Antony Ingram, Contributing Writer

Articles

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  Video: Papercraft Audi A7 - Handmade, Not Good In The Rain Antony Ingram April 20, 2011

  The 2011 Audi A7 might be big but it isn't particularly heavy for its size. Weighing in at around 3,900 pounds it's around 300 pounds lighter than its rival the BMW 5-Series GT despite the Quattro...
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  2012 Volkswagen Beetle: New, Retro, Tech-Laden

  The Volkswagen New Beetle has had a good life - launched in 1998, it's carried on for the past thirteen years virtually unchanged. Okay, so that's not quite as impressive as the original, known variously as the Volkswagen, Type 1, Beetle, Bug, Käfer and many more names throughout the world...

  Antony Ingram April 18, 2011
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  Video: Back To The Future With Aluminum Powered R/C Car

  The future is full of powerplant possibilities - efficient gasoline and clean diesel, hybrids, hydrogen fuel cells and pure electric - but we don't yet have the technology to power a car using cold fusion, à la 'Doc' Brown's DeLorean in the Back To The Future trilogy. We can replicate the...

  Antony Ingram April 18, 2011
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  Hope For Saab Yet? 9-1 Compact Could Use MINI Platform

  To gearheads, the turbulent times Swedish carmaker Saab is facing really pulls at the heart strings. It's one of an elite group of makers that real car enthusiasts like to know is around, even if they wouldn't buy the products themselves. Having had its personality and vitality steadily eroded...

  Antony Ingram April 15, 2011
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  BMW Reveals Downsized 3 Cylinder Engine, U.S-Bound?

  Home of the Ultimate Driving Machine and bringer of Joy to drivers, BMW has revealed its latest powerplant and to the casual observer or diehard enthusiast neither corporate phrase sits very easily with the new engine. The reason? It's a 3-cylinder, and it's low capacity. Buyers in Europe are used...

  Antony Ingram April 14, 2011
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  The Ten Songs Chevrolet Uses To Perfect In-Car Audio

  It's easy to forget that amongst all the engine and chassis testing, selecting seats and trim and designing the interior and exterior, automakers also have to spend time developing in-car audio systems for the millions of drivers who listen to their favorite tunes on the way to work. Chevrolet has...

  Antony Ingram April 13, 2011
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  Video: Revolutionary New Engine, 90 Percent Lower Emissions Antony Ingram April 11, 2011

  There may be life in the old dog yet - engines have never been the cleanest of machines, requiring fossil fuels for their power and releasing all manner of gases, elements and chemicals through the...
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  Mercedes-Benz A-Class: Shopping Car To Tech-Laden Compact

  With MINI and Fiat taking the retro approach and Mazda and Ford going for youthful and fun, how do you make your new small car stand out in the marketplace? If you're Mercedes-Benz about to sell the latest generation of A-Class compact in the U.S, you go down the high technology route and cut a...

  Antony Ingram April 11, 2011
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  Magnesium Car Bodies: The New Steel, Carbon, Aluminum?

  Another day, another material that could lead to lighter vehicles of the future. The latest candidate? Magnesium. Magnesium componentry in cars is nothing new of course. Magnesium alloy wheels are popular in the motorsport world where light weight and impressive strength are paramount. Now...

  Antony Ingram April 8, 2011
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  Electromagnetic Suspension Could Give 60 Percent Better Ride

  There's an automotive buzzword that's becoming ever more popular, and it's killing our cars ride quality. That word is "sporty". "Sporty" means lower suspension, bigger wheels, lower profile tires and uncompromising seats, and it's splashed liberally throughout virtually any model range you care to...

  Antony Ingram April 7, 2011
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  Uber-impressive app hires you luxury cabs easily and quickly

  Sometimes, a cab just won't do. More likely, they're all booked up and you're late to an engagement. Want to arrive in style, and in time? You'll want the Uber experience. Uber isn't just a clever name. It's also a clever App, that makes the process of hiring a luxury cab service easy, quick and...

  Antony Ingram April 6, 2011
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  Need For Speed Shift 2 Unleashed: Full Review

  Brushing the red line, grabbing top gear and clipping the apex, AllCarTech brings you our full review of the latest racing title to hit your PlayStation 3, Need For Speed: Shift 2 Unleashed. Last week we brought you our first impressions of the EA Games and Slightly Mad Studios racer and with a few...

