Car FYI

Photo Credit: FCA Flickr/ Sony Computer Entertainment Approaching the summer time in the northern hemisphere, it is approaching the period (a frightening short one in Canada) where automotive enthusiasts can delight in the perfect weather for outdoor auto shows and other events. The sunny, warm days serve as the invitation for rolling eye candy to stroll out of garages. While summer provides a much more inviting time of year than winter, there is the inevitable days of rain or excessive heat. Perhaps a video game took help pass the time? For Sony Playstation 3 gamers plugging in Gran Turismo 6, Fiat Chrysler Automobiles (FCA) has prepared a little something extra to bring sunshine to cloudy summer days. First mentioned last week,  SRT Tomahawk Vision Gran Turismo  is now fully unveiled by FCA and Sony Computer Entertainment. A super sleek supercar, the SRT Tomahawk is the latest vehicle motivated by virtual world o...

Through video gaming, car enthusiasts have entered an era where our automotive indulgence is achieved without being in physical connection with the actual vehicle. The realistic appearance of video game automobiles and careful emphasis on mimicking real world performance in the virtual world. Recently, popular racing game franchises provided users the opportunity to pilot new cars such as the 2015 Ford Mustang , Chevrolet Corvette Stingray and the BMW M4 even before they appeared in dealerships. While video games had often coveted presenting real, licensed vehicles in their pixelated experiences, developers' cooperation with the auto companies has transitioned. Instead of real world automobiles from popular auto makes being installed into video games, the gamer world has provided a new environment for providing life to concept cars. Since 2013, the Gran Turismo 6 game for the Sony Playstation 3 has opened the door to the designers of severa...

At the 2014 Los Angeles Auto Show, Chevrolet’s most recent concept vehicle meant have just claimed the title as the most outrageous design of the year. Honouring 45 years of their partnership with legendary Chaparral Racing, designers created a car characterizing a similar sense of ground-breaking practical style as what flourished with the 1960s race cars. Called the Chaparral 2X Vision Gran Turismo (VGT), the only more radical part of this concept car is that almost anyone with a Sony Playstation 3 will be able to drive it. Every aspect of the Chaparral 2X VGT can honestly be described as science fiction meets 21 st century motorsports. A lightweight design sculpted under what General Motors classified as a “No-rules environment“, the vehicle is constructed on a composite material chassis. Bearing a minor resemblance to the GM Autonomy, the Chaparral 2X VGT cannot really be compared to any active production or race car. Active driver-adjustable aerodynamic elements pro...