Archive for October, 2007

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Programming Your Car

Remember the goold old days when you bought a new car and you could just jump in it and drive? You didn’t have to spend hours reading the owner’s manual before you could drive it home from the showroom and you didn’t need a degree in computer science to set the dashboard clock.
Sadly those days [...]

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BMW Series 1 Concept

Here’s the latest concept car from BMW – it’s the Series 1 tii and it’s based on the BMW Series 1 Coupe.
Points to note on the exterior are:

optimised aerodynamics on the body with individual, distinctive design of the front air dam, side-sills and rear air dam
fins along the engine compartment lid to optimise the flow [...]

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Ford Decides to Sell Jaguar

Well it was no secret that Ford wanted to sell Jaguar but now it’s official. Not only does Ford intend to sell Jaguar but it hopes to sell it very quickly.
The managing director of Jaguar told journalists at the Tokyo Motor Show earlier this week that the sale of Jaguar was definitely on and the [...]

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A Holden V8 Where Less is More

The Australian International Motor Show is on in Sydney at the moment and Holden has taken the opportunity to unveil a concept car fitted with a variable V8.
Under load it will fire on all eight cylinders but at cruising speed the engine will shut down four of its cylinders to improve fuel economy.
At the moment [...]