11 Oct 2012, 19:21 UTC · By: Mihnea Radu / BMW TwinPower Turbo used to mean single twin-scroll turbo. Nowadays, it's applied to every single turbocharged engine produced by the Bavarian automaker
10 Oct 2012, 15:21 UTC · By: Andrei Nedelea / The launch of an all-new Golf is a really big deal for Volkswagen, as it is their most important product, by a long shot. The latest car, the MK.7, is bristling with technology and innovations, in o...
10 Oct 2012, 11:27 UTC · By: Andrei Nedelea / CinePrint technology uses an iPad to animate and bring various printed works to life. Lexus has used this technology to make a magazine ad for its new ES much more interested - they have succeeded! ...
9 Oct 2012, 15:53 UTC · By: Andrei Nedelea / The use of ‘exotic’ materials is what pushes the price of supercars up considerably - carbon fiber is very expensive, and it is still not feasible to use it in regular production cars. H...
8 Oct 2012, 14:51 UTC · By: Andrei Nedelea / The Toyota GT86 (which we recently test drove) family is barely out, and owners have begun reporting problems with the cars’ flat-four 2.0-liter engine. The unit, made by Subaru, apparently ex...
4 Oct 2012, 14:37 UTC · By: Andrei Nedelea / After having shown off a coat which turns anybody who wears it virtually invisible, scientists at Keiko Universtity in Japan have refined the technology, for use in cars. Cameras mounted on the ...
3 Oct 2012, 09:07 UTC · By: Andrei Nedelea / Toyota have announced that they will be introducing the Smart Insect concept, at the Combined Exhibition of Advanced Technologies (CEATEC), an annual technology trade show, held in Japan. It is a Tw...
2 Oct 2012, 13:15 UTC · By: Andrei Nedelea / Nissan have just showcased a self-driving version of their Leaf, at the Combined Exhibition of Advanced Technologies (CEATEC), an annual technology trade show, from Japan. The NSC-2015 prototype sho...
2 Oct 2012, 11:37 UTC · By: Andrei Nedelea / Ford and GM will apparently be joining forces in order to split the development costs for new automatic gearboxes. However, they are no ordinary gearboxes, as they will have 8, 9 and 10 speeds, resp...
1 Oct 2012, 12:00 UTC · By: Andrei Nedelea / Lithium, the lightest metal known to man, is the key ‘ingredient’ in all modern EV and hybrid vehicle battery packs, and with demand on the rise, its price has increased by 35% over the ...
25 Sep 2012, 08:48 UTC · By: Andrei Nedelea / Since GM has acquired a 7% stake in PSA Peugeot Citroen, it was only natural that the French giant would sever its ties with BMW, ties which had been set up in October, in view of jointly developing...
25 Sep 2012, 08:30 UTC · By: Andrei Nedelea / Since you can now buy quite a few cars which have the capacity to drive themselves on the highway, it’s not hard to imagine what the technology may progress into, in the coming decades. Wi...
21 Sep 2012, 14:05 UTC · By: Andrei Nedelea / The 2012 Intarnationale Automobil-Ausstellung (IAA) Commercial Vehicle Show is the venue chosen by Goodyear to debut their innovative self-inflating tire technology - Air Maintenance Technology (AMT...
21 Sep 2012, 07:50 UTC · By: Andrei Nedelea / In the quest to get engines to perform better, while using less fuel, Audi have announced that they are working on a version of their V6 TDI engine which uses an electric turbocharging system. It fe...
20 Sep 2012, 11:40 UTC · By: Andrei Nedelea / You may remember that a while back we posted an article in which it was detailed how a BMW can be stolen with relative ease, by accessing the car’s OBD II port, and programming in a blank key....
19 Sep 2012, 14:30 UTC · By: Andrei Nedelea / People who are used to driving a car with an automatic gearbox are also used to it ‘creeping’ when stationary, in drive, when the brake is released. Creeping is the norm among convention...
19 Sep 2012, 13:48 UTC · By: Andrei Nedelea / Parking sensors have become very widespread. They are available as an option on pretty much any car you can think of, and their usefulness is undeniable. However, Cadillac has taken the concept one ...
7 Sep 2012, 07:23 UTC · By: Andrei Nedelea / Ford officials have just announced that both the Fiesta and B-Max will be receiving a new six-speed twin-clutch gearbox - it will be available straight from launch, for the facelifted Fiesta. The...
29 Aug 2012, 11:50 UTC · By: Andrei Nedelea / Mercedes F1 developed a system which allows the race car to reach a higher top speed on the straights, by channeling air through a series of ducts, for the purpose of re-routing air from the car&rsq...
24 Aug 2012, 09:36 UTC · By: Andrei Nedelea / The Ford Taurus aims to be a more upscale alternative to that other Blue Oval sedan, the Fusion (which will be sold in Europe virtually unmodified as the Ford Mondeo). However, despite the fact ...