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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...
More about the powertrain
The petrol internal combustion engine itself is an innovation and was developed by CMC Power Systems. Of 1.4 litre displacement, the all-aluminium engine (called...
aXcessaustralia – Technology Showcase on Wheels
Axcessaustralia LEV is an unusual concept car in that it was not developed by any automaker; it is, in fact, a ‘national car project’...
Ford to Redevelop Rouge Complex
The world’s largest automobile manufacturing complex - Ford’s Rouge Centre in Michigan, USA - will be redeveloped at the cost of US$2 billion to...
The Rouge Story
In one Place, in one day
For most of the 20th century, they came to wonder at the Rouge - heads of state, industrialists (including...
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