Google's Street View is a great way to find your way around a place which you have never been to before, but little did we know that they were stealing private information over private WiFi networks...
Google's Street View cars have been driving around roads all across the world capturing images of almost every single street but they had collected more than just navigational data. In fact, they had managed to grab information from private WiFi networks including emails and passwords. Though
Fiat CEO, Segio Marchionne, has put the rumor of VW buying over Alfa Romeo to rest for now. Alfa will officially stay under its Italian parent's wing at the moment as Marchionne attempts to revive the ever-struggling Italian luxury automaker.
It is estimated that Fiat loses over $400 Million a year because of the upscale brand. Marchionne says Alfa will have to move 300,000 units annually to be profitable. For the record, Alfa is on pace for ~105,000 units this year, and Marchionne wants to
Readers who have been diligently following this blog will recall that quite some time back I was bemoaning the gradual demise of my beloved manual transmission gearboxes. Unsurprisingly, in the months that followed that entry, the manual gearbox has been under a further and renewed onslaught by the much fancier double clutch gearbox variants. Led by VW and their pioneering developments in this field, the manual gearbox is being hunted to extinction. I fear that in the next decade, manual gearbox
Quite a surprise this one. Never did anyone suspect that football powerhouse Brazil had any time to create a supercar. And now they have!
Well, apart from Ayrton Senna and Felipe Massa, there hasn't been much news about motoring or anything to do with cars in the South American party box. When you think of Brazil, you think football, coconuts, Gustavo Kuerten, sand, the beaches and last but not least, girls. Now, they've designed a car that probably looks as good as one of them. It looks unb
U.S. auto supplier Delphi Automotive is partnering WiTricity Corp to develop a wireless charging technology for electric vehicles.
Delphi is working on a system that would simply require the drivers to park their electric car over a wireless energy source installed in the floor of a home garage, or fitted under the pavement of a parking spot. The vehicle
The wait at a red light is always irritating. It demoralises you as you see the cars from the other sides of the junction move ahead while you're stuck at your line, waiting for the walking green man to flicker while you slowly inch your car forward in livid anticipation for the lights to turn green. Its horrible!
The second worst part is when the lights are green, you are tearing down the road at some kilometers per hour and the lights change to amber and to red which make you screech to a
Malaysia's Lion Group, owner of the Malaysian tire manufacturer Silverstone Bhd is selling the Silverstone tire brand to Toyo Tire & Rubber Co. Ltd. of Japan. According to press reports, Lion Forest Industries Bhd, the Lion Group company that holds 100% of Silverstone or 203.88million shares of RM1 each in Silverstone Corp. Bhd. Seeks to dispose the whole amount for RM462million (SG$192.333mil) to Toyo Tire.
The purpose of the sale is that Lion Group wishes to realise its investment and
According to the UK daily The independent, Peugeot has not tested their 107 mini car for crashes where the driver weighs more than 78kg. This piece of news came about during an inquest at the High Wycombe Magistrate's Court in Buckinghamshire regarding the death of one Mrs Judith Evans, who weighed 102kg. She had died when the Peugeot 107 she was driving crashed head on into a Vauxhall Vectra on January 20th, 2009.
The inquest arose from Vehicle Safety Consultancy Ltd (VSC), which was asked
Toyota revealed that it will begin manufacturing the Prius in Thailand come November 2010. The car will be built at the firm's Gateway Plant near Bangkok, where the Corolla, Camry, Camry Hybrid and other models are built. Thailand will be the third country to make Toyota's popular hybrid after Japan and China.
The company said the decision was made as part of its effort to further popularize hybrid vehicles worldwide. Toyota Motor Thailand Co. President Kyoichi Tanada commented, "With its ex
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The owner of a Strawberry Red 356 Cabriolet has earned the bragging rights for owning the oldest Porsche model sold in America. The discovery came about as part of the
There's a first time for everything. For Audi, it's the Speciality Equipment Market Association (SEMA) show 2010 as this year's edition will mark the brand's first ever factory-backed appearance at the annual tuning extravaganza in Las Vegas.
In addition to its lineup of after sales and electronics products, Audi will put on display six-vehicles including the driver-less Autonomous Audi TTS Pikes Peak and a customized R8 Spyder tuned by STaSIS Engineering. The latter is equipped with a 5.2-l
With the RX-8 sports car expected to be discontinued after the current model year, Mazda, the last bastion of the Wankel rotary engine, will be without a car in its lineup featuring the free-spinning engine. This is because Mazda is yet to engineer a rotary engine to meet its own internal fuel economy and emissions standards.
