OA Completes Job 1 for Hyundai Elantra
Oriental Assemblers has completed Job 1 - the first production unit for a new model - of the Hyundai Elantra at its plant in...
Singapore to Get Honda ICVS
Honda will be launching a shared and eco-friendly urban transportation service in Singapore early next year. The service, known as the Intelligent Community Vehicle...
The Development Story
Fun. Rugged. Down to earth.
Those were the objectives Ford’s designers set for themselves when they started the Escape project back in the mid-1990s....
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Shifting with the column-mounted lever is not as awkward as it appears and in fact, after a while, I actually began to like it....
Test drive report – Ford Escape XLT
It wasn’t my first experience of the Ford Escape as I had a brief drive at Ford’s test track in Dearborn, Michigan, last year...
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The 4-wheel drive capability of the Escape is similar to the CR-V’s, ie power is transmitted to the rear wheels only when necessary. This...
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Power windows are standard front and rear and can be operated from the driver’s door as well as individual doors. The central locking system...
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This is where monocoque construction is better. In the body-on-chassis construction, the bodyshell sways during cornering as it is bolted to the chassis frame...