Just because you can’t afford to buy a new car doesn’t mean that you’re doomed to drive an old school clunker for the rest of your life. In fact, an entire industry exists to supply drivers like yourself with an array of aftermarket gadgets, gizmos, and doohickeys that’ll make your old car feel new again.
While
2008-12-11 - “brake.tech 2008″, a two day congress organised by ATZlive and TÜV Süd covered on its second day the most interesting topic of brake systems for hybrid vehicles. “Do Hybrids need a different brake system?” - The opinion of experts is “yes”.
To achieve “hypermiler cars” reusing the energy during braking seems to be a
Each pickup truck make has its own devotees, and up until now, selection was pretty much a matter of individual taste and traditional loyalties. That may be about to change with the recent introduction of the all-new Dodge Ram 1500 series, which happens to be Chrysler’s best-selling vehicle.
The 2009 Ram 1500 pickups are available in
Midsize sedans are no longer blandly styled, boring boxes for driving to work. Today we are seeing emotionally provocative and exciting designs on the common, everyday four-door sedan.
The Chevy Malibu didn’t become the 2008 North American Car of the Year by accident. Interior comfort and fine handling led by a compelling exterior design caught the
For people who like gadgets, this is a fine time to be alive.
Here are a few gadgets that help to entertain you when you’re stuck in traffic, provide you with info to avoid the traffic and take photos of where you have been.
The entertainment side of the equation comes from a product called iTrip Auto,
Pictures and details of the new 2010 Ford Mustang have emerged on the web ahead of the car’s launch at tomorrow’s Los Angeles motor show.
Essentially a heavily revised version of the current car, the new Ford Mustang doesn’t break any new ground and it sticks to the same mechanical formula.That means a choice of V8
Daimler’s diminutive Smart car is a global hit and BMW’s Mini has redefined the sporty small car, but the fact is that luxury carmakers remain deeply skeptical that their hard-core customers are really willing to downsize. Instead, automakers are doing their best to drive down fuel consumption and carbon dioxide emissions in the same plush,
While Ed Wallace claims in his Oct. 8 column that there is no auto credit crisis (BusinessWeek.com, 10/7/08), I invite him to actually talk with any of the thousands of customers who couldn’t secure adequate financing on a new vehicle purchase this past month.
I also invite him to ask me about how things look from
German automakers pride themselves on being at the leading edge of new technology, so it has been a bit of an embarrassment that—a decade after Toyota (TM) launched the Prius—none of them has a hybrid electric model on the market. But, with fuel economy and environmental impact suddenly a key concern for well-heeled buyers, Daimler’s
Audi has used the Paris Motor Show to unveil a compact 5-door variation of the 3-door A1 project quattro car first shown in Tokyo last year. The concept, which the company says “shows another possible direction for forthcoming production A1″, features updated hybrid technology which combines a 1.4 TFSI petrol engine with a 20 kW