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 ...

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 ...

Manual transmission might be almost dead in the USA – only 4 percent of all new cars sold there are equipped with stick-shift – but in the rest of the world it is still the choice of the majority. For ...

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 ...

135 was available in many body styles, shown here is the most beautiful - 135M roadster coachbuilt by Figoni & Falaschi Compare with another French marque Bugatti, Delahaye was not very famous.

Fiat 131 was just another forgettable mid-size family car in automotive history, but in 1976 it gave birth to a world-beating rally car, 131 Abarth. This car won World Rally Championship 3 times in 4 ...

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 ...

A refined engine should be smooth running, free of vibration and quiet. These qualities also help the engine to spin freer at high rpm, lifting red line hence power output. Engine smoothness depends ...

All cars need energy for propulsion. When they decelerate and stop, the energy is wasted in braking. Why not recapture the braking energy, store it and use it for acceleration later on? That is ...

As shown in the picture, straight-6 engine is simply a pair of 3-cylinder engines mated together symmetrically, thus piston 1 is always in the same position as piston 6, piston 2 the same as piston 5.