beetle
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The 2022 Ford Maverick Hybrid Pickup Truck And An Old VW Beetle Share At Least One Technical Quirk
The greater community of truck-lovers and those who are truck-curious are still talking about Ford’s new smallish pickup, the 2022 Maverick. It’s $US20,000 ($25,652) and gets 40 mpg, and is notable for being the first pickup sold with a standard hybrid drivetrain. It’s interesting! At the same time, it’s a pretty straightforward machine, without a…
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This Might Be The First Car To Have The Iconic VW Beetle/Porsche 356 Headlight
I’m not sure if you know this about me, but I tend to have a number of slow-simmering automotive research projects bubbling around, often unattended. One of these has been my quest to figure out the origin of one of my favourite headlamp units in all of motoring: the sloping, chrome-rimmed, double-glass headlight used on…
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Can This Picture Of A Frog Riding A Beetle Be Real, Or Is It Fake?
Petapixel has republished a great article about fake nature photos written by a group of nature photographers who are denouncing the abuses of some of their colleagues. Here it is, reproduced in its entirety. It answers the question — can this picture of a frog riding a beetle be real — and much more.