Filed under: Budget, Safety, Technology The fact is that small cars get into more accidents than large and mid-sized cars, and the fatality rates for small cars are about twice as high as their larger siblings. Yet it’s the large – and usually expensive and luxurious – cars that get features like collision avoidance technology. [...]
Filed under: Convertible, Coupe, Sedan, Technology, Mercedes-Benz, Luxury Mercedes-Benz has codenamed its latest suite of driver convenience aids “Magic,” and the automaker will soon introduce a Magic Carpet Magic Body Control suspension technology and a Magic Sky Control roof tech. Sadly, there are no wizards nor Tinkerbells involved in any of this, just a whole [...]
Filed under: Plants/Manufacturing, Technology, Crossover, Ford In case you thought installing SYNC into Ford vehicles was a ho-hum-whatever affair, that’s not the case – Ford puts a lot of thought into it. The Blue Oval’s latest assembly line advance is to have SYNC’s infotainment software installed into the 2011 Ford Edge via WiFi. Made possible [...]
Filed under: Technology, Mercedes-Benz According to Autocar, an admission by a Mercedes-Benz engineer proves that the company is working on a nine-speed automatic transmission. That isn’t exactly new, since talk of such a beast has been broached before. The difference this time is that Autocar’s sources says the gearbox will be “introduced on large-capacity engines.” [...]
Filed under: Technology, Lamborghini Lamborghini’s Advanced Composite Research Center – Click above for high-res image gallery Lamborghini has announced its intentions to build lighter cars, and that means more carbon fiber and carbon composites. The stampeding bull is already deep into the stuff, with the Murcielago replacement (rumored to carry the Jota name) swapping out [...]
