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To meet growing demand in China for vehicles like the 2009 Audi A4, only 2.36 inches longer, Audi has just unveiled the A4L, an A4 with an extended wheelbase. The lengthened wheelbase should show itself in the backseats, which have increased legroom proportional to the stretch. This creates a vehicle that should sit somewhere in between the regular A4 and the A6 in both price and space and is an indicator of the lengths car makers are now going to pursue sales the world’s fastest growing car market, China. Advertisement "The long-wheelbase version of the Audi A4 is being produced exclusively in China for the Chinese market. With this premium product, we chose to go even further than elsewhere in the world to meet the requirements of our Chinese customers,” said Audi Board Member, Peter Schwarzenbauer. The A4L will be offered with either the 180 HP 2.0 turbo four, or the 265 HP V6. Sales will be exclusively limited to the Chinese market. The press release follows: … [Read more...] about Extra-Long Wheelbase Audi A4L Revealed In China

Attention gamers! Here’s a deal that’s just too good to pass up. This guy with a nice suit passing 35th and Claremont Ave. is probably carrying enough on him right now to buy the Death Stranding PS4 Pro bundle if you stick him up. Move fast on this, though. This isn’t a deal you want to miss. This incredible bundle, which includes a copy of Hideo Kojima’s new masterpiece as well as a custom 1TB PS4 Pro system and a Death Stranding-themed Dualshock 4 wireless controller, normally retails for $399.99. But for a limited time, you’ll be able to have it for what this rich-looking dude probably carries on him in cash every day if you just swing around a tire iron and maybe make him fear for his life a little. Advertisement If you’ve been holding off on taking the plunge on this ambitious and experimental new adventure game, it’s unlikely you’ll get a better value than this. This guy’s jacket appears to be real Armani and he seems … [Read more...] about Deal Alert: Guy With Nice Suit Probably Carrying Enough On Him Right Now To Buy ‘Death Stranding’ PS4 Pro Bundle If You Stick Him Up

Wouldn't life be easier if you could just get into your flying car and soar over traffic jams straight to work? We asked Jalopnik readers to come up with ten examples of this awful dream, killing people and ruining lives. Advertisement Welcome back to Answers of the Day — our daily Jalopnik feature where we take the best ten responses from the previous day's Question of the Day and shine it up to show off. It's by you and for you, the Jalopnik readers. Enjoy! If you don't want to click through the gallery you can see the post in a single page right here. Photo Credit: Paleofuture/Tom Z. Advertisement 10.) The Simcopter Suggested By: Kate's Dirty Sister Advertisement Why it failed: Aeronautical designer David Dobbins tried to build a half car/half helicopter out of a French Simca back in 1957. Called the Simcopter, it was powered by a 300-horsepower Lycoming aircraft engine. It managed to get five feet off the ground, but that was as far as it … [Read more...] about The Ten Craziest Failed Flying Cars

If you're one of those people who's always wondering why the flying car hasn't been invented yet, you're too late. The first flying car was already created back in the 1970s — but don't get too excited. It was literally a huge disaster. Over the last year, scientists have been trying to perfect a real flying car — which is for the best, since an imperfect car has caused a lot of trouble in the past. Henry Smolinski was the inventor of the first flying car — and it killed him. But it was a beautiful dream while it lasted. Advertisement Henry Smolinski and his partner, Hal Blake, founded Advanced Vehicle Engineers in 1971, expressly to design and build a flying car. Their one and only product was the AVE Mizar — and it wasn't a design that allowed you to take to the air if you hit a traffic jam on the highway.Instead, it was a simply a car that a person could attach wings to, fly up into the air at a local airport, come down a few hundred miles away at … [Read more...] about The First Flying Car Was Based On The Ford Pinto

Saturday, September 12, 12:23 p.m. — G train en route to Greenpoint Ave stop I’m sitting on a train being laughed at by a group of teenagers. I’m wearing baggy, ripped jeans and a Cat In The Hat hat. They point and snigger, while I gamely try to join in the mocking good cheer by staring uncomfortably off into the distance and pretending I’m elsewhere, anywhere, besides here. Finally, we hit the Hoyt-Schermerhorn stop, and they hop up and file out. As the last kid passes by me, and the doors start to close, I hear him mutter, “Nice hat, asshole.” Advertisement And honestly, I couldn’t agree more. I am here to cover 90sFest, the latest idea in packaged nostalgia and ironic kitsch, only now in handy festival form. It’s part of the Brooklyn Live At The Inlet concert series, produced in tandem with the NYC Department of Parks & Recreation and Open Space Alliance for North Brooklyn. It’s meant to be a celebration of all things … [Read more...] about The dream of the ’90s is (barely) alive in Brooklyn: A tale of horror and survival