Posts categorized under ‘Technology’

Motoring journalists road-test cars by living with them: doing all the things with them that they’d do with their own cars.  It’s not as glamorous as blasting round the test ...

Twitter addicts need to tweet all the time. Facebook fans need to update their status, and Like the thoughts of others, constantly. Social media is all-pervasive and smartphones make it ...

BMW is trying something new with the 1 Series, in an experiment it’s not shouting about just yet in case it falls flat. Don’t worry, it’s nothing too far-out. We’re ...

Renault is one of the most successful F1 engine makers of recent years. Be it Williams, Renault (Lotus?) itself or now Red Bull, the firm’s Formula 1 engines have powered ...

Jaguar did not just reveal the science behind the styling of the 2012 XF when I visited Whitley a few weeks back: it also provided a tech briefing, too. It’s ...

BMW price list spotters will have noticed something unfamiliar on the new BMW 5 Series tables: the option of Xirallic alongside regular metallic paint It costs the same as normal ...

Motoring journalists often put two and two together and make a marvelous headline. Muse can come from myriad sources which, over time and when pieced together, result in (ahem) the ...

BMW has announced it will sell 1.5 million 3- and 4-cylinder engines by 2015. It’s all part of the premium giant’s intention to become even more green, and continue its ...

It is now common to experience the same engine in a multitude of cars. The VW Group 1.9 TDI was my first experience of omnipresence, but thanks to intra-brand deals, ...

Ford may have to correct a rare tactical oversight soon, and make an OE sat nav system available on the current shape Ford Fiesta. I did the launch of the ...