I’m glad to see that BMW is bringing an electric car to market. That’s cool.
My opinion is it’s a bridge too far to go to fully autonomous cars.
I replaced the headlights in my car with strobe lights, so it looks like I’m the only one moving.
The car has become the carapace, the protective and aggressive shell, of urban and suburban man.
The greatest pleasure when I started making money was not buying cars or yachts but finding myself able to have as many freshly typed drafts as possible.
Americans are the only people in the world known to me whose status anxiety prompts them to advertise their college and university affiliations in the rear window of their automobiles.
In Japan, they have TV sets in cars right now, where you can punch up traffic routes, weather, everything! You can get Internet access already in cars in Japan, so within the next 2 to 3 years it’s gonna be so crazy!
I really think we should pass a law in every state, I don’t care whether it takes the independence away from an old person or not. You shouldn’t be driving a car if you’re over the age of 80. Maybe even less than that.
If all the cars in the United States were placed end to end, it would probably be Labor Day Weekend.
I drive Fords, and I’ve driven American cars all my life, and I want to have a strong American manufacturing sector, especially in automobiles.
Consider what kind of car you get. Buy cars and other products that have the least impact environmentally.
But to personally satisfy my own adrenalin needs, I’ve been racing cars a little bit, which has been fun.
When you are fitted in a racing car and you race to win, second or third place is not enough.
I think all males from Detroit have an obsession with cars.
I’ve always had an inquisitive mind about everything from flowers to television sets to motor cars. Always pulled them apart – couldn’t put ‘em back, but always extremely interested in how things work.
I’m an anorak. I’ve always been an obsessive collector of things. Richard Briers collects stamps. I collect cars and guns, which are much more expensive, and much more difficult to store.
I wish people would spend their money on hybrid cars.
Running on different types of racetracks is challenging – not only for the drivers, but even more for the team members who have to make adjustments to the cars before each race.
I have about 40 cars, of which 25 to 30 are what you might call serious.
I liken myself to Henry Ford and the auto industry, I give you 90 percent of what most people need.
The years I raced in were fantastic. There was so much change in the cars. We went from treaded tyres to no wings right through to slicks to enormous wings.
Tesla is becoming a real car company.
I was brought up in a car family, my dad loved cars and I was taught the art of making an Austin 7 operate.
Buyers of powerful cars place a high premium on the exhaust note, and manufacturers spend a lot of money getting it right. At the same time, high-end cars are expected to filter out the sounds of the mundane world.
We approach people the same way we approach our cars. We take the poor kid to a doctor and ask, What’s wrong with him, how much will it cost, and when can I pick him up?
