Safety and Technology

It will affect over 250,000 cars

Diesel is not anywhere near as popular in North America as in Europe. The problem started in the 80s when diesel passenger cars in the US were slow, noisy, smelly and in some cases unreliable. It poisoned diesel sales in North America for a genera...

There are 13,000 drivers in the pilot program

Audi has begun a 13,000-car test in its home city of Ingolstadt to work on its wireless paid parking system. It calls the system “Audi connect wireless payment.” The goal is for the system to eventually be included as part of Audi...

Future cars will use road sensing technology

Porsche representative Daniel Semmer announced during the presentation of the Panamera Hybrid's technology that Porsche is working on hybrid solutions for its entire range, including the 911. The next-generation technology will be incorporated...

They will be installed in the first cars in the fall

Volvo has begun production of its new VEA family of four-cylinder diesel and petrol engines that will begin being sold in Volvo vehicles in autumn.  Volvo's plan for the new VEA engines is to provide four-cylinder fuel economy with V6...

Recall is in addition to 3.4 million cars from Japanese automakers

BMW is the latest automaker that has been involved in the recall of Takata airbags. BMW says that it will recall 220,000 3 Series models built between 2002 and 2003 due to airbags that could suddenly deploy. It covers all variants of the 3 Series ...

The link to Mercedes was part of the reason Aston Martin sold to Investindustrial

Aston Martin and Mercedes have begun negotiations on future parts sharing and technical cooperation. Since being sold by Ford, Aston Martin has struggled in the technology race against competitors.  Aston Martin is one of the few remainin...

Shows how the body of the P1 was sculpted

McLaren released its video showing for the P1 was "designed by air" last week, and it has just launched the interactive web site that it promised in that video. The web site is the first part in an attempt by McLaren to tell the stor...

Five models already offered with full LED lights and more coming.

Audi's LED headlights have received certification from the European Commission, and they will be added to more models in the near future.   The commission says that cars using LED lights for the headlights, taillights and license plat...

Super efficient diesel also on the way

Volkswagen Group Chairman Dr. Martin WInterkorn announced future technology plans during the International Vienna Motor Symposium. The company is working on a 10-speed dual clutch gearbox, plug-in hybrids and diesel engines that produce 134hp...

Currently can do either red or green carbon fiber

UK motorsport manager and automotive engineering company Prodrive has developed a way to produce dyed carbon fiber but only in red or green at the moment.  Prodrive says that the colored carbon fiber has the same quality and strength as r...