Antony Ingram, Contributing Writer

Articles

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  Volvo Safety Concept Car: 10 Years Of Car Safety Technology Antony Ingram July 25, 2011

  Believe it or not, the 2012 Volvo C30 hatchback is essentially a 10 year old design.
  
  Several years before the C30 hit the streets, Volvo revealed a striking concept called the Safety Concept Car...

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  2012 FIAT 500 Apple iPad App Is A Source Of All Knowledge

  The 2012 FIAT 500 is one of the most distinctive cars on the road. The car has been on sale in Europe for a few years now and they're already everywhere, and early impressions are good in America too. If you've seen a few on the road and want to know more, what better way than "FIAT Source"? It's a...

  Antony Ingram July 22, 2011
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  Video: Toyota's Augmented Reality "Window To The World"

  Toyota is all about augmenting the outside world at the moment. First it launches the Backseat Driver app to keep your kids entertained with a bubblegum representation of your route ahead, and now they're improving the view outside your windows too. "Window To The World" is a concept simulation of...

  Antony Ingram July 21, 2011
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  2012 Volkswagen Beetle: Production Begins In Mexico

  The Volkswagen Beetle and Mexico are inexorably linked. From as far back as 1967 and running until 2003 when production ended for good, Volkswagen's Puebla factory produced the classic Beetle, and between 1998 and 2010 the factory was responsible for New Beetle production. Now, Volkswagen has...

  Antony Ingram July 21, 2011
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  Video: Don't Have Active Stop Tech? Take The DIY Route

  The only trouble with flashy new technology is that it tends to be expensive. Manufacturers spend millions developing the latest infotainment and safety kit and they have to recoup their costs somehow. So what can Billy Joe Average do if he hasn't got the money to get a car with the latest safety...

  Antony Ingram July 20, 2011
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  Porsche Smokes Its Rivals With High-Tech Shisha Pipe

  Porsche has another winner on its hands. It's not a new supercar or the next generation of its 911 sports car range though - Porsche Design takes our prize for offering the most unusual car-branded accessory. Ferrari previously had our favourite with a carbon-fiber child measuring stick, but the...

  Antony Ingram July 20, 2011
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  OnStar In Every Car: FMV Available From July 24th For $300 Antony Ingram July 19, 2011

  The OnStar vehicle infotainment, navigation and security system will be familar to owners of newer GM products, but soon you won't even need a GM vehicle to benefit from the technology.
  
  Revealed at...
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  Ferrari World Design Contest Won By Korean University Team

  The wait is over for a team of young hopefuls from Hongik University from Seoul, South Korea. Three students have won the Ferrari World Design Contest, beating teams from 49 other universities all around the world. The team can now look forward to the prize, which not only includes cash prizes but...

  Antony Ingram July 19, 2011
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  2012 Chevrolet Sonic: Spotify Invites For Info Requests

  As a replacement for the dull and unfashionable Chevrolet Aveo, GM is hoping the funky 2011 Chevrolet Sonic will appeal to a more savvy car buyer, and tempt people away from their Ford Fiestas and Honda Fits. One way of doing this is giving free invitations to the Spotify digital music service to...

  Antony Ingram July 18, 2011
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  Mercedes-Benz' Wind Tunnel Provides Weather On Demand

  One minute it's freezing cold, the next you're battling with a hurricane, and then finally the sun comes out for tropical temperatures. No, it's not some futuristic vision of a world in the grips of rapid climate change, it's actually the conditions available in the new wind tunnels used by...

  Antony Ingram July 18, 2011
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  You Have Reached Your Destination... With A Map, Not Sat Nav

  If you're aged between 18 and 24 years old you could be forgiven for having never seen a road atlas. These archaic paper-based devices require you to use planning and a sense of direction to navigate from one place to another, and remain silent throughout your journey. According to research by the...

  Antony Ingram July 14, 2011
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  Video: Batmobile Replica Has Turbine Engine, iPad Avionics

  For gearheads, Batman is clearly the best superhero. It's nothing to do with the cape, nor having the appearance and skills of a nocturnal flying creature, oh no - it's because his favourite method of transportation has always been a cool car. From a modified Lincoln Futura concept car in the...

