Apple teams up with Ford, Mazda and GM
Apple Computer has teamed up with Ford Motor Co, General Motors and Mazda Motor Corp to offer easy iPod integration with their cars. While some manufacturers have begun offering AUX input so …
Honda I-SHIFT
While the world is fussing over Volkswagen's excellent Direct Shift Gearbox (DSG), Honda has come up with their own automated manual transmission called the Honda I-SHIFT. For a technology-driven company like Honda, …
Tesla Roadster – Electric Plug-in Sports Car
Tesla Motors is a Silicon Valley start-up founded by Martin Eberhard and Marc Tarpenning which set out to to one thing - to design a sports car that would go as fast …
BMW Dynamic Driving Simulator
BMW has developed the Dynamic Driving Simulator, an enhanced driving simulation system to allow them to test their cars at it's development center in Munich without actually bringing the prototype out on …
New flagship 1.8 liter powerplant for Toyota
The upcoming replacement for the Toyota Corolla Altis here in Malaysia might see the introduction of a CVT transmission, thanks to a new pair of engine and transmission announced last month by …
BMW demos a self-parking BMW 730i
BMW has developed a parking-assist technology that can park your car for you while you stand outside the car and watch as the internal robotics and gizmos park it. A prototype of …
What is an anti-lag or misfiring system?
I'm sure some of you have heard of anti-lag systems or sometimes known as misfiring systems, thanks to anime like Initial D. You might have noticed that most of the cars have …
Toyota developing car operating system
If you look at photos of car interior overseas, you could most likely notice that the area where we normally have our 2-DIN sized CD players is taken up by a little …
BMW Extreme Testing Technology
This is amazing. This is a video of BMW's extreme testing innovations. For a producer of cars so packed with technology, it's only normal for their testing procedures to be highly advanced …
New Audi 2.0 TDI with Piezo Injection
Audi has launched a new series of Audi A3 and Audi A4 cars with a new turbodiesel powerplant. The new 2.0 litre TDI powerplant makes 170ps, which is 30 extra horses over …
2006 International Engine Of The Year Awards Results
BMW totally owned the 2006 International Engine Of The Year awards again, just as it did last year. It's 5.0 litre V10 engine used in the BMW M5 and BMW M6 won …
Smartuki – Smart ForTwo with Suzuki GSXR1000 superbike engine
Peter Bee, a Smart car enthusiast wanted somemore power out of his little Smart ForTwo. The original Mitsubishi engine in the Smart ForTwo made about 60hp, and through some tweaking he managed …
Volkswagen DSG (Direct Shift Gearbox)
Volkswagen's Direct Shift Gearbox (DSG) is the world's first dual-clutch automated manual gearbox in a production car. This provides the driver the ease-of-drive of a car equipped with an automatic transmission, but …
German luxury marques top technology index
Telematics Research Group has done a study on the use of technology gizmos in cars. BMW and Mercedes Benz tops the list, and Hyundai comes in last. Audi seems to be lagging …
Flexi-fuel Cars run on gasoline and alcohol
Flexi-fuel vehicles, short for “flexible-fuel†or “dual-fuel†vehicles are cars that can run on two sources of fuel. Common flexi-fuel vehicles run on gasoline and ethanol. Our Malaysian taxis are also flexi-fuel …
What is a blow off valve, can I put it on my N/A car?
Questions from beginner car enthusiasts on where to get blow off valves for normally aspirated cars are not uncommon as they don't know what blow off valves are for, and how they …
Nissan’s Collision Avoidance System
Nissan is developing a safety feature for it's cars to help avoid colliding with the vehicle in front in the case of a possible sudden brake situation. In Nissan's accelerator pedal safety …
Bruce Crower’s 6 stroke Crower cycle engine
As we all know, the combustion engine does not really convert the potential energy in fuel to kinetic energy to move the car efficiently. We lose alot of that power - roughly …
2006 Honda Civic 1.8 SOHC i-VTEC engine
This is for those who appreciate the technology that goes into a powertrain. How does the new 1.8 litre SOHC i-VTEC engine in the new 2006 Honda Civic achieve good fuel mileage …
Students build hybrid sportscar powered by soybeans
A group of students from the West Philadelphia High School's Academy for Automotive and Mechanical Engineering have come up with a prototype hybrid car that runs on soybean fuel. And it's a …
