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Integral Steering System Explained
Integral Steering System Explained

27 May 2010, 08:06 UTC · By: Alina Dumitrache / Also known as four-wheel steering (4WS) or all-wheel steering (AWS), integral steering is a technology featured only on some vehicles that improves maneuverability and stability while driving at bot...

 
How Diesel-Electric Hybrids Work and Why They Aren't on Sale Yet
How Diesel-Electric Hybrids Work and Why They Aren't on Sale Yet

15 May 2010, 08:22 UTC · By: Dan Mihalascu / Hybrid vehicles have been with us for a while now and it seems they will get more and more common all over the world in the coming years. At least until full-electric vehicles solve their range and ...

 
Honda’s VTEC System Explained
Honda’s VTEC System Explained

11 May 2010, 14:06 UTC · By: Alexandru Radu Chis / VTEC stands for Variable Valve Timing and Lift Electronic Control and represents a variable valve control system developed by Japanese car manufacturer Honda for its gasoline engines. The system was...

 
Reinventing the Wheel: a Guide to Michelin’s Airless Tire
Reinventing the Wheel: a Guide to Michelin’s Airless Tire

1 May 2010, 06:57 UTC · By: Dan Mihalascu / Ever since John Boyd Dunlop patented the pneumatic tire, in 1888, the evolution of this vital item for the auto industry and for many other industries has seen many improvements, but none such revol...

 
Two Stroke vs. Four Stroke Motorcycle Engines
Two Stroke vs. Four Stroke Motorcycle Engines

26 Apr 2010, 07:44 UTC · By: Alina Dumitrache / The debate between two-stroke and four-stroke motorcycle engines should come to an end; here's why both solutions are good but not for the same applications

 
How Automated Parking Systems Work
How Automated Parking Systems Work

21 Apr 2010, 15:03 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / Automated parking systems are designed to park cars in a stacked manner, something regular humans would never be capable of achieving

 
Nissan's SynchroRev Match System Explained - The Heel and Toe Robot
Nissan's SynchroRev Match System Explained - The Heel and Toe Robot

18 Apr 2010, 17:17 UTC · By: Andrei Tutu / One of the most famous performance driving techniques is the heel and toe downshift, a multitasking trick that is used mostly for racing but can also increase the efficiency of normal driving. Th...

 
How Wankel’s Rotary Engine Works
How Wankel’s Rotary Engine Works

15 Apr 2010, 08:14 UTC · By: Alexandru Radu Chis / While there were few chances that a former Nazi member would help a Japanese automaker win the 24 hours of Le Mans, it happened, and the connection is an engine

 
WRC Tires Explained
WRC Tires Explained

8 Apr 2010, 15:22 UTC · By: Ovidiu Panzariu / Tires in the World Rally Championship are maybe the deciding factor in setting up the winner or the loser of one event. And that's a fact, as the compound provided by Pirelli for the past few y...

 
How BMW's Narrow Passage Assistant Works
How BMW's Narrow Passage Assistant Works

2 Apr 2010, 06:23 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / The range of useful, high-tech gadgets for automobiles to be made available in the near future expands at an exponential rate, with more and more "toys for boys" being made available for t...

 
GM’s Full Windshield HUD Technology Explained
GM’s Full Windshield HUD Technology Explained

24 Mar 2010, 15:32 UTC · By: Alexandru Radu Chis / If you became too fond of that informational HUD (Head-Up Display) from your computer racing games, then you’re going to be thrilled with GM’s latest research program. And even if high-t...

 
Getting Your 4x4 Ready for Off-Roading
Getting Your 4x4 Ready for Off-Roading

18 Mar 2010, 07:27 UTC · By: Alex Vasile / If you’re the type of guy or gal that loves the nature but doesn’t have the will power to leave the car at home and go kicking, than off-roading might be your game. This hobby may look e...

 
Brake Override Systems Explained
Brake Override Systems Explained

10 Mar 2010, 15:40 UTC · By: Bogdan Popa / Brake overriding is a thing since 1988, when BMW introduced this technology, yet it came to prominence in the 2010s after Toyota's sticky throttle pedal saga

 
Used Motorcycle Buying Tips
Used Motorcycle Buying Tips

2 Mar 2010, 20:06 UTC · By: Alina Dumitrache / Buying a motorcycle is a difficult task for most bikers, and it gets worse when it comes to a used one. This is why we will give you some basic tips to guide you in the process. The first things tha...

 
Lotus Evora 414E Hybrid Explained
Lotus Evora 414E Hybrid Explained

26 Feb 2010, 07:40 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / As we slowly creep towards a new era in the automotive world, it becomes more and more obvious no single manufacturer out there who will survive if it doesn't begin to offer at least a hybrid i...

 
Useful iPhone Car Apps
Useful iPhone Car Apps

29 Mar 2010, 06:52 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / We are not sure how Apple, the creators of the now omni-present iPhone, envisioned the future of what was back in 2007 the coolest toy on the block. But we are sure that neither Apple nor the automo...

 
Vehicle Depreciation Rate - Why You Lose Money
Vehicle Depreciation Rate - Why You Lose Money

16 Feb 2010, 15:14 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / In the times we are living, no single car buyer purchases a car thinking he/she will keep it for the rest of his/her life. With the car exchange time now standing at around three or four years, cons...

 
Stuck in Snow: How to Live and Tell the Tale
Stuck in Snow: How to Live and Tell the Tale

10 Feb 2010, 16:05 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / In just a few days this February, two major snow storms hit the US, with forecasters warning that after the second one is over, the East Coast would find itself under 36 inches of snow. Roughly the ...

 
Must-Have Motorcycle Gadgets
Must-Have Motorcycle Gadgets

5 Feb 2010, 08:20 UTC · By: Alina Dumitrache / A motorcycle is far from being just a means of transportation, but it’s a pride and passion and sometimes even more. Simply put, it becomes a way of life. However, believe it or not, there are...

 
Motorcycle Winter Storage Tips: Before and After
Motorcycle Winter Storage Tips: Before and After

27 Jan 2010, 20:55 UTC · By: Alina Dumitrache / For some bikers winter can be quite disturbing, as it prevents them from enjoying the pleasure of two wheels for a couple of months. That's because unless the motorcycle is not snow-modified, t...