Hacker News with Generative AI: Cars

Sayonara, R35: Nissan Japan has stopped taking orders for the GT-R (topgear.com)
After nearly two decades of embarrassing supercars, Nissan has officially stopped taking orders for the indomitable R35 GT-R in Japan.
Cars, Japan, Nissan, GT-R
148 points by teleforce 3 days ago | 146 comments
I tasted Honda’s spicy rodent-repelling tape and I will do it again (2021) (haterade.substack.com)
A while back, after a series of car troubles too boring to enumerate, I learned about the existence of mouse tape.
Cars, Automotive, DIY, Humor, Personal Anecdote
1579 points by voxadam 23 days ago | 453 comments
Hackers crack Subaru's connected services to access data, door locks and more (jalopnik.com)
If you own a modern Subaru, chances are you’ve heard of Starlink — the company’s connected services suite, which lets you control your car through an app or call roadside assistance to your location. That system, though, has other functionality that you might not know: Storing your car’s location history for the last year, and making that information available through an admin panel that until recently was left wide open for hackers.
Cybersecurity, Subaru, Cars, Hacking, Privacy
80 points by gmays 37 days ago | 30 comments
McLarens and CarPlay (adambell.ca)
For as long as I can remember, I've always been a fan of motorsport.
Cars, Technology, Reviews
43 points by 0x0 41 days ago | 11 comments
Honda Civic Hybrid: A refreshing alternative to a crossover (arstechnica.com)
When Honda gave the 11th-generation Civic Hatchback a refresh late last year, among the changes were the addition of a hybrid option to the lineup.
Cars, Hybrid Vehicles, Honda, Reviews, Technology
4 points by PaulHoule 41 days ago | 4 comments
Ask HN: How to produce a 3D scan of a car from a mobile phone? (ycombinator.com)
A client is interested in 3D scanning cars, outdoors and in varying conditions.
3D Scanning, Mobile Technology, Cars, User Feedback
19 points by canxerian 41 days ago | 24 comments
Olav's Licence Plate Pictures (olavsplates.com)
This site contains photographs of license/ number/ registration plates from 105 countries seen "live in action" on vehicles and has been online since 21. October 2000.
Photography, Travel, Cars, Collections
3 points by alibarber 43 days ago | 0 comments
How did they make cars fall apart in old movies (2017) (stackexchange.com)
A staple of old Buster Keaton/Laurel and Hardy films is the car that falls completely apart, either when closing one of the doors or even when driving, like so:
Filmmaking, Comedy, History, Cars
281 points by mgsouth 53 days ago | 102 comments
You Don't Need a Full-Size Pickup Truck, You Need a Cowboy Costume (2019) (thedrive.com)
The most popular vehicles in America may be the greatest examples of overcompensation ever invented.
Cars, Lifestyle, Opinion
10 points by tobr 57 days ago | 15 comments
1972 Mercedes-Benz 600 Kompressor [video] (youtube.com)
Cars, Vintage Cars, Mercedes-Benz
74 points by doener 63 days ago | 22 comments
The Headlight Brightness Wars (theringer.com)
The crusade against bright headlights has picked up speed in recent years, in large part due to a couple of Reddit nerds. Could they know what’s best for the auto industry better than the auto industry itself?
Cars, Technology, Reddit, Culture
165 points by throw0101b 79 days ago | 197 comments
You Can Buy a Car on Amazon Now (wired.com)
The next time you see a Hyundai online, you may just be able to hit Add to Cart.
E-commerce, Amazon, Cars
11 points by marban 86 days ago | 5 comments
Jaguar Introduces Type 00 (jaguar.com)
Jaguar has a radical new design language.
Cars, Design, Jaguar
15 points by jiwidi 94 days ago | 21 comments
Modern cars are surveillance devices on wheels with major privacy risks (theconversation.com)
New research reveals serious privacy flaws in the data practices of new internet connected cars in Australia. It’s yet another reason why we need urgent reform of privacy laws.
Privacy, Cars, Technology, Australia, Surveillance
64 points by PaulHoule 95 days ago | 22 comments
First Geared CVT [video] (youtube.com)
Cars, Engineering, Technology, Videos
8 points by dsego 95 days ago | 3 comments
What does this button do? – My new car has a mysterious and undocumented switch (koenvh.nl)
Last week I bought a car. After twelve years of service, my old trusty Peugeot 107 in blue has had its best. Expensive repairs were coming at some point, and I did not feel like waiting around for them to come.
