9 Apr 2014, 16:17 UTC · By: Florin Tibu / Traction Control Systems, generally referred to as TCS, have begun to be a part of our everyday riding lives and are becoming increasingly common in new motorcycles. From sport to adventure bikes, m...
19 Jan 2014, 13:33 UTC · By: Gabriel Nica / As we’re getting closer to the first BMW M235i test drives, we’re more and more curious about every little aspect of the new Coupe. After all, this is the spiritual descendant of t...
14 Jan 2014, 23:04 UTC · By: Andrei Tutu / In between the Austin Yellow BMW M4 and the Yas Marina Blue M3, BMW's NAIAS booth accommodated a few of their officials and we couldn't help but ask them a brief question.
Smokey Burnou...
14 Jan 2014, 01:12 UTC · By: Andrei Tutu / Now that the Ford Mustang has left its live rear axle behind in favor of an independent rear suspension, the time has come to talk to the pony's chief engineer
30 Dec 2013, 08:13 UTC · By: Alex Oagana / There are plenty of reasons to like or even love the bonkers Mercedes-Benz A 45 AMG, but by far the best one is most likely the sound of its performance exhaust, both while revving it in a tunnel or...
17 Dec 2013, 13:49 UTC · By: Andrei Tutu / People have been trying to squeeze every drop of performance out of the 2013 SRT Viper on the drag strip ever since the vehicle was launched. Now, we have the first stock unit managing to pull a 10s...
15 Nov 2013, 18:30 UTC · By: Alex Oagana / Pitting two identical cars against each other in a drag race wouldn't normally be considered an interesting idea, but when in one of the cars you put five-times DTM champion Bernd Schneider the...
31 Jul 2013, 08:29 UTC · By: Mihnea Radu / If you're not a fan of hot hatches, than you probably won't understand why people are gathered on the side of a mountain road to witness a bulbous looking yellow Renault.
But this is th...
3 Jul 2013, 11:33 UTC · By: Gabriel Nica / Starting with July, BMW announced a series of technical improvements over the whole line-up. One especially caught our eye: launch control modules for 8-speed automatic gearboxes on 1 Series, 3 Seri...
24 Jun 2013, 13:14 UTC · By: Florin Tibu / A feature Kawasaki has used successfully on the bigger KX450F, Launch Control is present on the quarter-liter off-road machine Team green prepared for 2014, the KX250F.
Activated by pressing a la...
21 Nov 2012, 14:06 UTC · By: Alex Tudorache / As if you didn't know already the Nissan GT-R is mind boggling fast in a straight line even without “Launch Control”. The heavy car will do 3.9 seconds without the controversial sys...
21 Nov 2012, 14:06 UTC · By: Mihai Dumitru / The World Motor Sport Council (WMSC) met yesterday, agreeing to ban traction control in Formula 1 from 2008. The FIA proposal has been backed by all 11 teams currently competing in Formula 1.The rev...
2 Jul 2012, 15:48 UTC · By: Andrei Tutu / After Ford offered us a quick view of the launch control feature found on the 2013 Shelby GT500, the camraker is now allowing us to see the vehicle in action at the drag strip once again.
The com...
26 Jun 2012, 11:03 UTC · By: Andrei Tutu / The 2013 Shelby GT500 is one of the craziest machines you can buy without spending a fortune today, but with 650 hp on the rear axle, people want to know if the extreme ‘Stang can handle all t...
28 May 2012, 16:56 UTC · By: Andrei Tutu / The Lamborghini Gallardo can be compared to a diamond without this being a cliche or some not true metaphor that refers to picking up women. It’s actually simple: the number of special edition...
17 May 2012, 14:55 UTC · By: Andrei Tutu / As the hot hatches move further and further up the power ladder, sports cars have started to become threatened by the compact fighters and so their producers made efforts to prevent their classic re...
15 May 2012, 14:01 UTC · By: Andrei Tutu / Whenever a new supercar is launched, the company that makes it brags about the plethora of electronic systems that assist the driver. However, not all of these are shown to us in their actual form. ...
5 Apr 2012, 17:43 UTC · By: Andrei Tutu / The Lamborghini Aventador backs up its 700 hp and four-wheel drive with a ton of electronics and since we’re talking about a supercar, most of the goodies are there to make you go faster. We h...
7 Dec 2011, 13:49 UTC · By: Andrei Tutu / Lamborghini wants to turn every Aventador driver into a hero, so the company offers each one 700 hp, a double-clutch gearbox that makes you miss the shifts when you blink, as well as an all-wheel-dr...
16 Jun 2011, 14:54 UTC · By: Alina Dumitrache / We knew the latest Aprilia RSV4 Factory APRC SE incorporates racetrack-developed technologies, but what really caught our attention from the beginning was the APRC abbreviation in its designation. S...