The most conventional of the Land Rover steering arrangements is to turn the front wheels using a hand-operated steering wheel. One of the popular Land Rover steering is the rack and pinion steering. It is actually also one of the most common steering types for the whole mechanism is very simple.
Hybrid SUVs We’ve become an SUV fun loving country. After all what could be better than a vehicle that’s got plenty of room, goes just about anywhere, and makes you feel safe when you’re driving. The trouble is SUVs are fuel guzzlers and they also aren’t great for our environment. But wait! Not to worry! Hybrid SUVs are the answer and here are a few of the choices already on the market. The Ford Escape – It is available as a FWD or 4WD unit. The 2WD gets 31 mpg in town ...
While electric cars are a relatively new automotive technology, they are although fast becoming popular worldwide. A conventional car is very different from an electric car. An all electric car is a type of vehicle that uses a mixture of various technologies such as internal combustion engines, gasoline, electric motors, and batteries to run. All Electric Cars All electrical cars are set on batteries that provide electricity to an electric motor in the car, the engine t...
Tired of paying more and more for gas? Fuel prices this year have been at the highest levels in 25 years, and with world demand for oil higher than ever, they most likely won't decrease any time soon.
Audi is Serious About Electric Power

Audi is working especially hard recently to bring electric power to their lineup. Initially, we thought the launch of the e-tron electric sports car was a one model deal, but it turns out Audi is calling “e-tron” their “brand name for electric mobility.” The electric sports car they showed will be launched first, in late 2012 in limited numbers, but will be followed by other models powered by an electric powertrain.
Did you think GM or Toyota invented the hybrid? Think again. The hybrid has been around a lot longer than you think.
This summer, oil and gas prices surged to new highs. Oil reached $70 per barrel for the first time in history in August, boosting prices at the gas pump to $3 per gallon in many parts of the country.
2009 Mercedes-Benz SLK350 - Quick Take
WHAT’S NEW? A 10Best Cars winner in 2005, the SLK350roadster gets a 32-hp boost for ’09. A higher compression ratio, a new intake manifold, and a modified valvetrain enhance the more powerful 3.5-liter V-6 and raise its redline by 1000 rpm. Unfortunately, the new engine won’t be hooked up to a manual transmission; Mercedes’ excellent seven-speed automatic with manual controls is standard. A new variable-ratio steering rack, dubbed “direct-steer,” quickens the steering the farther the wheel is turned off-center. Other changes include revised bumpers and a slightly retouched interior.
If you are looking for mountain bike racks then a name that should catch your attention as well as imagination is that of Yakima, which is a trend setting company operating out of Beaverton, Oregon. The company already enjoys a good reputation and it is constantly evolving its mountain bike racks to ensure that they set the standards for the present and also for the future. Yakima has an all new line of mountain bike racks that are not only sexy to look at, but have some radi...
With rising fuel costs, more and more people and are looking for alternatives. One such alternative that is gaining popularity, especially with the do-it yourself types, are the electric vehicle kits. Anyone familiar with automobiles can now use these kits to convert traditional gas powered vehicles to one powered by electric current. However, converting a traditional Gas powered vehicle into an electric vehicle can be a very daunting task. Only those who are the very mech...
A spark plug is actually an electrical device. It is found mounted into the cylinder head of an internal combustion engine. What it does is it actually ignites compressed aerosol gasoline through an electric spark.
Electric cars have huge potential to change the auto industry, particularly with rising gas prices, but a new design out of California targets the niche of busy urban drivers.
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The first member of rate is Astrum Meera is a new concept proposal conceived.
Design of car possesses several features that tap into the role of safety, sustainability and practicality. The exhaust of the car has built-in sensors whose purpose is to track the level of CO2 emissions, alerting the driver when they exceed the normal limit. The wheel rims work through magnetic levitation, like train wheels, making the car lighter and faster. The car's side mirrors retract within its body when parked, and they roll out as soon as the engine starts. They each have a build-in camera system, allowing driver to clearly see outside from inside the vehicle with ease.
New concept sport car from German car producer E-Wolf. E-Wolf unveils an EV supercar that’s so sporty. With a top speed of 155 miles per hour and a 0-60 acceleration that clocks in under four seconds, it has the performance to match its Italian playboy good looks, and its all-wheel drive, where each wheel is powered by an independent electric motor, should be able to keep all 2,000 pounds of it on the road. The Ford F650 is a super truck, appeared in 2000. The F650 is designed as a heavy hauler and is often used for towing or as a small dump truck. It is humongous! Its weight is about 160 tons, height is 3.5 meters – like a one-floor house! But then again, with a price tag of $60,000 up to infinity, it’s not like the standard home owner will possess one anyway.
Spyker Cars adopts new 'Swedish' name
Dutch automaker will rename itself Swedish Automobile NV as part of its deal with a Chinese investor
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Car News Test DrivesBefore you and me see new models of cars or modifications of old one, they pass through the stricked control in laboratories, garages, on streets and platforms. Everything thing is called test drives. There cars are tested on a great number of points – power, safety, control, easiness of driving, protect from damages and other features. Tests can be made not only for the whole car, but for its separate parts also – wheels, air bags, hardness of base, suitiness of wheels to the type of road, protect from temperature and many others. For each, even smallest detail, scientists have couple of test.
In special laboratories techniques create situations and observe how car will show itself. How will these situations will influence passengers and driver.
It helps producers to identify all problems and disadvantages due to correct them before mass production. In case of low quality test drives, innocent people can be harmed.
While cars are tested instead of passengers, soft manikins are used. Numerous appliances are based on them, and at the moment of artificial crash it will memorize the force of hit, speed, possible damage on other characteristics, needed to be clarified.
When parts are tested they may be separated from the car structure or be on their place. These test also show what material is better to be used on this or those detail, how long will it serve and how it should be treated.
Kia Rio B-Spec First Drive
As I came up fast over the crest just before the sharp right-hander, I felt the race car begin to understeer away from me. "No worries," I thought, forgetting what exactly I was driving, "I'll just get on the power and get it straightened out." A tank-slapper later I was facing the other direction on the edge of the grass. I had just spun out on my first lap ever in a race car. A front-drive Kia Rio B-Spec race car, at that.
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