Lately we’ve been hearing a lot about the ‘newest’ automotive fad: shooting brake or break designs. From elaborate concepts, like the Mercedes-Benz Concept Fascination or the recent Shooting Break, to real-life applications like the BMW 5 Series Gran Turismo, this new hatchback coupe combination is taking the auto world by storm. But… …read the full post
If you’re remotely interested in the car industry, at one point in time you’ve asked yourself this question: What’s with all the various power ratings? We’ll see an engine develop X amounts of either kW, HP, BHP, PS or even WHP, depending on where we read the information. That’s why we decided to answer this question,… …read the full post
Last week, we heard about Bentley fitting its flexible-fuel 6.0-liter W12 engine to all of its Continental range. But while many of us figure out that this means the car will run on gasoline, E85 ethanol fuel or any mixture of the two, not a lot of people know the full deal behind these flex-fuel vehicles. That’s why we decided to tackle this… …read the full post
We’ve already talked about various types of transmissions found on cars when we debated over the age-old dispute manual versus automatic gearboxes setups some time ago. But a “new” competitor (if we can call it that way) is slowly but surely becoming increasingly popular with carmakers from around the world: the Continuously Variable… …read the full post
