Automotive Christmas Special: How to Write a Thank You Letter to Santa Claus
25 Dec 2011, 23:51 UTC · By: Bogdan Popa / It’s Christmas Day, but we’re still busy opening presents and thinking about the turkey that sleeps in the fridge, while Santa Claus finally has the chance to rest for a minute satisfied...
Automotive Magic: Self-Healing Car Paint
18 Dec 2011, 15:37 UTC · By: Bogdan Popa / A brand new car looks fabulous, that's for sure. It doesn't even matter the brand or the model, it's all shiny and clean, and it's really a shame you have to throw it in the traf...
How to Drift - Third Lesson: Lift Off/Kansei
17 Aug 2011, 16:15 UTC · By: Andrei Tutu / Hello and welcome to another lesson on how to drive your car in such a way that it would need wipers on the side windows. So far, we’ve talked about how to drift using multiple methods. T...
How to Drift - Second Lesson: Clutch Kick
3 Aug 2011, 16:21 UTC · By: Andrei Tutu / There are certain things in life that need to be manhandled in order to work properly and cars are part of this category. However, this is only true in a metaphorical way. From your first driving cl...
How to Drift - First Lesson: Overpowering
22 Jul 2011, 15:02 UTC · By: Andrei Tutu / You get in the car, fasten your seatbelt, start the engine and set off. You start to pick up speed and, quickly after your wheels start spinning, you reach a bend. Of course, you want all four wheel...
Left Foot Braking - Rules Are Made to Be Broken
7 Jul 2011, 14:43 UTC · By: Andrei Tutu / Hello and welcome to driving school. This is your first day in the car and we shall start by familiarizing you with its controls. [...] The pedals: you will only use your left foot to operate the cl...
How Exhaust Systems Work
17 Jun 2011, 06:16 UTC · By: Alex Oagana / Although at first this may seem like a subject that any I-know-it-all car fan is already familiar with, we've come to the conclusion in recent years that there are a lot of preconceptions and e...
Ford SYNC Health and Wellness Explained
7 Jun 2011, 06:48 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / Most of you living in North America are pretty aware of what the SYNC platform developed by Ford is capable of doing. Few, however, know that the features of the system are about to expand into a re...
BMW Dynamic Light Spot – Pinpointing Dangers in the Dark
30 May 2011, 14:42 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / The Night Vision set of technologies deployed on several BMW models has already managed to impress. Far from being one of those systems that you could very well do without (eg. a parking assistant),...
Audi Climatic Wind Tunnel Detailed
24 May 2011, 12:02 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / Only a few weeks are left before the start of this year's edition of the Le Mans 24 hours race, and those planning to attend have pretty much wrapped up the major work on the vehicles that will...
A Guide to Aftermarket Rearview Cameras
11 May 2011, 06:22 UTC · By: Alex Oagana / If you've been driving way before the era of parking sensors, rearview cameras or even automated self-parking, you're probably going to neglect most, if not all of the information we will ...
Nissan GT-R's Secret - ATTESA E-TS AWD System Explained
5 May 2011, 16:13 UTC · By: Alex Oagana / The Nissan GT-R is the oddest vehicle in the supercar kingdom. Just looking at its specs on paper you wouldn't believe this car is as fast as Nissan (and other independent verifiers) are saying...
Turbocharged Scuderi Engine Details
27 Apr 2011, 06:17 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / For a couple of years now, the automotive industry has turned its attention, with an increased interest, towards a company which goes by the name of Scuderi. The group of engineers which make up the...
Ford Smart Intersection Explained
1 Apr 2011, 05:23 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / The automotive industry is in creative turmoil these days, as the emergence from the financial crisis of 2009 brought with it an explosion of plans automakers have for the future. Most of those plan...
Cellcontrol Anti-Distracted Driving System Explained
22 Mar 2011, 15:59 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / For several years now, US authorities are engaged in a bitter battle to try and persuade the American drivers that distracted driving is bad for their physical integrity. Yet, regardless of the huge...
OnStar Energy Management System Explained
21 Feb 2011, 06:38 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / The arrival of the electric vehicle onto the market at the end of last year has left most of the unsuspecting consumers in the dark when it comes to the hows and whys of electric vehicle charging, e...
BMW Real-Time Traffic Information Explained
31 Jan 2011, 15:05 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / By the end of 2011, German manufacturer BMW promises to bring onto the market a new traffic information system, to be made available across the range as a priced option to the BMW ConnectedDrive sys...
Systems of Car Control – Cop Driving Skills for the Average Joe
24 Jan 2011, 07:14 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / Decades of movies and urban myths have cemented into the mind of pretty much everyone that police are a force not to be messed with, especially when the men and women wearing uniforms are behind the...
Sikorsky Firefly Electric Helicopter Preview
17 Jan 2011, 07:03 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / Last year, during the scorching days of the summer, the helicopter gurus from Sikorsky announced the start of a revolutionary project: the Firefly Electric Helicopter Demonstrator. Introduced at ...
How to Dig the Car Out and Get It Going
29 Dec 2010, 06:30 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / For almost a week now, the planet has been feeling the full force of good old fashion winter storms. Europe and North America have been covered in a white, think blanket of cold water dust, millions...