All Entries in the "Car Tech" Category

The Top 5 Ways to Accessorize Your New Car

When you get a new car, the first thing you need to do is protect your investment. Add your own personal style and keep your ride in top shape for many years to come, with items that accessorize and protect it. Auto dash covers are great products that protect your vehicle’s dashboard from the sun’s harsh rays, all while blocking the dangerous glare that obstructs your vision while driving. To protect your rear end, cargo mats are the perfect way to keep your trunk interior safeguarded from dirt, debris and everything else you toss back there when you’re on the go. Choose from a variety of designs, colors and finishes that are guaranteed to fit your busy lifestyle and budget. Now that you have your trunk covered, you need some auto mats to match. Great for high traffic areas  [...]

Brighten your car with HID kits

Not much of people would know what HID means and how or where they are used, not their fault as these are an extra added accessories that only a true automotive lover would like to jazz up their car with. Well, now let me give you some knowledge about HID – High Intensity Discharge, these are the distinct headlights that gives a vehicle much noticing look. There are several hid kits available in the market that comes with several other optional and standard features. The main advantage of using HID is the added brightness, good electric consumption and giving good looks. The main core benefit of using HID is the brightness it gives as driver becomes more comfortable in driving with an added boost of the lights. The use of HID kits are said to have double benefit as it enhances your experience  [...]

2010 Ford Fusion Hybrid

Ford has finally entered the market with a hybrid built for your geography and economics teachers or for people above 60 years who have lost their zest for life. With an exterior that looks like the Honda Clarity but just not that good and interiors that would put you to sleep at the drop of a hat, not because its comfy, its because its that dull and boring. Leaving the styling out, Ford might have something very interesting for you here; under the hood you have a 156-horsepower, 2.5-liter, Atkinson cycle gasoline engine combined with a 106-horsepower AC electric motor. Both these power plants are mated to the gear set that transmits the combined torque to an electronically controlled continuously variable transmission (eCVT) and on to the front wheels. One might say, all the specs are  [...]

2010 Audi S4 Review

The Sum ‘n’ substance Audi had unveiled the 2010 S4 at the Paris 2008 motor-show and kept everyone guessing as too what the heck were they thinking when they swapped the V8 engine for a 3.0 liter V6?. But this isn’t any ordinary V6,….. this one is supercharged and torque figures have improved  too and are available across a wider rev range — the boosted 6-cylinder offers up 324 lb.-ft. of torque from 2900 to 5300 rpm against 302 lb.-ft. at 3500 rpm.  You don’t think that Audi will let you down on the engine front did you?. The power churned out by the V6 is 7bhp less than the previous S4 which was a decent 340bhp,which is slightly disappointing news for the S4 fans who expected more POWEER!!. It seems, along with the economy, the horse-power of our most favored mode of transport  [...]

2011 McLaren MP4-12C

When Mclaren launched the F1, a fire-breathing monster in 1992, it was every boys dream to get their hands on one as soon as possible and the closest they’ve ever gotten is, on the Need for Speed series or giant posters of it on a wall. The F1 was responsible for scorching tracks and setting all lap times on fire. Sadly though, this beloved dragon was put to rest by 1998. in its life-time there was a total of only 106 produced some were variants of each other but they all were able to hit a top speed was 390kmph without a rev limiter, a world record held throughout its production days for being the fastest production car. It could blast off from 0-60mph in just 3.2 secs. All these figures are bewildering, ten years ago. Since then there have been many attempts to dethrone the king and sadly  [...]

2010 Lexus HS250h

Sum ‘n’ substance: When you come across the term, hybrid car, the first thing that you can picture in your mind is a boring looking car with no frills and high on fuel efficiency. However Lexus is trying to change this mindset with the launch of their all new luxury hybrid, the HS250h. Lexus have bought a giant car-blender, and put in the ingredients of the Toyota Prius, the Avensis and the Camry Hybrid and out came the HS250h. Toyota being the parent company, has helped Lexus develop a car for the masses with a strict control about their carbon foot-print without compromising much on luxury. Ironical as it seems, that the carbon-conscious folk also demand luxury, let’s find out if the HS250h can really deliver. The Avensis architecture allowed the HS250h to use the Camry hybrid’s  [...]