If you’ve ever wondered what all the motor oil related acronyms mean, this article is a great start. From extracting it from the ground to pouring it into your engine, the oil that we use in our cars, whether it is synthetic or mineral oil, goes through a long and complicated process. Governing these processes [...]
When it comes to motor oil there are still many myths and misconceptions out there. Wait until you read these crazy ways people still use their old motor oil. Although there have been many studies that show that used motor oil is toxic and a known carcinogen there are still some people out there doing [...]
General Motors expects to launch the 2011 Chevrolet Volt, a plug-in hybrid vehicle, in November 2010. GM already built 80 vehicles to test for different conditions, at the same time it is testing its production line for quality control purposes. It is expected that production will begin in the summer. Pricing for the new Volt [...]
Takanobu Ito, Honda’s president, said last week that the company is disappointed with its poor performance of the hybrids. Honda is working to improve the MPG for the next generation Honda Insight with goals to be even better than the Toyota Prius. Honda’s president is hoping the new Insight will be available for customers as [...]
Kia Motors Corporation has announced its global sales figures for compact cars, SUV’s, and trucks has increased 41% for March 2010, recording a total of 177, 351 vehicles sold. North America Kia gained 23.6% increase. Also, in the first three months of 2010, Kia global sales increased 46.9% comparing with the same period in 2009. [...]
Less than two years ago Volkswagen began production of compact SUV Tiguan. Volkswagen is now planning to improve their compact SUV design to bring the style of the Tiguan in line with the rest of Volkswagen family models. The improvements to the Tiguan will be mostly cosmetic, with a new front grille and bumpers, plus [...]
According Nissan shief executive, auto market for electric cars is ready to surge. All other car companies will scrumble to make new electric cars CEO of Nissan told the Wall Street Journal. The latest interview is the new attempt to promote Nissan Leaf which is to be released in December 2010. Nissan is Planning to [...]
As with so many of the things we buy today, car tyres prices have been considerably reduced by the growth of online shopping opportunities. Indeed, if you go online you will find a broad selection of retailers offering different car tyres prices for a very wide range of products, both from leading manufacturers and from [...]
Automatic and manual transmissions or transaxles perform the same task, but do it in quite different ways. Both transmit engine power to the vehicle’s drive train. But in a manual transmission, gears are often moving at different speeds. Obviously this means they can’t mesh, and trying to make them mesh causes the gears to grind. [...]
A car or truck’s engine isn’t the only system that needs careful lubrication. The transmission and differential may be less obvious, but the demands they place on lubricants can be even greater. All the arguments for using synthetics in a crankcase apply doubly to synthetic gear oils. Gear oil performs a fundamentally different job than [...]
