Car

Do you like the idea of car decals celebrating your mood, team affiliation, politics or sense of humor but can't bring yourself to permanently stick anything on the rear of your pristine chariot? If so, the Mojipic voice-controlled emoji car display might just be right up your alley.

French artist Benedetto Bufalino has been transforming ordinary cars into surreal art installations for several years now. His latest work adventurously reclaims an old camping trailer and miraculously turns it into a functional, mobile swimming pool.

We recently spent a week with the 2016 Chevrolet Cruze in its Premier trim level. We loved the car when we spent a day with it in Nashville earlier in the year and found the extra time didn't tarnish our original impressions of it.

It takes a special type of bravery to succeed at the Isle of Man TT. This year, the course played host to two new records, with Subaru smashing its own record for cars and Michael Dunlop becoming the first man to cover the course in under 17 minutes

Shell is perhaps best known for producing what goes into cars, rather than cars themselves. Now, the firm has taken the wraps off a car that it says will use a third less energy in its lifetime than a typical city car and around half the energy to build and run than a typical small family car.

Each year Ferrari lovers – along with some of the rarest Ferraris ever seen – flock to Palm Beach, Florida, for a five-day celebration of the Ferrari brand. It's called the Cavallino Classic.

The Contact Area Information Sensing (CAIS) system includes a sensor on the tire’s internal wall that monitors its interaction with the road surface and informs the driver accordingly. In development since 2011, the CAIS is finally ready for commercial applications.

In a similar way to head-up-displays like the Garmin HUD, the upcoming Carloudy sits on a car dash and throws navigation prompts onto the windscreen. But thanks to a display technology that sips at the battery, its designers are promising weeks of usage without needing to hit the charger.

A research team from Oak Ridge National Laboratory's (ORNL) Department of Energy has created a new model for how we can connect the way we power our homes and vehicles.

Lexus has built a full-size, driveable cardboard car. The project is, of course, a bit of a stunt, but the impressive Origami Car is a faithful and life-size version of the Lexus IS saloon.

Minis have not been that mini for some time now. Similarly, the firm's description of its new Clubman as a "shooting brake" ​also feels like poetic license. Nonetheless, it's designed for everyday and long-distance usage and looks both practical and comfortable for those purposes.

Bloodhound SSC has gone on show in London ahead of its audacious bid to break the 1,000 mph (1,600 km/h) barrier. Gizmag was invited along to take an up-close look at the feat of engineering and raw power on display.