Antony Ingram, Contributing Writer
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Whether you're texting, calling, updating your social media networks, or simply pressing buttons on your stereo or sat nav, in-car technology can be quite a distraction from the actual process of... -
Classic Mille Miglia Road Race Coming To AmericaThe famous Mille Miglia endurance road race might have finished as a competitive event back in 1957 in its Italian home, but tribute and historic events have kept the name alive for several decades now. Between October 25-29 this year competitors in America will get a taste of the format as the...
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Nissan's Future Safety Tech: Reducing Accidents, InjuryFor years, we've wanted more from our cars. More power. More performance. More luxury. More gadgets. More recently, we've wanted less, at the same time: Less weight. Less expense. All the time carmakers have been giving us more of some things and less of others, cars have continued to get safer...
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TeleNav Launches Navigator 7.1 For Android: Next-Gen NavA stress-free journey is a happy journey, and the invention of satellite navigation was the biggest boost for in-car happiness since the bench seat... if you catch our drift. GPS Navigator 7.1 for Android is the latest navigation system, described as next-gen navigation to make drivers' lives...
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Want To Beat The Traffic Jams? BMW's Real Time Tech Can HelpBy the time you're miles deep into a huge queue, traffic information on the radio or warnings on the sat nav can seem like a bit of an insult to your intelligence. That's why the most effective solution is one that BMW will be offering to all new European BMW buyers as part of its ConnectedDrive...
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What Would YOU Do With 150 Brand New 1997 Chrysler Neons?Anyone want 150, zero-mile, right-hand drive 1997 Chrysler Neons? No, us neither. But for anyone out there who does, such a thing is actually available right now. The large stock of essentially brand new Neons is being sold in Singapore by Arete Trading Pte Ltd. We've no idea how they've come to...
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It's the first day in a new week. You've probably just rocked up at your desk, powered on your computer and taken a long, deep sigh.
Sounds like you have a case of the Mondays.
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Top Gear USA Season 2 Extended: 8 More Episodes On The WayGeneral consensus among Top Gear fans wasn't too positive for the first season of Top Gear USA. For anyone who'd caught episodes of the UK version and enjoyed the crazy antics of Clarkson, Hammond and May, it just wasn't up to scratch. Heck, even if you'd not seen an episode of the UK series it...
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Audi Launches New Mobile Site And Features In The U.S.Any carmaker worth it's salt has at least one mobile customer information point these days whether an iAd, app or mobile site for customers browsing on the move. Audi of America knows this, and has updated m.audiusa.com for mobile users to provide them with a new way of accessing information about...
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Can You Count To Ten? Hyundai's Next Automatic Gearbox CanIf anything is going to make you feel old it's remembering you grew up with four-, or even three-speed gearboxes. In the 1980s a trend for five-speed manual transmissions started to develop and automatics followed close behind, and from the late 1990s and early 2000s manual and automatic 'boxes...
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Tomorrow's Nissan Reads Your Mind, Predicts Your Next MoveIf you think your car is sometimes a little slow to react when you turn a corner or push pedal to the metal, some future technology from Nissan might be right up your street. In-car safety and technology systems have got pretty advanced recently. You can buy cars that adjust their speed according...
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Race Of Champions Game Screeches Onto iPhone, iPad, AndroidAs naming norms for sports events go, Race Of Champions is fairly self-explanatory. Take top drivers from the highest reaches of motorsport including Formula 1, NASCAR, the WRC and more, and pit them against each other in front of a stadium audience. The trouble with all this is that it's very much...
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As in many aspects of life, ignoring a problem such as drink driving doesn't make it go away. That applies whether you're willingly letting an intoxicated friend drive, you've had a few beers... -
Coffee-Burning Car Gives You A 77.5 MPH World Record BoostYou might have heard of Cars and Coffee before but almost certainly not in this way... Rather than car park full of shiny supercars and classic metal, this combination of a car and coffee involves powering the former with the latter to break a land speed record. It's not as simple as giving your...
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2012 Kia Rio: Stop/Start For One Of America's Cheapest CarsStop-start technology is an easy way of improving a car's fuel economy by a few MPG and lowering emissions - especially if you regularly commute in heavy traffic. However, its use is contentious for many carmakers as the U.S. EPA official fuel economy figures are completely unaffected, even if...
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Generation Y Prefers Internet, Tech And Gadgets To CarsFor the average young person back in the 1950s, only two things really mattered: A hot date for the weekend, and a hot car to go to the local drive-in, diner or secluded spot. Okay, so a Grease-like lifestyle wasn't enjoyed by everybody, but it's a sign of the times that for the youth of Generation...
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OnStar's Reassurance: We Respect Your Privacy. Really, We DoIt's often the way with the modern world: The products and services we use aren't just products and services any more - they're experiences. Where once you used to use a car to get from A to B with the occasional trip via C, now you can be as connected to your life on the internet as you are with...
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Urbee 3D Printed Car Makes First Appearance In CanadaIt may not be fast and it may not even be pretty, but the Urbee car is important for other reasons. The potential for 166 mpg is clearly a number to raise eyebrows. Using a combination of electric motors and a small, single cylinder, 8 horsepower engine running on ethanol, high economy was never...
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Thanks to financial troubles, Mitsubishi's product lineup has been looking a little thin of late, with very few new models making it to the market.
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More Future Fuels: Bacteria To Power Hydrogen Fuel Cells?Hydrogen fuel cells for automotive use are one of those "great in theory, flawed in principal" ideas for the future of car propulsion. New technology using bacteria could eventually change that. Fuel cells have several advantages over pure battery-electric power, for example. Firstly, hydrogen has...
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Retro Flashback: New Jensen Interceptor Due In 2014It sometimes seems that not a week goes by without some long-dead British sports car name from the past being revived, and the latest to make an appearance is Jensen. Between 1966 and 1976 Jensen sold the Interceptor, a two-door, four-seat grand tourer with a 383-cubic-inch Chrysler -V8 and a...
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GreenSight City: Daimler's Green Sim City Coming To FacebookUrban planning games are nothing new - the seminal Sim City title has been around since 1989 and we've probably been playing it all that time. Facebook games are a more recent phenomenon and you've probably heard of Car Town, the best of the bunch for gearheads. "GreenSight City" looks like...
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Shhhh! New Tech Lets 2011 Chevrolet Equinox Get Better MPGImproving fuel economy and reducing noise can occasionally be mutually compatible - the smooth aerodynamics of a 2011 Toyota Prius making it a refined highway cruiser, for example. However, GM is trialling a technology in the Chevrolet Equinox that makes quietness an outright necessity for...
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Aston Martin Cygnet Sales Slow, Supply Problems To BlameGrand Prix racing legend Sir Stirling Moss might have a shiny new Aston Martin Cygnet parked on his driveway, but he's currently in a minority. Dr. Ulrich Bez, chairman of Aston Martin, has admitted that initial sales have been slow - though rather than disinterest in Aston Martin's controversial...
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