwegian and Danish with subtitles) The Highest Pass (Unrated) Fate - tempting documentary about Adam Schomer, a defiant 27 year - old who takes to riding a motorcycle around the Himalayas without a helmet after an Indian guru predicts his imminent, untimely demise in an automobile accidenin an automobile accident.

During my six decades in the automobile business, people have constantly said something similar about electric cars: «They're the future and always will be.»

The speck - sized Spyker of the Netherlands, which has built only about 260 exotic cars since 2001, is set to acquire Saab — which in 2008 sold nearly 100,000 cars worldwide — for a mere $ 74 million in cash to GM, plus $ 326 million in stock in the new Saab Spyker Automobiles.

Just as Wired magazine published a headline - grabbing story about hackers taking control of a new Jeep Cherokee with UConnect, engineers, computer programmers, professors, and lawyers were meeting in Ypsilanti, Michigan, to discuss evolution of the autonomous, connected automobile.

Though the news only became official today, AUTOMOBILE European bureau chief Georg Kacher reported on the shuffle in December 2015, after reports about the shake - up began circulating in Europe.

AUTOMOBILE was invited from the U.S. for the intimate gathering in London's Hospital Club, where a new production Bentayga SUV and its much - talked about 2015 Geneva auto show concept — the EXP 10 Speed 6 coupe — were displayed in a well - lit gallery along with paintings and renderings of recent work and physical presentations of materials and techniques used in the production of the company's projects.

Today, the South Korean automaker sells more than 750,000 automobiles annually on our shores and, as we go to press, ranks as the seventh - largest auto seller in the U.S. Talk about sacking an empire.

John Warburton explains his fruitful pre-WW1 relationship with the Luton factory and the car's début at Waddington Fell / Auto - biography: Ronald «Steady» Barker — Matthew Bell travels to Wiltshire to meet the incorrigible 93 - year - old motoring journalist and learn about his life and career / 10EX: the full - bore Phantom — An experimental car that was the first post-WW1 Rolls - Royce built purely for speed, David Burgess-Wise drives this fascinating machine / Vintage Revival Montlhéry — In a two - part article, Robin Batchelor describes The Automobile's journey to Montlhéry while David Burgess-Wise reports on the action as the banked circuit reverberated again to the sound of prewar cars and motorcycles / Back on the Road — Michael Ware reports on the restoration of a 1947 Dellow, one of only two survivors of the four original prototypes for this highly effective trials car

After eight years of wonderful adventures in auto racing, I married a lovely lady I met while living in England and had a daughter on the way, which led me to drop Jean Jennings an email about a job at Automobile Magazine.

1920s Delage duo — Dennis Harrison tells us about a 1928 D.M. Weymann saloon and a sporting 1926 DISS / Electro - plating of car parts — In a further article in our series on technical subjects John Teague explains nickel plating and chromium plating / Art and the automobile, Part one — Michael Worthington - Williams on the history of automobile art commenting on some colourful early advertisements / Roydale: British - made Edwardian — The history of the little - known make is recounted for us by Malcolm Jeal / Austin 12/4 restoration — Mike Burgess describes how he rebuilt his 1928 Burnham saloon / 1933 Avon Standard Special — A report on this sporting open 4 - seater from Zoe Harrison / Alvis 12/50 sports saloon — David Hawtin recalls his recent encounter with a 1927 example / Castle Three cyclecar — The story of this Kidderminster - made «runabout» is related by A.B. Demaus / School of motoring — Malcolm Jeal has discovered that training courses were being offered by the Institute of Automobile Engineers in 1920 / MC raid on New England — How some early MGs invaded the USIn a further article in our series on technical subjects John Teague explains nickel plating and chromium plating / Art and the automobile, Part one — Michael Worthington - Williams on the history of automobile art commenting on some colourful early advertisements / Roydale: British - made Edwardian — The history of the little - known make is recounted for us by Malcolm Jeal / Austin 12/4 restoration — Mike Burgess describes how he rebuilt his 1928 Burnham saloon / 1933 Avon Standard Special — A report on this sporting open 4 - seater from Zoe Harrison / Alvis 12/50 sports saloon — David Hawtin recalls his recent encounter with a 1927 example / Castle Three cyclecar — The story of this Kidderminster - made «runabout» is related by A.B. Demaus / School of motoring — Malcolm Jeal has discovered that training courses were being offered by the Institute of Automobile Engineers in 1920 / MC raid on New England — How some early MGs invaded the USin our series on technical subjects John Teague explains nickel plating and chromium plating / Art and the automobile, Part one — Michael Worthington - Williams on the history of automobile art commenting on some colourful early advertisements / Roydale: British - made Edwardian — The history of the little - known make is recounted for us by Malcolm Jeal / Austin 12/4 restoration — Mike Burgess describes how he rebuilt his 1928 Burnham saloon / 1933 Avon Standard Special — A report on this sporting open 4 - seater from Zoe Harrison / Alvis 12/50 sports saloon — David Hawtin recalls his recent encounter with a 1927 example / Castle Three cyclecar — The story of this Kidderminster - made «runabout» is related by A.B. Demaus / School of motoring — Malcolm Jeal has discovered that training courses were being offered by the Institute of Automobile Engineers in 1920 / MC raid on New England — How some early MGs invadeautomobile, Part one — Michael Worthington - Williams on the history of automobile art commenting on some colourful early advertisements / Roydale: British - made Edwardian — The history of the little - known make is recounted for us by Malcolm Jeal / Austin 12/4 restoration — Mike Burgess describes how he rebuilt his 1928 Burnham saloon / 1933 Avon Standard Special — A report on this sporting open 4 - seater from Zoe Harrison / Alvis 12/50 sports saloon — David Hawtin recalls his recent encounter with a 1927 example / Castle Three cyclecar — The story of this Kidderminster - made «runabout» is related by A.B. Demaus / School of motoring — Malcolm Jeal has discovered that training courses were being offered by the Institute of Automobile Engineers in 1920 / MC raid on New England — How some early MGs invadeautomobile art commenting on some colourful early advertisements / Roydale: British - made Edwardian — The history of the little - known make is recounted for us by Malcolm Jeal / Austin 12/4 restoration — Mike Burgess describes how he rebuilt his 1928 Burnham saloon / 1933 Avon Standard Special — A report on this sporting open 4 - seater from Zoe Harrison / Alvis 12/50 sports saloon — David Hawtin recalls his recent encounter with a 1927 example / Castle Three cyclecar — The story of this Kidderminster - made «runabout» is related by A.B. Demaus / School of motoring — Malcolm Jeal has discovered that training courses were being offered by the Institute of Automobile Engineers in 1920 / MC raid on New England — How some early MGs invadeAutomobile Engineers in 1920 / MC raid on New England — How some early MGs invaded the USin 1920 / MC raid on New England — How some early MGs invaded the USA.

