Touareg Turns Hybrid, Passat Finds BlueMotion
3 Feb 2009, 09:38 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / Growing concern about environmental issues, as well as better than predicted market response to Hybrid vehicles, made all car producers occupy themselves with the creation of either hybrid or more f...
Elegant Brake Cufflinks for Rich Petrolheads
3 Feb 2009, 07:55 UTC · By: Madalina Iancu / When you're a real petrolhead, you are doing everything to show this to the world. This might also include wearing some brake cufflinks on your sleeve... You didn't know such things existe...
Brembo, Marelli and Pirelli to Work on Cyber Tyre
2 Feb 2009, 09:55 UTC · By: Bogdan Popa / Brembo, Magneti Marelli and Pirelli recently announced an agreement that will help the three companies develop high-end technologies for both the Italian and the global automotive industry, helping ...
Live Luggage Launches Electrically-Powered Suitcase
30 Jan 2009, 11:17 UTC · By: Madalina Iancu / Hardly did we imagine a future where our luggage could be electrically-powered and walk all by itself to the airport. However, technology and mankind's inventiveness continually shows us we hav...
Ferrari to Traffic Assist You with the Pro Z250
29 Jan 2009, 15:01 UTC · By: Madalina Iancu / While in the past, our parents were using maps to show them the road to destination when traveling by car, we are taking advantage of high-tech devices that guide our way a lot easier. And because G...
Ford Beats Competition in… Technology Patents
28 Jan 2009, 17:53 UTC · By: Bogdan Popa / Developing new technologies that could improve fuel economy, safety and other important aspects of the car is vital in today’s struggling automotive industry but Ford simply does a great job i...
West Nexco and Nissan to Increase Safety with Phones
28 Jan 2009, 13:06 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / Nissan and West Nippon Expressway ( NEXCO ) have joined forces to research systems that could help prevent accidents and provide drivers with realtime information. The joint project counts on the wi...
UK Invests 27 million pounds in Biofuel Research
28 Jan 2009, 07:55 UTC · By: Bogdan Popa / The United Kingdom government and 15 different businesses across the country decided to invest nearly 27 million pounds ($38.10 million) in alternative biofuels that do not rely on food. UK's b...
Porsche Debuts New Sports Exhaust System for 911 Carrera and Targa 4
27 Jan 2009, 08:14 UTC · By: Bogdan Popa / German sports car manufacturer Porsche released a new sports exhaust system for the latest generation 911 that will become available as optional equipment starting February 2009. Although the new pa...
Bavaria Yachtbau, BMW Present Deep Blue 46, High Performance Motorboat
26 Jan 2009, 15:25 UTC · By: Bogdan Popa / BMW Group DesignworksUSA and Bavaria Yachtbau GmbH, a leading yacht manufacturer in Europe, today announced their first motorboat resulting from the collaboration: the Deep Blue 46 which will be dis...
Non-GM Models to Feature OnStar Too
26 Jan 2009, 08:41 UTC · By: Bogdan Popa / General Motors' OnStar system may become available on other non-GM models very soon as the America automaker is now discussing with other companies the possibility to install the service in the...
No More Chrome in Volvo's Leather Interiors
23 Jan 2009, 15:10 UTC · By: Bogdan Popa / Chromed parts definitely look good on most cars, but this doesn't necessarily mean that it is 100 percent recommended. Even though most people say that leather-tanning is an incredibly complex ...
Chevrolet Launches Online Interactive Design Center
22 Jan 2009, 12:59 UTC · By: Bogdan Popa / The world of car designing is undoubtedly fascinating but, in most cases, it is extremely difficult to go behind the curtain and find out what happens in such a designing center. Well, Chevrolet Eur...
Meet SQUID, the Tentacles of the Law
21 Jan 2009, 09:28 UTC · By: Bogdan Popa / Since bullets, barriers and spikes often proved to be quite useless against fugitives who run away on the highway like Michael Schumacher on a circuit in his good days, a group of scientists designe...
Ford Announces Dual Clutch Gearbox for Small-Car Segment
21 Jan 2009, 08:37 UTC · By: Bogdan Popa / Given the difficult market conditions that hammered its sales, Ford is continuously struggling to find better ways to revamp its sales. Just like it said in December, the American company plans to c...
BMW Receives Two 10 Best Engines Awards
19 Jan 2009, 14:14 UTC · By: Bogdan Popa / BMW proudly announced today that two of its engines, namely the 3.0-liter twin-turbocharged DOHC inline-6 and the BMW Advanced Diesel with BluePerformance technology, received two 10 Best Engines aw...
Schwinn Mocks US Automakers, Launches Hybrid Bicycle
15 Jan 2009, 15:29 UTC · By: Bogdan Popa / US automakers put all their faith and hope in the “hands” of hybrids as they are often described as the only type of vehicles that can rescue their apparently sealed gloomy future. Their...
2009 Kia Cee'd ISG Reduces Fuel Consumption by 15 Percent
15 Jan 2009, 10:00 UTC · By: Bogdan Popa / Kia Motors Corp. today said that the 2009 Kia Cee'd ISG, equipped with the newly-developed Idle Stop & Go technology, will arrive in the market in March 2009. The new model, exclusively add...
Garmin Helps Automakers Reduce Fuel Consumption
14 Jan 2009, 14:39 UTC · By: Bogdan Popa / Automakers across the world are not the only companies that aim to reduce vehicle fuel consumption as several other firms, including the popular navigation devices manufacturer Garmin, develop advan...
The smart fortwo ed Will be Powered by Tesla Motors
14 Jan 2009, 09:07 UTC · By: Alex Oagana / In a surprise announcement at a Society of Analysts (SAA) meeting, Tesla Motors CEO Elon Musk let the cat out of the bag about a partnership going on between his company and Daimler AG. The joint ve...