The CVT or Continuously variable transmission is something that first appeared in F1 in the Williams FW14B and was so good it got banned almost instantly. Since then the CVT has seen application in production cars with great success (most notably the Nissan Murano). All of these current CVT gearboxes offered by various manufacturers such as Honda, Suzuki and Subaru have something in...
The 1st of May 2010 is when Bob Lutz is scheduled to retire from the position he occupies at General Motors as Vice Chairman. His retirement is set to be a permanent one and is anticipated to be very hard on the man who has been in this business since 1963. Lutz has already retired once but made a comeback...
While it may sound odd apparently this special chopper concept is actually organic as the designer claims that the frame, suspension and the steering is made from organic materials. The man behind this interesting looking M-org Concept chopper is Michael Smolyanov and how he describes the creation of this vehicle is pretty hard to understand. The process used to create...
This Landwind CV9 is a compact MPV made in collaboration with the I.DE.A design studio which explains why the car has her own personality taking away the idea of plagiarism. With all of these said, this model is not something entirely new, it was presented on the Chinese market in 2006 under the name of Fashion. But now is time...
We has this Mitsubishi L200 as a subject a few weeks ago and I was impressed by what this car can do, and now it looks like it comes with a facelift, some good improvements I hope. This Mitsubishi L200 is one of the main characters in the pickup class and it managed so far to attract customers with real...
The latest M3 is a great performer from any point of view but a few fellows at ARKYM considered they could help it. Some will say this kit will help with high speed stability, some will say it will look better this way. However what ARKYM have in mind is even better, they plan to bring together a mixture of...
Since the recent global alliance between Daimler AG and Renault-Nissan has been solidified it’s about time to see the results and first of its kind will be that the next Infiniti G series will get engines from Mercedes-Benz. The G series has always been a top seller for Infiniti and the future modifications to its engine line will include the...
China’s economic boom is continuing and may have altogether been fueled by crisis of the automotive industry everywhere else. While very few companies have managed to keep previous sales figures and even fewer have managed to increase it, last month, according to China Association of Automobile Manufacturers retail figures were off the charts. Car sales in China have increased in...
The Ford F-150 SVT Raptor is an impressive machine but some if it’s biggest fans haven’t bought it. They’ve been holding off for something that Ford has just made available, the option of a 6.2 liter V8 engine. This new engine has a truckload of power in the form of 411 horsepower and 434 lb-feet of torque and according to...
With the Leipzig Auto Show occasion, the Germans presented in world premiere the facelift version of the well known Volkswagen Touran which enters, from the visual point of view, in the family of Golf 6. This compact Touran is going to meet its new rivals, I’m talking about the Renault Scenic or Ford C-Max, and to handle well the competition...
