Around the Tracks: Frankfurt, gaming, and Seinfeld’s Mercedes
Why is the Frankfurt motor show struggling? And would you buy a Nissan gaming chair?
When we’re not creating it ourselves, the CarAdvice team spends a lot of time finding and consuming motoring content from all over the world.
Here’s a handful of the articles, videos and social media posts that most caught our eye last week. Some of them are brand-new, others have been online for a while.
Enjoy them – just not too much, okay?
Nissan envisions car-themed esports gaming chairs – Jon Fingas, Engadget
Nissan's connection to gaming might extend beyond the occasional car in a racing sim. The automaker has joined with FaZe Clan and OpTic Gaming to design a trio of "esports gaming chairs" themed around (what else?) some of its more iconic cars.
Frankfurt's no-shows, darkened halls signal an industry in flux - Jason Stein, Automotive News
You didn't need to look far to spot a metaphor for this year's Frankfurt auto show — and perhaps a European industry. You just had to look up.
Driving Jerry Seinfeld’s Mercedes-Benz E60 Renntech RS - Sean Evans, Gear Patrol
Seinfeld needed something ratcheted up; all the soup for him. So Merc turned to well-known tuner Renntech, which installed more than $100,000 in updates in an E-Class — resulting in an E60 that remains a diabolical land rocket some 22 years later.