Four of the Best Gadgets to Buy a Car Lover This Christmas

Do you know a petrolhead who seemingly has everything? We bet you’ll find something to fill their Christmas stocking on our list of the coolest gadgets for car lovers – or maybe you’ll just find something for yourself!

Here are some the best car gadgets that we’re hoping to find under our tree on Christmas Day…

Motorola Keylink

The feeling of frustration that comes from losing your car keys is something we all endure too often. Thankfully Motorola has harnessed the power of the smartphone to eliminate those misplaced-key moments, and designed a device called the Keylink – a keyring that allows keys to be located with through the Motorola Connect app, which can be downloaded to an iPhone or Android phone. What’s even niftier about the Motorola Keylink is that it can help you to find your smartphone too, should that go missing. Just make sure you don’t lose both at the same time!

Flux Capacitor USB Car Charger

If you can’t afford a Delorean, here’s the next best thing: a Flux Capacitor USB Car Charger, a now-real product that started life as an April Fools’ Day prank by ThinkGeek. It looks and flashes just like the Flux Capacitor made famous by Doc Brown, but while you won’t be going Back to the Future any time while you use it, it does have two USB ports so you can charge two devices simultaneously in your car. Which is the same thing, right?

Garmin Dash Cam 20

Apart from being extremely helpful in making a car insurance claim or accident report, a dashboard camera, or ‘dash cam’ can also be used to capture footage of scenic or fun drives – if you’re lucky enough to capture those kinds of drives, that is. The Garmin Dash Cam 20 is the perfect set of ‘eyes’ for your dashboard as it’s a HD, GPS-powered device that also has a microphone that records sounds inside the vehicle. Not only that, but the Dash Cam 20 can also be removed and used as a camera to take still snapshots, for example of damage to a vehicle, should it be necessary.

iOBD2 Engine Data Reader

We all know someone who is hopelessly geeky when it comes to their car - and for them, the iOBD2 Engine Data Reader is perfect. This clever device, a 16-pin diagnostics connector plugs into your engine and transforms an iPhone or Android smartphone into an advanced engine data reader, making engine tuning an absolute breeze as all the critical facts about your car engine’s performance is literally placed into your hands. From fuel consumption to air intake, quarter-mile performance to acceleration, anything the iOBD2 can’t tell you about your car is simply not worth knowing.