Smart design and packaging lead Fiat back to the forefront of supermini field... As suggested by its name, the new Fiat Grande Panda is not exactly a replacement to the 13-year-old Panda. That car ...

Casper is designed to Korea's light car category, something like Japan's Kei-cars. It is not exactly a new car. Back in 2021, Hyundai introduced the Casper as its domestic market city car. It fits ...

To repeat an icon is not easy. To reinvent an icon is even harder. Renault succeeds in doing so. Few small cars have so much visual appeal. The reborn Mini has it, so is Fiat 500. They are successful ...

Variable is good. From valve timing, valve lift, intake manifold, exhaust, ignition, fuel injection, turbocharging, cooling to lubrication, many things on today's engines can be variable. However, one ...

Ferrari's first generation mid-engined sports car was Dino 206GT / 246GT. It was an excellent driver's car, but too small and too slow to be called exotic. During the whole 1970s and 1980s, the world ...

After multi-valve technology became standard in engine design, Variable Valve Timing becomes the next step to enhance engine output, no matter power or torque. As you know, valves activate the ...

Steering is very important to a car because it is the interface that the driver touches most. What makes a car's steering better than another? It is usually judged by several factors: directness, ...

First introduced by Mercedes 300SL in 1954, tuned intake manifold is not exactly a new technology. It is discussed here just because its principle is useful to our further study of variable intake ...

When it comes to traction, 4 wheels are definitely better than 2. Since the very beginning of automotive history, many engineers tried the idea of 4-wheel drive. However, successful applications had ...