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Once again, the Japanese have placed themselves right there at the forefront of cutting-edge technology – style included. Check out Nissan’s newest breakthrough concept, Pivo 2. Here’s what I gathered from the recent interview with their designer and technical development engineer: Fuel cell vehicle (Read: Eco-friendly!) Rotating three-seater cabin: Achieved through electric “by-wire” technology, downsizing mechanical parts and [...]
Continue reading...Wednesday, April 25, 2007
Imagine if you’re one of the swanky 150 owners of the Mercedes-Benz SLR McLaren 722 Edition. Well, even if you have $480,000 to spare and an extreme need for speed, it seems like you’ll have to satisfy it another way. Apparently, each and every one of it has already been spoken for. I’ll leave you to the [...]
Continue reading...Saturday, February 10, 2007
Driving your BMW out for camping? Hmm. Well, BMW must know their own drivers well right? The tent attaches to the rear of BMW 1-series. It inflates by itself with a low-voltage fan hooked up to the car’s cigarette lighter, and accomodates two person. And it comes with a spiffy BMW logo on the side to [...]
Continue reading...Tuesday, January 2, 2007
Set to be revealed at the 2007 Detroit Auto Show next week, the Toyota FT-HS Hybrid Sports is the sporty alternative to the winning Toyota Prius. Other than looking amazingly-cool, Toyota claims that it can achieve 0-60 in just four seconds. 400 horsepower 3.5-liter V6 engine 4-seater Retractable hard roof (covers backseats, rendering the car a 2-seater) 170.3 inches from [...]
Continue reading...Thursday, December 14, 2006
If Toyota Prius can self-park, so can LEGO. It’s not perfect yet though, as it still knocks around the barriers a little. It’s a kind of robot-car done with LEGO mindstorms NXT elements that can automatically park itself if it detects enough space between 2 objects. It has got an ultrasonic sensor that detects the length [...]
Continue reading...Wednesday, December 13, 2006
I hope this video is simple enough for you to understand the meaning of Nissan Pathfinder’s “Front Independent Suspension” system. Please excuse me while I wipe the blood trickling off my nose.
Continue reading...Wednesday, November 22, 2006
In case you haven’t heard of drifting: Drifting refers either to a driving technique, or to a sport based on the technique; this article deals primarily with the sport. When the rear slip angle is greater than the front slip angle, and the front wheels are pointed in the opposite direction to the turn (e.g. car [...]
Continue reading...Thursday, September 14, 2006
Chinese company First Auto Works has wowed everyone with its latest Hongqi HQ3 self-driving car! The luxury sedan features two onboard cameras that detects the car’s surroundings and feed it to a computer, which analyzes the situation for safe steering. The company claims that the vehicle is able to recognize turnoffs, street crossings, and stay [...]
Continue reading...Thursday, September 7, 2006
How crazy can Japanese get over Hello Kitty? The fact that these Hello Kitty exhaust pipes were spotted on different cars suggests that some goofy mechanic is out there Kitti-fying exhaust pipes.
Continue reading...Wednesday, August 23, 2006
According to Malaysia’s Petaling Jaya Deputy Chief Superintendent Abdul Rahman Ibrahim (mouthful), Malaysian thieves are getting smarter. For the past seven months this year, they have used an unknown gadget to track down and break into 255 cars that have laptops hidden in them. “The thieves operate in pairs. They smash car windows and break into [...]
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