«Both in architecture and automobiles, there's something in the American psyche about the horizon, about life in widescreen.»

1925 O.M. Restored — David Hawtin writes about a fine four - cylinder example of this Italian marque / Street racing at Avignon — Toby Ross caught the action on film from behind the straw bales / Hill - climbs at Staxton and Foxhills — A.B. Demaus continues his series on pre-war hill - climb locations / Basil Davenport: hill - climb hero — The story of this outstandingly successful driver is told by Alan Brierly / Austins Alvises and other automobiles — The Editor's latest monthly Excursion involves his own Austin 7 and other interesting vehicles / Rallying in France — Malcolm Elder tells what it was like to take part in the Coupe des Pyrenees / Diary of a dilettante — Tom Threlfall reports on events at Shelsley Walsh Oulton Park and Silverstone / Sightings in Argentina and Brazil — Alvaro Casal Tatlock reports on old carsspotted in small towns in South America.

London - Brighton Run — We photographed some of the entries in the 1992 (96th Anniversary) Run / Us and our cars — Members of The Automobile team tell us about themselves — and the cars they drive / VSCC Lakeland Trial — In his Diary of a dilettante Tom Threlfall reports on this November event / Lagonda LG6 — Dennis Harrison recounts his meeting with a fine example of 1930s transport for the gentry / 1921 Pierce - Arrow «The gilded cage» — A unique example of this prestigious American car is described for us by Zoe Harrison / Chitty Chitty Bang Bang II — The Editor reveals the history of this fantastic Edwardian special / 10 - year index supplement — An index to all the major articles that have appeared in the 120 issues of The Automobile in so far published / Where are they noin the 1992 (96th Anniversary) Run / Us and our cars — Members of The Automobile team tell us about themselves — and the cars they drive / VSCC Lakeland Trial — In his Diary of a dilettante Tom Threlfall reports on this November event / Lagonda LG6 — Dennis Harrison recounts his meeting with a fine example of 1930s transport for the gentry / 1921 Pierce - Arrow «The gilded cage» — A unique example of this prestigious American car is described for us by Zoe Harrison / Chitty Chitty Bang Bang II — The Editor reveals the history of this fantastic Edwardian special / 10 - year index supplement — An index to all the major articles that have appeared in the 120 issues of The Automobile in so far published / Where are they noIn his Diary of a dilettante Tom Threlfall reports on this November event / Lagonda LG6 — Dennis Harrison recounts his meeting with a fine example of 1930s transport for the gentry / 1921 Pierce - Arrow «The gilded cage» — A unique example of this prestigious American car is described for us by Zoe Harrison / Chitty Chitty Bang Bang II — The Editor reveals the history of this fantastic Edwardian special / 10 - year index supplement — An index to all the major articles that have appeared in the 120 issues of The Automobile in so far published / Where are they noin the 120 issues of The Automobile in so far published / Where are they noin so far published / Where are they now?

At The Automobile we don't just write about old cars, we have our own collection of pre-1960 vehicles which we keep and maintain at our offices in Surrey.

The alternator sends 5 amp - hours at about 3000 RPM to the battery and the balance of its output goes all the other systems in the automobile.

The V - 8 engine — Bryan Goodman lists V - 8 engine manufacturers up to 1939 with special attention to the Ford V - 8 and its many applications / Louis Vuitton Concours D'elegance — The scene at the Hurlingham Club for the filth Concours D'elegance in June / All about the Gwynne — Nick Baldwin and others visit Bill Peacock the doyen of Gwynne affairs in Cornwall / Made in Burton - on - Trent — Mike Worthington - Williams traces the historical progress of the Ryknield Baguley Ace and Salmon manufacturers / 1902 «Curved Dash» Oldsmobile — A beautifully preserved example of America's first volume - produced automobile is described for us by David Hawtin / MG NA Allingham Coupe — The Editor charts the history of the six - cylinder MG NA Magnette and test - drives a coachbuilt 1934 Allingham coupe owned by Keith Portsmore / Gordon Bennett Trial — Zoe Harrison reports on the 90th anniversary of the Isle of Man trial.