Cadillac joins Lexus atop study of customer satisfaction

Cadillac joined Lexus as the brand with the most-pleased customers this year, as Detroit makes held three of the top five posts in an annual University of Michigan study of customer satisfaction. Cadillac rose from No. 2 last year to match Lexus with a score of 89 in the American Customer Satisfaction Index, released Tuesday.

Mercedes SL facelift (2008): first official pictures

By Ged Maxwell First Official Pictures 23 January 2008 10:20 With inspiration apparently coming from the stunning 1954 Gullwing, this is Mercedes' facelifted SL. With a new entry-level engine, Merc's clever Airscarf system, and a different front end, this second and final facelift should see the SL through until the next decade. That new nose is the most obvious change.

Traffic Booster honks at drivers as soon as the light turns green

The Traffic Booster is a simple little device: a few resistors, some switches, a box with a cheap car horn in it. The schematics are here for easy home replication, dog-eared copy of "The Anarchist Cookbook" not required. But the apocalyptic infuriation it causes is priceless, and if deployed across a city center, the ensuing riots will cause untold millions in damages.