I love to nerd out about car design, especially details that people might overlook or not focus on enough, so earlier this week I asked the Jalopnik audience to tell me about their favorite side-view ...
I started noticing the wide-angle side view mirror trend last fall when I drove the redesigned-for-2012 Honda CR-V. These vehicle mirrors seem to be everywhere, including many Ford vehicles and my ...
Automotive manufacturers have been experimenting with virtual mirror technology for some time now. BMW has recently filed a patent that aims to better replicate the classic mirror experience while ...
BMW brings its i8 Mirrorless concept to CES 2016, demonstrating a functional camera system designed to completely replace side and rearview mirrors. Wayne Cunningham Managing Editor / Roadshow Wayne ...
Car manufacturers are positively giddy for safety-conscious cameras with cute monikers right now. There’s the Nissan Around View Monitor, the Honda LaneWatch and the Mercedes-Benz Night View Assist ...
It’s a warning you see in basically every car: “Objects in mirror are closer than they appear.” But why can’t passenger-side mirrors display objects accurately? Well, it’s actually a careful design ...
Question: How do you properly adjust your side mirrors? I think most people adjust them so they can see the side of their own car, but I read something years ago where you should adjust your mirrors ...
Digital side-view mirror tech is one of those technologies that U.S.-market cars haven’t been allowed to enjoy just yet. A number of manufacturers offer vehicles in Europe or Asia with the ...
The small mirror attached to your car's side mirror is called a blind spot mirror. It's usually a small convex piece of glass added to either corner of the main side-view mirror. Its purpose is to ...
It seems Lexus is fed up with having to look at a piece of reflective glass and plastic to know what’s in your side rearview. That’s so 2017. So the company decided to introduce a new way to look ...