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  Chassis

  Land Rover Evoque’s magnetic attraction

  First application for BWI’s latest-generation Magneride technology... more.

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  Safety

  Volvo's safety chief Lotta Jakobsson

  Volvo’s ambition to cut fatal crashes to zero and maximise child safety is keeping busy the OEM’... more.

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  Electronics

  Hybrids: Power assisted

  Mild hybrid systems boost fuel savings but engineers face the dilemma of how powerful the motor shou... more.

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  Commercial Vehicles

  Daimler Vito E-Cell

  We take a look at Daimler’s first mass-produced electric commercial vehicle, Vito E-cell van... more.

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  High Performance

  Jaguar F-Type coming in 2012

  Aluminium convertible will take on Porsche Boxster in the sports car segment... more.

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  Design

  Mini marvel

  The Mini has defined the premium small-car segment, but it will have to adapt to stay successful. Im... more.

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  Motorsport

  Renault 5 Alpine

  Retro image gallery... more.

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  Transmissions

  Q&A: Didier Lexa at Getrag

  Dual-clutch transmissions strategy, how commodity prices affect actuation systems, and why automated... more.

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  Body-in-white

  Body-in-white: Back in black

  McLaren Automotive will use carbon composites to make its sportscars and believes that improvements ... more.

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  Testing

  Bentley's acoustics and aerodynamics chief Aaron Hankinson

  The challenge of making vehicles worth €320,00 pitch-perfect... more.

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  Hybrids

  Alfred Büchi the inventor of the turbocharger

  Turbocharging technology made the combustion engine more reliable and efficient, but the first syste... more.

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  Hybrids & EVs

  Electric vehicles: Chemistry costs

  Battery technology can account for up to a third of the cost of electric vehicles. Reducing this cos... more.

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  Drivetrain

  Luxury goods

  Daimler’s latest seven-speed automatic transmission has made the four-cylinder S-Class a reality... more.

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  Downsizing

  Magna Powertrain’s head of global products Walter Sackl

  How future powertrain development will affect all-wheel drive technologies and why China is the larg... more.