Marvelously simple and compact yet viciously inefficient, variants of the spinning triangle have been used in Mazda's cars for over 40 years. However, It
The LA Auto Show is once again round the corner, and with it comes the annual Design Challenge competition. This year, the competition has been extended to Japanese and German design studios, in addition to all of the manufacturer-supported studios in Southern California, making it a much more global contest.
The theme for this year's Design Challenge forces designers to envision vehicles that are both kind to the environment yet stylish and exciting to drive. Each concept vehicle must weig
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Tokyo - The Yokohama Rubber Co., Ltd., announces that it will begin selling in overseas markets its Premium comfort tire - the ADVAN dB, part of its global flagship
Something does not come out of nothing and there is usually a price to pay. Toyota has learned from a recent study that their hybrids, especially the ground breaking (but downright dowdy) Toyota Prius aren't as eco-friendly to manufacture compared to other vehicles. Normal cars somehow make less pollution during the manufacturing process.
This comparison is in terms of emissions of nonmethane hydrocarbons and particulates, which is emitted during the process of manufacturing the electric mot
Nissan has released official specs and pictures of the 2011MY (Model Year) GT-R. What's different from the previous models are some exterior tweaks to make the car a little more aerodynamic, some interior appointments (a redesigned instrument panel and seats) and what most are expecting; a power upgrade. The GT-R officially crosses the 500bhp barrier to produce 530bhp and 612Nm of torque or 630Nm in the Spec V.
It also sips less fuel too, 8.5km/l and is also considered a Light Emissions Vehi
Bali, Indonesia. BMW Group's distinction for some of the lowest emission rates in the industry is a result of the successful implementation of BMW EfficientDynamics, a strategy that reduces emissions and fuel consumption while simultaneously enhancing road performance to even higher standards.
The importance of BMW EfficientDynamics for BMW and the philosophy behind the strategy will be explained by Dr. Thomas Kell, Head of EfficientDynamics of BMW Group, during BMW EcoDrive and EfficientDyn
Parked along side the St. Regis, or Hilton Hotel, there's always something that catches the eyes. Whether its a Rolls Royce or a Ferrari, pedestrians can't help it but stop and stare. Well those are the authentic cars, but since the rest of the world allows its people to build their own kit cars, I can't see why not here on this island with too many Toyotas, Hondas, Hyundais, Kias and Nissans.
The car in the photo above is a Honda Attack, and its a kit car with the chassis from a Civic or an
In Singapore, we all know how to go about getting our driving license. Go to a driving school, get your BTT done, get the PDL, do your FTT and after a certain number of lessons, do the final test. And within that final test, we have the circuit and bla bla bla. All that sounds good and sophisticated with so many different hurdles to cross before getting the actual license. With all that you'd actually think that Singaporean drivers are very good. Well not so.. But anyhow, this is how a driving t
This seems to be a rather good idea, racing a printer with a car, and not just any car. The Epson is up against an Ariel Atom.
The main premise of the advertisement is to prove that the Epson printer can print out the entire racetrack, Rockingham Motor Speedway in the UK to be exact, faster than a driver can drive an Atom around it. For those who still do not know what an Ariel Atom is, I suggest Google-ing it before watching this video. Its possibly the most extreme face distorting machine
Something extraordinary has happened in Aurangabad, a small industrial town in India. 150 individuals, consisting of lawyers, engineers, doctors , IT specialists and so forth had made a group purchase of 150 different Mercedes Benz at one go. Now how the group buy came into being is a story all by itself.
Awhile ago, a group of friends decided to buy a luxury car each. And according to a local news channel and a few motoring sites from India this group of affluent Aurangabadians (I suppose
Proton had recently previewed its latest model, the Inspira, over in Malaysia. The Inspira is basically the current model Mitsubishi Lancer EX (also known as the Galant Fortis in Japan) with some cosmetic changes, mainly to the front bumper and the rear bumper as well as some Lotus sourced suspension tuning (absorber settings and the hardness of the bushes are Proton specific).
It comes with Mitsubishi's 4B10 1.8 liter and 4B11 2.0liter engines with a 5 speed manual for the 1.8 and the 6spe
