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Destroying Cars to Save Lives
Crash tests are today a standard activity of carmakers. Thousands of cars, many in prototype form, are propelled into solid barriers or hit at...
Renault Laguna Scores 5 Stars in Crash Test
The new Renault Laguna II has become the first car to achieve a 5-star rating in Europe's leading independent crash tests - Euro-NCAP. A...
Around The World in 1,000 Days
It’s called the ‘Millennium Adventure’ and when completed at the end of this year, two explorers - Paige Parker, 32, and Jim Rogers,...
All About ABS
The rubber tyres on a car provide the grip that is necessary to initiate changes in direction when you turn the steering wheel. This...
History of the A-Class
It was the summer of 1982, the year saw Mercedes-Benz presenting the new C-Class - regarded as a ‘baby Merc’ because it was...
The Jagung Tyre
Brace yourself for corny tyre jokes and puns (sample: it's "a-maize-ing")... Goodyear has introduced the world's first tyre with a compound derived from corn....
Remembering the Economy Runs of the 1980s
As I drove the Honda Insight towards Skudai, memories of my participation in economy runs in the early 1980s kept coming into my mind....
IMA – Technology for Super Fuel Economy
Honda, manufacturer of the most engines in the world today, can design engines that are powerful enough to win Formula 1 races and yet...
The Toyota Hybrid System
The growing carbon dioxide levels in the atmosphere have been causing concern because they can cause global warming. While this gas is generated in...
aXcessaustralia One
The aXcessaustralia One car was also a unique model in that no recognised carmaker was involved at all. It wasn't determined by any design...
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