Automotive

Debates have been heard and read all over, and the question among aspiring drivers and professionals is which transmission is better to learn Here goes the unending battle between the advantages of manual and the automatic types of vehicles

Honda Civic Type R – oxygen not supplied The hatchback brings with it two main demographics that tend to part with their cash more than anyone else in society – the very young and the very old For the old, a shiny hatchback represents an economical, safe and pleasant way to get to and from the shops, bingo and church

Volkswagen Fox – it’s made out of pineapples don’t you know I’ve reviewed so many cars over the past six months or so, that I may have been guilty of getting used to the thrills and spills of driving fast ones

Ford Focus ST- Has The Last Laugh I’ve been doing a bit of soul searching recently and decided that for many years now I’ve been a tad intolerant towards some of my fellow human beings In the past I have tended to direct some of my greatest sarcasm towards the sort of individuals who loved their cars so much that they felt it necessary to join an Owner’s club

Volkswagen Polo – a car in its (Optimus) Prime Hindsight is a wonderful thing

VW Scirocco - Back For Good Most people know that the word Scirocco derives from the Mediterranean wind that comes from the Sahara desert you did know that didn’t you

The high performance Lamborghini sports car is very popular for its aggressive look and speed Lamborghini produces the world’s best and exciting sports cars

Muscle car is a term used to refer automobiles that have high performance This term was generally referred for cars of American, Australian and South African models of the earlier 1960s and 1970s

Not every star is light-years away: from mid-June onward, selected airports in Europewill become places where automobile dreams can come true. A large bed, positioned between the check-in counter and the rows of seats for waiting passengers, will invite potential customers to take a test drive in the new Mercedes-Benz CLC sports coupe.

The results of the recently published “J.D. Power and Associates 2008 Initial Quality Survey” are clear: Audi is the most improved carmaker in terms of initial product quality, climbing 16 places to number 10.

The Stuttgart car brand receives two gold awards for the highest vehicle quality in their respective market segments, and is also honoured for the world’s best production plant

The readers of the German car magazine sport auto have cast their votes: Audi has taken first place in three classes in the poll to find “The Sportiest Cars of 2008” with the S3, the RS 6 Avant, and the R8.

Besides having a source of free gas, or converting you car to run partially on water, there are some tips that can certainly help you in your fight at the pump The following list of tips, if you follow them, will increase fuel economy

Here in the southern California area we are now paying over $400 per gallon for gas

Aston Martin debuted the creation of the DB2 at the New York Auto show in 1950, it was considered to be the first genuine David Brown vehicle despite the creation of the DB1, also having his name, and very little unit produced The initial DB2 was a 2 seater, but later on there was also a “Drophead coupe” version was created and was a huge success, accounting for more than a quarter of total sales of the DB2, 102 of this version were built

It goes without saying that almost everyone knows what a Ferrari is It's red, it's fast and it's certainly a luxury not everyone can have

E85 has been classified as an alternate fuel by the US Department of Energy to be used in your Flex Fuel Vehicle Flex Fuel Vehicles (FFV) can run on normal gasoline or E85 Ethanol

In 1953, the Aston Martin DB2/4 was the first comprehensive revamp of the DB2 car, because the car needed to evolve But the DB2 would always be known as the car that single handedly revived Aston Martin’s career and pushed it on to greatness

In this article I'm going to discuss the properties of the diesel and gas engines, and compare them to each other I'm specifically referring to their use in automobiles

Momentum is also available at the dynamic pinnacle of the A3 family: The S3 is joined by the S3 Sportback. It has the same immensely powerful engine under its hood: The 2.0 TFSI has an output of 195 kW (265 hp); its maximum torque of 350 Nm (258.15 lb-ft) is constantly available from 2,500 to 5,000 rpm. The turbocharged direct injection engine catapults the S3 Sportback into the exclusive class of compact, fast sports cars.