  Antony Ingram July 14, 2011
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  More Carbon Fiber Parts In BMW Cars From 2013 Antony Ingram July 13, 2011

  BMW is aiming to become of the first manufacturers to begin high-volume production of carbon fiber car parts. The first part-carbon cars could be seen as soon as 2013.
  
  The cost and production time...
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  Bavarian Rhapsody: BMW Makes Music With New 1-Series (Video)

  You might not think of the voice inside your sat-nav system or the sound of your blinkers as being particularly sonorous, but then you're probably not working with BMW to turn those sounds and more into a few minutes of music as the backdrop to production of the 2012 BMW 1-Series. The man behind...

  Antony Ingram July 12, 2011
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  Race Car Tech: Improving The Breed, Or Ruining The Racing?

  Carmakers love motor racing. The phrase "Win on Sunday, sell on Monday" didn't come about for no reason - racing is a great way of raising the profile of your cars and the buying public love knowing that some of the technology in their cars has filtered down from the race track. That's the theory...

  Antony Ingram July 11, 2011
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  General Motors Picks U.K. For EN-V City Car Euro Manufacture

  Small cars are becoming big business. The smart fortwo, Scion iQ, Gordon Murray's upcoming T.25, the Renault Twizy... more and more carmakers are developing tiny vehicles to provide our city transportation of the future. General Motors has jumped on the bandwagon too. GM showed the cleverly named...

  Antony Ingram July 11, 2011
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  What's That Ecco? High Tech, Green, Electric Camper Van

  Going straight onto All Car Tech's list of things we want is a new electric camper van by design collective NAU, known as Ecco. Describing it as a camper van almost doesn't do it justice, though. The teardropped vehicle is more like a Transformer, changing from efficient and spacious vehicle into a...

  Antony Ingram July 8, 2011
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  Gordon Murray Gets Into Fuel Cell Tech With Next iStream Car

  Professor Gordon Murray is a busy chap right now. Fresh from revealing his T.27 electric city car and taking time out to re-design the iconic Batmobile, he's now announced a partnership between his company Gordon Murray Design (GMD) and UK-based ACAL Energy to develop a low-cost fuel cell vehicle...

  Antony Ingram July 7, 2011
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  Toxic Tests Ensure Your Car Can't Give You Cancer, Allergies Antony Ingram July 7, 2011

  Safety isn't a glamorous subject but it's nice to know that when you put yourself and your family into a car you'll all be safe. Not just on the road, but sitting there and breathing normally, too.
  
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  Video: Mods Bring Photorealism To Grand Theft Auto 4 Game

  As any ardent PC videogamer knows, the game you load onto your computer isn't necessarily as good as it can be. Whether time and cost constraints during production or the march of technological advancement, PC games are often open to improvement at the hands of the vast online communities that play...

  Antony Ingram July 6, 2011
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  Terrafugia's Flying Car Closer To Reality With DOT Approval

  It's the dream of every motorist stuck in an endless queue of traffic: Press a few buttons and quickly soar above all the other poor souls wasting their lives away at a standstill. There's probably a little more to flying cars than that, but the concept of a usable car and aircraft hybrid has taken...

  Antony Ingram July 5, 2011
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  Bored At Work? Try These 5 Online Car Customizing Websites

  It's the 5th of July. You're at work. Probably bored, and almost certainly hung over from the celebrations yesterday. If you're like us, you might be idly scanning the internet for something to do in your downtime. Motor Authority comes to your rescue. We've done the legwork and found the best...

  Antony Ingram July 5, 2011
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  Mercedes AMG Fan? Get Accessories With 'High Tech Qualities'

  The world of automotive branded merchandise impresses and amuses in equal measure. For every sleek Porsche Design fountain pen, there's a Ferrari teddy bear to redress the balance. Now is the turn of the Mercedes-Benz AMG brand to offer a range of suitably high-tech merchandise for both business...

  Antony Ingram July 1, 2011
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  Gordon Murray T27 Could Be World's Most Efficient Car

  Gordon Murray Design (GMD) has today unveiled its T.27 electric vehicle, touting it as the world's most efficient electric car. Since the average electric car is already more efficient than its fossil-fueled counterpart, you could be looking at the world's most efficient car, period--if only an...

  Antony Ingram June 29, 2011