Cars, User Experience, Technology
712 points by Koenvh 97 days ago | 509 comments
In the Rockets' Red Glare: The past and future of hot-rodding in America (harpers.org)
Remy and I had our private commentaries, always on alert for little ironies and epiphanies, as we seized on the richer details of what I just described to you as a dreamworld but isn’t. It is real, and we didn’t entirely stumble upon it. Because who, among Americans, would not have at least heard of drag racing? Would not be able to conjure some image, no matter how vague, of what it is?
American Culture, Cars, History
62 points by delichon 98 days ago | 69 comments
Every Hands-Free Driving System Available in 2024 (caranddriver.com)
We profile all of the Level 3 and hands-free Level 2 driving systems on the market today. Don't take your hands off the wheel without reading this.
Autonomous Driving, Technology, Cars, Reviews
8 points by luu 101 days ago | 9 comments
Modern cars are surveillance devices on wheels with major privacy risks (techxplore.com)
New research reveals serious privacy flaws in the data practices of new internet-connected cars in Australia. It's yet another reason why we need urgent reform of privacy laws.
Privacy, Cars, Technology, Australia, Regulation
9 points by mdp2021 106 days ago | 1 comments
How do cars do in out-of-sample crash testing? (2020) (danluu.com)
While having car crash test results is obviously better than not having them, the results themselves don't tell us what happens when we get into an accident that doesn't exactly match a benchmark.
Cars, Safety, Testing, Statistics
86 points by surprisetalk 110 days ago | 172 comments
$8k Suzuki from India received a 5-star crash test rating (jalopnik.com)
There aren’t any new models available under $20,000 in the for American car buyers anymore, but emerging auto markets like India have plenty of cheap cars to go around. One of these budget cars just proved that you don’t have to spend a lot of money to be safe.
Cars, India, Safety, Crash Testing
309 points by rntn 114 days ago | 318 comments
Trends in Cars that Could be Affecting Toyota's Legendary Reliability (topspeed.com)
Cars, Toyota, Reliability, Trends
13 points by prmph 118 days ago | 11 comments
Since the '60s, Ford has stored cars underground in a Kansas City cave (hagerty.com)
You may have seen a photo floating around the Internet that depicts a gaggle of Mavericks—not the pickup, but the econo-coupe that preceded it—lurking in what appears to be some type of natural cave. Dig a little deeper, and you might even stumble across a sentence or two explaining that these unlikely spelunkers represent overstock stuffed by Ford into a subterranean system carved deep beneath the bedrock of Missouri.
Cars, History, Ford, Kansas City, Underground Storage
210 points by walterbell 119 days ago | 85 comments
Sudha Car Museum (twitter.com)
Museums, India, Cars
50 points by udit99 131 days ago | 19 comments
Colorful cars are becoming a thing of the past (businessinsider.com)
Cars used to come in a riot of colors. So how did they all end up in black and white?
Cars, Trends, Design, History
18 points by indigoabstract 136 days ago | 26 comments
Why U.S. Regulators See Minicars as the Enemy (jalopnik.com)
Minicars and microcars aren’t a thing in the U.S. Despite their popularity in Europe and Asia, tiny cars have never been able to get a foothold stateside.
Cars, Regulations, United States
23 points by harambae 150 days ago | 26 comments
$61 kit turns any Hot Wheels into a remote-controlled drift car (thedrive.com)
I might be in the minority here, but I stopped collecting die-cast cars years ago.
Remote Control, Toys, Cars, DIY Projects
49 points by PaulHoule 150 days ago | 8 comments
Controversy over introduction of numberplates (autocar.co.uk)
Nobody today gives a second thought to their car needing registration plates, but initially this was a very unpopular imposition.
Cars, History, Regulations
28 points by peutetre 152 days ago | 17 comments
The 1963 Ford Cardinal–too radical for America at the time (arstechnica.com)
Between 100 percent tariffs and now an impending ban on software, it's clear that America's auto industry is more than a little worried about having its lunch eaten by heavily subsidized Chinese car makers. But it's far from the first time that the suits in Detroit have seen storm clouds arriving from far-off lands.
Cars, History, US Economy
7 points by bookofjoe 157 days ago | 2 comments
Hackers remotely unlocked Kia cars with just a license plate scan (pcworld.com)
Being able to use an app on my phone to start my car and warm it up ten minutes before I leave on a cold morning is some real “living in the future” stuff. I love it. But connecting everything to everything does open up a lot of potential risk, and security researchers just demonstrated that.
Security, Cars, Hacking, Technology
8 points by taubek 159 days ago | 1 comments