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 ...

No matter outside or inside, the 4 looks fantastic... Previously a performance sub-brand of Volvo, Polestar was spun off to become a premium EV brand, initially owned half-half by Volvo and its parent ...

2002 series was probably the most important model in BMW's history. In the early 60s, although small cars like Isetta, 600 and 700 kept the Munich company alive, its image was mushy and financial ...

After multi-valve technology became standard in engine design, Variable Valve Timing becomes the next step to enhance engine output, no matter power or torque. As you know, valves activate the ...

“The fastest lorry in the world" - this was how Ettore Bugatti described this Bentley. However, the 2-ton monster won 5 times Le Mans 24 Hours between 1924 and 30 in various forms, proving its ...

First introduced by Mercedes 300SL in 1954, tuned intake manifold is not exactly a new technology. It is discussed here just because its principle is useful to our further study of variable intake ...

As shown in the picture, straight-6 engine is simply a pair of 3-cylinder engines mated together symmetrically, thus piston 1 is always in the same position as piston 6, piston 2 the same as piston 5.

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 ...

When I started watching cars in the mid-1980s, most cars on the road were still fed by carburettors, including the wildest supercars like Lamborghini Countach QV and Aston Martin Zagato. Carburettors ...

Manual transmission might be almost dead in the USA – only 4 percent of all new cars sold there are equipped with stick-shift – but in the rest of the world it is still the choice of the majority. For ...

A refined engine should be smooth running, free of vibration and quiet. These qualities also help the engine to spin freer at high rpm, lifting red line hence power output. Engine smoothness depends ...