Before Ferrari builds a pickup, this must be the most surprising car in the industry. No, Aston did not design or build it, but to revamp a Toyota iQ as Aston Martin is already absurd enough. 2. Alfa ...

To repeat an icon is not easy. To reinvent an icon is even harder. Renault succeeds in doing so. Few small cars have so much visual appeal. The reborn Mini has it, so is Fiat 500. They are successful ...

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Active suspension is not exactly new technology. Lotus put it into Formula One racing in 1983 and by the early 1990s all top teams ran their versions of active suspensions. However, application to ...

All cars need energy for propulsion. When they decelerate and stop, the energy is wasted in braking. Why not recapture the braking energy, store it and use it for acceleration later on? That is ...

Suspension design - explain why double-wisbhones are favourable. Illustrate different types of double-wishbones suspensions. Weight Transfer due to lateral force - explain how cornering forces reduce ...

As many people know, mechanical superchargers are good for low-end output but short of high-end efficiency, while exhaust turbochargers work strongly at high rev but reluctantly at low rev. For ...

The first generation SH-AWD used in the 2005 Honda Legend (Acura RL) was a very clever invention. Not only its working principle is unique in the industry but it is highly capable to transform the ...

Combining cam-changing VVT and cam-phasing VVT may satisfy the requirement of both top-end power and flexibility throughout the whole rev range, though it is inevitably more complex. At the time of ...

Some variable valve control systems, such as BMW Valvetronic, Nissan VVEL and Toyota Valvematic, are capable to vary valve lift infinitely according to needs. In addition to continuous variable cam ...

Continuously Variable Transmission is getting more and more popular on small to mid-size cars, eating the market share of manual and low-end automatic transmissions. In 2015, the world produced 11.3 ...