December
7
Category: Concept Car, Electric Car, Mitsubishi
Characteristics Based on the i MiEV, the i MiEV Sport enhances the “driving” image of Mitsubishi’s electric vehicles. The car features Mitsubishi Motors’ unique in-wheel motors in the front plus S-AWC (Super All Wheel Control) — the company’s vehicle dynamics control system — to achieve high maneuverability as well as high levels of both environmental [...]
December
21
Category: Car Review, MPV, Proton
Phranakorn Auto Sales Co., Ltd. Proton distributor in Thailand, imported the newest model ”Proton Exora” which is the outstanding MPV. Touch the spacious experience to carry 7 adult seats at 26th Thailand International Motor Expo 2009 in December this year. Proton EXORA marks PROTON’s entry into the highly popular MPV segment. The EXORA is a [...]
November
26
Category: Driver Tips
by: Jim Kesel It is said that had it not been for a GPS tracking device in OJ Simpson’s mobile phone, he would not have been found to be tried on his wife’s murder. A GPS vehicle tracking device is much like driving around in your car with your mobile phone. It allows a person [...]
November
4
Category: Audi, Car Review, Luxury Car, SUV
BY JENS MEINERS This 500-hp monster is the strongest commitment to the diesel engine yet. Some folks are writing off the diesel. The future, they say, lies in electric vehicles, with hybrids as the transition technology. Diesel fuel is expensive, they continue, and there is the further popular conception that diesels are not “clean.” In [...]
September
28
Category: Hybrid Car
by: Alex Baumm Hybrid cars are taking the world by storm – figuratively, literally. And here are just two of the latest hybrid cars that avid car fans and buyers are sure to love. If you want an eco-friendly hybrid car that not only drives like a dream but is a weight off your conscious [...]
August
7
Category: Driver Tips, Hybrid Car
by: Alex Baumm As oil prices continue to increase amid depleting supplies and rapid growth in demand, all economies globally are feeling the setbacks of the need to curtail excessive consumption of fuel. For quite some time, research and development has been actively finding ways on how problems regarding very high demand could finally be [...]
June
12
Category: Car Review, Luxury Car, Porsche, Super Car
BY JENS MEINERS Porsche refers to it as a new generation, even though the internal chassis code 997 remains unchanged. We see it as more of a mid-term facelift with some significant technological changes. Notably, the water-cooled flat-six engines get direct-injection technology, and a seven-speed, dual-clutch transmission replaces the previous five-speed Tiptronic automatic while the [...]
June
12
Category: Driver Tips
by: Krzysztof Lis Let’s assume, that you own a farm. You produce grain and have a lot of straw. You’d like to make your energy on site from the biomass you have available. You might plant your fields with rapeseed or canola and produce biodiesel. But you’d need to get methanol and lye first, since [...]