Volkswagen TSI Engines Explained
26 May 2013, 15:41 UTC · By: Mihnea Radu / Volkswagen's TSI engines range from about 90 horsepower to 300. Their setups range from low fuel consumption to sporscar performance
How To Update Toyota Entune System
16 May 2013, 16:23 UTC · By: Gabriel Brindusescu / If you want to keep your old, trustworthy Toyota, you might want to update your Entune infotainment system, and this guide will tell you how to do it
How to Choose Your Perfect Convertible Car
12 May 2013, 20:24 UTC · By: Mihnea Radu / There’s no hiding why we’re talking about top-down motoring a nice day like this. It’s sunny, not too hot, there’s not a single cloud in the sky and the roads aren’t cl...
Tips on What To Look For When Buying a BMW E46
22 Apr 2013, 12:22 UTC · By: Gabriel Nica / The fourth generation of the BMW 3 Series was one of the most reliable BMWs ever, which helped them gain massive popularity among the carmaker's fans
How Peugeot-Citroen's Hybrid Air System Works: The Car That Runs on Air
7 Apr 2013, 17:34 UTC · By: Mihnea Radu / Air: it allows humans to breathe, airplanes to fly, fills balloons, propagates sound waves and is basically a crucial part of our everyday lives. But can it fuel a car? Most people can only dream ab...
M133 – The First Four-Cylinder Turbo Mercedes-AMG Engine Explained
24 Mar 2013, 21:08 UTC · By: Mihnea Radu / Two liters: that's how much water is in an average bottle you use to quench your thirst. It's also the volume displacement of one of the most amazing automotive engines that can completely...
Ford EcoBoost Turbo Engines Explained
10 Mar 2013, 22:18 UTC · By: Mihnea Radu / To most people, engine families sound like funny names created with no particular reason, but they actually speak volumes about what sort of performance they can expect from each and every model the...
How to Clean and Detail a Car Interior
24 Feb 2013, 21:56 UTC · By: Mihnea Radu / It was three or four years ago when you bought you brand new car. At the time, a full leather interior in beige or even gray seemed like a good idea, as it lifted the spirits on those winter days. &...
Your Guide to the Japanese Car Culture!
10 Feb 2013, 20:26 UTC · By: Mihnea Radu / Why is that small car so low to the ground and sporting a ginormous wing? What a hatchiroku? What makes drifting so cool and where do hybrid come from? Those are the sort of questions most car fa...
DIY: How To Change the Cabin Air Filter on Your BMW 5 Series
8 Feb 2013, 14:30 UTC · By: Gabriel Nica / Suppose that you want to change the cabin air filter on your BMW 5 Series (F10 or F11) and you don't want to pay someone else to do it. This is how it's done
City Car or Supermini: What Car to Buy?
27 Jan 2013, 17:38 UTC · By: Mihnea Radu / Honestly, buying a new car has never been easy, especially for people who just want something to get them from A to B. Automotive journalists will tell you that small econoboxes are boring and do...
Best New Hot Hatchbacks to Buy for $20,000
13 Jan 2013, 18:46 UTC · By: Mihnea Radu / The hatchback has always been a pretty good economy car. Most buyers consider it to be nothing fancy or fun, something to be avoided if you’re after respect at your local cars and coffee Sunda...
Safety Tips for Driving at Night
30 Dec 2012, 15:44 UTC · By: Mihnea Radu / Some people enjoy driving at night, some couldn’t care less and some positively hate the idea. There’s good reason for this, as a lot more crashes and fatalities happen on the road after...
Downsizing - How to Keep Performance at Low Displacement
16 Dec 2012, 15:10 UTC · By: Andrei Nedelea / This year has seen an explosion in the number of turbocharged small displacement petrol engines available under the bonnets of new cars. Ford, Fiat, the Volkswagen Group brands, some of the GM brand...
How to Change Your Car Oil
9 Dec 2012, 13:33 UTC · By: Mihnea Radu / The automobile might also be an object of desire and pride, but at its foundation it remains a complicated piece of machinery designed to get you from A to B. Even to this day, it’s usually th...
How to Take Care of BMW Individual Frozen Paint
25 Nov 2012, 16:21 UTC · By: Mihnea Radu / Want to make your your high performance saloon, coupe, convertible or four-door coupe stand out in a crowd? Sure, you can get the standard BMW paintjob and then go wrap it in something unique and ex...
Smart Highways Detailed
10 Nov 2012, 09:55 UTC · By: Andrei Nedelea / Roads have not really evolved at all since they reached the point of being smooth and well-marked, which was decades ago. We have moved on from gravel and cobblestone to smooth tarmac, and that&rsqu...
The New Rotary Engine: How to Make it Feasible
26 Oct 2012, 16:55 UTC · By: Andrei Nedelea / While Mazda may have used the Wankel rotary engine extensively in many of their cars, since back in 1967, when they launched their first rotary-powered offering, the Cosmo 110S, a lightweight sports...
Citroen Hydropneumatic Suspension Explained
30 Sep 2012, 17:48 UTC · By: Mihnea Radu / From C1 to C6 and from DS3 to DS5, all Citroens are advertised with the “Creative Technologie” tagline. Nowadays it always seems this French company is making cars that are simply rivali...
How to Drift - Fourth Lesson: Shift Lock
15 Sep 2012, 19:01 UTC · By: Andrei Tutu / Hey, nice setup you've got there - rear-wheel drive, a manual and a decent amount of horsepower. Hmm... it's a fine day outside, so what could we do with these technical bits and pieces? ...