The Volkswagen CC is like buying designer clothes at ready-to-wear prices. It looks really good, and you look good in it. But don't expect it to score aces for practicality. The CC is a "four-door coupe," another way of saying a sedan ...
Tags: Volkswagen CC, four-door coupe, coupe, sedan, rear-seat, trunk room
Lately, we've seen a proliferation of cars in our test program that require extra-thin 0W-20-weight synthetic oil. And while this was pretty exotic engine lubricant just a couple of years ago, the cars requiring this expensive synthetic oil ...
Tags: cars, test program, engine lubricant, expensive synthetic oil
With the change of seasons, many consumers are looking for a change of tires. Fortunately, we just posted the results from our largest tire-testing project to date--78 family car tires--with several newly introduced models and many old ...
Tags: tires, family car tires, tire-testing project, all-season tires
Priced at about $50,000, the upcoming pure-electric RAV4 EV is government-rated at 76 mpg equivalent (MPGe) with a 103-mile range. This electric SUV will go on sale in California on Sept 24th. Available for purchase or lease, the RAV4 EV ...
Tags: Toyota, Electric car, electric SUV
With new products, it is easy to be lulled into believing that each updated model will be better than the one before. That's not what we're seeing in our portable GPS navigation tests. Our latest test group features eight models, spanning ...
Tags: GPS navigation, entry-level, full-featured, Garmin Nuvi 3550LM
More stylish than your average plumber's van, the redesigned Transit Connect gets a smoother, less upright look than the boxy small cargo van it replaces, with a front-end treatment reminiscent of the Focus and Fiesta small cars. The more ...
Tags: stylish, van, cargo van, Ford, Transit Connect
Researchers hope they can sharply reduce the number of car accidents by enabling vehicles to communicate with each other--and they're putting the theory to the test in Ann Arbor,Mich. On Tuesday,researchers at the University of Michigan ...
Tags: smart car, Google, sustainability, vehicle
Financial services and the public sector remain the biggest clients of IT consultancies but the availability of new technologies such as cloud computing and continued austerity have meant increasing take-up in other sectors. While the ...
Tags: Financial services, IT Consultancy, cloud computing, construction
A classic Rolls-Royce Silver Ghost,one of the finest luxury automobiles in the world,was sold for$7.1 million at a Bonhams auction,making it the most expensive Rolls-Royce ever sold at an auction. The eyes of the world were on Bonhams on ...
Network Rail is set to overhaul its data management programme to make its data more valuable. The organisation's infrastructure information services business unit,dubbed"asset information,"has turned to Informatica to develop its ...
Tags: Network Rail, MDM, data management programme, information services
Aston Martin and Factor Bikes delivered a two-wheeled version of the iconic One-77 Coupe.The bicycle is world's most technologically advanced road bicycle. The Aston Marting bicycle has been developed alongside parts for F1,Le ...
Tags: Bikes, road cars, Limited Edition
Toyota Motor (TMC) and NavInfo, a China-based map production firm, will partner to form a joint-venture (JV) company for the distribution of map data to car navigation systems in China. The JV called Telemap China, is scheduled to start ...
A 3D laser scanner housed in a prototype system developed at the Fraunhofer Institute for Physical Measurement Techniques (IPMS) in Freiburg, Germany, can boost the safety and reliability of rail transport. Whether it is to simply ...
Tags: Laser scanner, rail safety, laser beam, measurement of passing trains
TRW Automotive Holdings (TRW) has unveiled its new capacitive touchpad sensor including advanced handwriting recognition software to help drivers and passengers coordinate and operate several functions within the car. The new touchpad ...
Tags: TRW Automotive, Auto Parts, touchpad sensor
Continental has opened a new winter test center under the Chassis & Safety Division in Heihe, Heilongjiang, China, to meet the increasing demand for vehicle safety products as well as improve road safety in the region. The new Heihe ...
Tags: Auto Parts, vehicle applications, Chassis&Safety Division