New V12 model returns to its roots as a grand tourer like 550 Maranello... In 1996, Luca Montezemolo revived Ferrari’s traditional front-engined V12 GT, a format preferred by Enzo Ferrari, with 550 ...
Electric muscle car both surprises and disappoints... If muscle cars are nonsense, an electric muscle car sounds even more ridiculous. Somehow, I do love the concept of Dodge Charger Daytona very much ...
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 ...
Steering is very important to a car because it is the interface that the driver touches most. What makes a car's steering better than another? It is usually judged by several factors: directness, ...
In March 2005, the legendary John Z. DeLorean died at the age of 80. He will be remembered for two things: 1) He created the first modern muscle car, Pontiac GTO, when he was a senior executive at GM.
Many years ago a pearl-white Renault Alpine GTA V6 Turbo used to park on my way to school. Everyday when I passed by I couldn't help staring at its unique yet beautiful shape, enjoying every curve and ...
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 ...
British car maker Rover introduced its own VVT system called VVC (Variable Valve Control) on MGF in 1995. Many experts regarded it as the best VVT system at the time. The VVC can continuously vary the ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
Japanese cars of the late 1980s and 1990s were renowned for high technology. The most notable of them was Mitsubishi Galant VR-4. Introduced in 1987, this car packed the most technologies this side of ...
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