Automotive Technology and Road Safety
Features on automotive trends, destinations, auto shows, technology, road safety and interesting articles from the motoring world presented in well-written articles with photo galleries.
Designer Diary: Ford Chief Creative Officer J. Mays
Smitten by the EcoSport? So were we, which is why we didn't pass up the chance to interview one of the men responsible for its evocative design, J Mays, Group Vice President, Design, and Chief
Stretching the Rubber Envelope
You take them for granted every day you drive; those 4 contact patches of your car's tires that embrace terra firma. Within the safe confines of your car, your life depends on them.
Everyone in the industry seems to have an advocacy program for road safety. However, many advocacies tend to remain in armchairs, often missing a real, concrete plan for action.
The Philippine Diesel Engine Experience
Previous to the OM 636, diesel power was mainly understood in these islands to mean huge marine engines that power ships, slow revving engines that drive remote power generators and big displacement iron block power
Restoring Trust the Toyota Way
In Japan, it is said that the people who bow the most and the lowest are the businessmen. They will bow as deep as appropriate, to apologize for the slightest unhappiness of the customer.
With Ford's reduced stake in Mazda, the signs are ominous and it goes beyond Ford's reduced management footprint on the Japanese company's Board.
Once derided as a sop to the weaker [read: feminine sex], automatic transmissions are now the rule in many of the world's car markets. Long a staple in the USA, where manual gearboxes are the
Once upon a time, life was much simpler. Diesel engines were heavy, smoky and slow but they were thrifty. Normal engines were quick and bigger engines were quicker.
We see it almost everyday from a factory that display it proudly to the child seat in the back of your own car... but have you ever actually wondered what ISO means?
