by Fast Machines | May 19, 2012 | Auto News
The Maserati Trofeo MC World Series will be back for its third season, with the single-make Maserati race series unveiling the newest variant of its GranTurismo MC Trofeo race car. The updated MC Trofeo race car has a more aerodynamic body than its predecessor in...
by Fast Machines | May 19, 2012 | Fast And Dangerous
We bushwhack into the experimental-shoe frontier. When Robert Thomson invented the pneumatic tire a century and a half ago, a rubber doughnut inflated with air was only one of several ideas the Scotsman proposed for softening the ride and reducing the power required...
by Fast Machines | May 19, 2012 | Spares
WASHINGTON D.C. (CNNMoney) — My first ride in Google’s self-driving car was, all at the same time, thrilling, fascinating and a little disappointing.The car was in Washington DC where Google (GOOG, Fortune 500) representatives met with groups like the AARP...
by Fast Machines | May 19, 2012 | Exterior
May 18, 2012 at 7:02pm by Andrew Wendler The entire line of John Cooper Works Minis—Countryman, hatchback, Clubman, Convertible, Coupe, and Roadster—will be equipped with a slightly revised version of the 1.6-liter powerplant found in the previous generation of JCW...
by Fast Machines | May 19, 2012 | Auto News
Major automotive parts supplier, Delphi, is working on new technology that could improve the fuel economy of standard gasoline engines by 50 percent. Currently Delphi is running a test engine that is similar to a diesel engine, but runs on gasoline. The single-piston...