  Antony Ingram April 5, 2011
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  Ford's Chocolate-Inspired Plastics (Still Not Edible Though) Antony Ingram April 5, 2011

  Car companies draw inspiration from the strangest of places. The styling of the 2010 Nissan Cube was apparently inspired by the look of a bulldog in sunglasses, and the fins of many 1950s cars were a...
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  Video: Kinect Used To Steer R/C Car: What Else Could It Do?

  Not long ago we took a look at a remote control car steered not via a traditional controller, but using a touch-screen smartphone. It's already been upstaged, this time using an Apple iPad and an HTML5 web app that uses the tablet's motion sensors in a similar manner to that of the smartphone R/C...

  Antony Ingram April 4, 2011
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  Timepiece Titivation: 5 Watches For The Tardy Gearhead

  Some things in the motoring world are inexorably linked. Classic car enthusiasts often have an interest in other classic transport - boats, aircraft, motorcycles. The glitz and glamour of Formula 1 racing goes hand-in-hand with champagne. Many motorsports though have a timepiece connection. In...

  Antony Ingram April 1, 2011
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  Need For Speed Shift 2 Unleashed: First Impressions

  Thanks to the kind folk at EA Games we've got hold of a copy of the latest game in the long-running Need For Speed franchise, Shift 2 Unleashed (S2U), in PlayStation 3 format. As with the previous Shift title, Unleashed errs more on the simulation side of racing titles rather than the franchise's...

  Antony Ingram March 31, 2011
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  Move Over iPhone, Mobiado Aston Martin Concept So Much Cooler

  One of the little joys in owning an Aston Martin - and we're guessing there are many - is the little crystal key you get to start the car. Sure, it has an enormously pretentious name, the "Emotion Control Unit", but the little glass sculpture is a pretty cool way to start your car. We bet it looks...

  Antony Ingram March 31, 2011
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  Going Bananas: Bio-Plastics Could Mean Fruity Future Cars

  Plastic is one of mankind's great inventions. It's more or less impossible to get by in the modern world without owning or using something made from one type of plastic or another - from the computer you're reading this on to food packaging and beyond. Cars, too. Have a quick think about the car...

  Antony Ingram March 30, 2011
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  What's Under The Hood? 4 Million Brit Drivers Can't Tell You Antony Ingram March 29, 2011

  They say that cars are getting more complicated, and that home maintenance is becoming less easy to accomplish under all the plastic covers and with unfathomable electronics.
  
  Still, for four million...
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  Ford On The Fight Against Potholes At European Test Centers

  If you live somewhere with particularly changeable weather and low temperatures during the winter you'll be familiar with potholes. The broken road surfaces and large holes that result can play havoc with traffic and vehicles, damaging suspension, wheels, tires and bodywork and even causing...

  Antony Ingram March 28, 2011
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  Video: Radio Control? Old News! Phones Are Where It's At

  Before the advent of video games and thousands of cars stunningly recreated in high polygon models on hundreds of detailed race tracks, we used to use a little thing known as imagination and a little suspension of disbelief to get virtual racing thrills. Diecast cars were at the bottom of the tree...

  Antony Ingram March 25, 2011
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  Mercedes Can't Sell Clean Cars Thanks To Dirty U.S. Fuel

  The engines of today may operate along familiar principals to the internal combustion engines of yesteryear but their efficiency and cleanliness is almost beyond comparison thanks to advances in technology. Like all automakers Mercedes-Benz has put millions into developing engines to meet ever...

  Antony Ingram March 24, 2011
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  In-App-ropriate? DUI Checkpoint Apps Get The Red Light

  With more than 10,000 Americans dying every year in DUI-related car accidents, you might think it poor taste that you can download DUI checkpoint warning applications for Apple and Blackberry cell phones. You'd not be alone, either. Four U.S. senators are asking Apple, Google and Research In...

  Antony Ingram March 24, 2011
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  The Five Most Pointless Carbon Fiber Car Accessories

  Carbon fiber is great. It's had applications across a whole spectrum of sports and technology and allows the construction of objects that are stronger and lighter than the equivalent metal object, and - lets face it - it looks pretty cool too. We may even see it becoming used in widespread car...

  Antony Ingram March 18, 2011