Car Tech: Brake Override
Automakers attempt to stay away from Toyota’s mistake.
Automakers attempt to stay away from Toyota’s mistake.
A quick look at upcoming supercars based on current models.
Road accidents involving heavy vehicles cost more than 300 lives a year. A friend of mine and her five month-old baby girl died in a horrific smash involving a truck, three years ago today. It is becoming increasing clear that apart from installing new safety features on every truck, all drivers need to be educated on how to share the road with them. Trucks transport food and other necessities to our supermarkets – they account for the majority of our freight. In 2009, there were 421,702 rigid trucks and 81,217 articulated vehicles on Australian roads and a further 22,000 light commercial vehicles ~ Bureau of Statistics data.
Suzuki’s new Kizashi is expected to be a big hit in the U.S. Pronounced Kee-zah-shee, it goes on sale next month as a premium sport sedan. American Suzuki says it is the most important product introduced in the company’s 25 year history of selling cars.
In 1897, the three brothers Graf formed a partnership with Josef Stift and produced Austria’s first automobile. In 1914, Archduke Franz Ferdinand and his wife Sophie came to Serajevo in a brand-new Graf & Stift phaeton, a large red limousine with a four cylinder engine and front-wheel drive. The sleek automobile would have a rendezvous with history.
Audi has unveiled its new prototype race car, the R15, and it’s even better than the last one.
Three very extreme, rare cars, all of which are unique and exciting in their own right; likewise, they are all supercars in their own right.
Hood ornaments adorned early automobiles for function only. Then they started to take on design statements.
The results are in. Yesterday, the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) released its 2006 fuel economy guide. And guess what? For once, the Prius didn’t win!
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