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Sometimes everyday cars grow up to become wild dream machines. From the first days of automobiles, custom accessories have been a part of car culture. As decades passed, car ownership grew until just about every driveway had at least one automobile. Model after model came out year after year until junkyards become full of old cars. That's when innovative designers, engineers, and mechanics fused new creations from old and restored many junkyard wrecks...
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The auto industry is about to undergo its biggest change ever. You'll have a completely different relationship with automobiles than your parents did. You'll talk to your car and it will talk back. It'll be able to drive itself if you don't want to bother. Everything we know about cars is being retooled and fitted with new tech. To get to the stage where these kinds of cars will be available for sale takes a lot of preparation. The car industry has...
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Trucks have always been the car's less attractive and less washed cousins. That does not mean their culture is any less important and certainly not less fun. In fact, trucks are essential to the economy of the world and are a lot of fun when the right creative-minded person comes along and makes a monster of them. From 18-wheelers hauling everything under the sun cross-country to pickup trucks fancier than any luxury car, it's all inside. Pickups...
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At the turn of the 20th Century, the automobile (then called the horseless carriage) had been around for about a decade. But just being able to get from one place to another without a horse wasn't enough for many drivers. Humans had discovered speed and we loved what it felt like. Faster and faster cars were being produced and car races were becoming popular. The exotic car, luxury car, supercar, and extreme car all began on the early raceways of...
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Cars are everywhere. A grocery store parking lot on a Wednesday afternoon has more horsepower at its disposal than most armies of the 19th Century. What's more amazing than that mini-fact is the fact that 60 million cars come off the assembly line each and every year. These cars come from carmakers located all around the world. Learn about the many companies that produce today's cars, from the giant Japanese brands Toyota, Honda and Nissan to American...
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Today, Iran represents a threat to its neighbors and maybe even the world. It could be one of the next nations to develop nuclear weapons. Although the United States and Europe have been engaging in intense diplomatic efforts to convince Iran not to go further down that road, tensions remain high. Iran is a proud country with an exalted history. Many of its leaders see it as their destiny to be a dominant power in the region, and possibly a next world...
7) Saudi Arabia
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Saudi Arabia is a country in the midst of a major cultural shift. Women are beginning to see changes that allow them more freedom; yet the country still restricts them in ways unimaginable in Western society. The government's ambitious Saudi Vision 2030 plan aims to modernize the infrastructure, technology, and tourism sectors to make Saudi Arabia more attractive to the international community. But the country's harsh social policies risk alienating...
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