by vmhmediagroup | Sep 13, 2018 | XS Legend
Way back in the early 1970s, Michelin made a run of composite glass-fiber and resin wheels for Citroën’s SM-based rally car. The first car equipped with them won its first race, the 1971 Morocco Rally. By 1972 they were offered as a factory option for buyers of...
by vmhmediagroup | Sep 12, 2018 | XS Legend
Lexus is dropping traditional side mirrors for sleek digital cameras in what it calls an industry-first move to improve safety, visibility and cabin solitude. The technology will debut in the redesigned ES sedan that goes on sale in October. The camera-based system...
by vmhmediagroup | Sep 12, 2018 | XS Legend
The inventor of the wheel is long lost to time, but Craig Donnelly sends his thanks anyway. Mr. Donnelly, who runs the American operation for the German wheel maker BBS, is driven by wheels: cast alloy, magnesium, forged aluminum, painted silver or black or titanium,...