The striking Fisker Karma extended-range electric car has turned heads for months in our test program, from its distinctive design to its sci-fi hum soundtrack. During that time we've experienced far more than our share of frustrations. And ...
Tags: electric car, extended-range, luxury sedan, sedans, Chrysler 200
Essentially a family-sized 911, the Porsche Panamera sedan proved entertaining and even pampering at our test track. It holds true to many of the vaunted brand's driving characteristics, although this six-figure sedan does come with ...
Tags: 911, Porsche, sedan, four-door car
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
Taipei,Sept.5,2012--Yulon Group of Taiwan,a major carmaker on the island,recently announced the issuance of NT$6 billion(US$200 million)in unsecured corporate bonds to further develop distribution channels in China for its own line of ...
Tags: Taiwan, carmaker, Dongfeng Yulon, manufacture
IDG News Service - If you want to impress people in technology-drenched Silicon Valley, you need a pretty special gadget. An iPhone 5 prototype would definitely do it, and something related to the Mars Curiosity rover would probably earn ...
Tags: electrifying ride, high-tech, interior
DIY achieves one of two things:either a severely bruised thumb,or a warm sense of pride.And it seems,in light of the recession,there's a few more bruised thumbs and warm faces going on among homeowners up and down the UK:total sales at DIY ...
Tags: DIY, Decoration, Homebuilding
India appears to be the hottest market nowadays for automotive investment, with the latest company to break ground on a new assembly facility and engine plant being Ford Motor (Detroit). The $900 million complex will be located in the ...
Tags: new
LONDON—After screening"Star Wars"for his students,a professor at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology pointed to a"remote"—as droids or robots are called in the movie—with which Luke Skywalker had been practicing his ...
Tags: Design, LED, Lighting, Application