Mazda RENESIS: Rotary Engine 16X
It's been 40 years since Mazda introduced the first rotary engine in the Mazda Cosmo Sport in 1967. This year, Mazda puts another marker on the history of the Mazda rotary engine …
Airbags can cause second degree burns
The hot gasses that are pumped into an airbag when it inflates can cause some serious injury in certain cases, as a poor 34 year old lady in Melbourne discovered. She sustained …
BMW Concept X6 ActiveHybrid at Frankfurt 2007
The second BMW X6 Concept shown at the 2007 Frankfurt Motor Show demonstrates BMW's ActiveHybrid technology, which BMW says is superior to conventional hybrid vehicles in terms of driving dynamics - looking …
Lotus and Siemens VDO to reveal new engine
Lotus Engineering and Siemens VDO will be jointly exhibiting a new 1.5 litre 3-cylinder force inducted hybrid engine at the 2007 Frankfurt Motor Show which should be starting any time now. The …
LED lighting technology
While we are still arguing over whether xenon headlamps should be legal or not, the whole world has moved on with the latest in automotive lighting technology - LEDs. Some cars already …
2007 Mitsubishi Lancer: The New 4B11 Engine
Since the new 2007 Mitsubishi Lancer is coming soon, I decided to dig up some details on the new GEMA engine under the hood. The previous Lancer that is on sale on …
GKN unveils new Vector-Drive rear axle for BMW
GKN Driveline has unveiled a new rear axle for rear-wheel and all-wheel driven vehicles called the Vector-Drive rear axle, and it's first application will be in upcoming BMW cars. GKN Driveline worked …
Mercedes Benz DiesOtto inline-4 engine concept
Click image above to enlarge diagram view DaimlerChrysler has revealed details on what could be the successor to the current 1.8 litre E18 M271 used as Mercedes Benz's flagship inline-4 engine. Quite …
New alternative transmission technologies
Most of you have heard of all of the mainstream gearbox types - the classic manual, the slushbox torque converter automatic, the automated manual with a computer controlled clutch, the dual clutch …
Volkswagen sneak preview of new engine projects
Volkswagen currently has a few futuristic engine projects running concurrently - one is a diesel engine that uses some petrol engine properties and another is a petrol engine that uses some diesel …
Mitsubishi Lancer Evolution’s new S-AWC system
Click to enlarge The new Mitsubishi Lancer Evolution will have an updated version of Mitsubishi's S-AWC (Super All Wheel Control) all-wheel drive system. An improvement over the old system is the new …
Mitsubishi reveals Twin Clutch SST gearbox
Mitsubishi Motors has unveiled two of the technologies that will go into the upcoming 10th in it's generation Mitsubishi Lancer Evolution, but let's talk about them one at a time. We'll have …
Toyota develops Active Headrest system
Toyota's newly developed Active Headrest system promises to reduce the possibility of neck injury during low-speed, rear impacts. A sensor built into the seat's backrest recognizes when the occupant's lower back presses …
Bosch develops new solenoid valve injector
Piezo fuel injectors are all the rage for turbodiesel engines these days for the superior performance they have. Pieze injectors (graphic shown) can inject fuel using multiple jets and multiple injections per …
Fiat reveals new 188hp 1.9 liter JTD M turbodiesel
Fiat Powertrain Technologies has unveiled the latest revision of it's 1.9 litre JTD MultiJet 16 valve inline-4 turbodiesel engine, which uses twin stage turbocharging to produce high power and massive torque in …
Toyota reveals Valvematic technology
Toyota has something new up it's sleeves - Valvematic, an evolution of the VVT-i mechanism which now incorporates continuous valve lift control together with VVT-i's existing valve timing control. Valvematic also eliminates …
Volkswagen’s TSI Engine
Volkswagen produced this infomercial for the Volkswagen TSI Series of engines. Volkswagen aimed to produce a motor that both offered fuel economy as well as performance, together with driving comfort in the …
Volkswagen announces new 7-speed DSG gearbox
BorgWarner and Volkswagen has developed a new DSG (Direct Shift Gearbox) gearbox codenamed DQ200 which will succeed it's current DG250 6-speed DSG gearbox from BorgWarner. One major difference relevant to the consumer …
Caparo T1 – an F1 car for the streets
Ever heard of the Caparo T1? Well, now you have. It's what you might consider calling a two-seater F1 car for the road. It's powered by a 2.4 litre high revving V8 …
International Engine Of The Year 2007 Results
The results of the 2007 International Engine Of The Year awards are out. The question everyone will be asking is - will the BMW 5.0 litre V10 be able to persevere and …
