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News

• BMW and Toyota work together to develop battery technology
• VW gives Cross Coupe concept hybrid all-wheel drive
• Euro NCAP crashes Chinese vehicles and awards four stars
• Honda introduces 1.6-litre diesel to improve the Civic’s efficiency

Technology

• Continental zooms in on vehicle position with GPS
• Ford opens up its small MPV by removing the B-pillars
• Mazda captures kinetic energy using capacitor technology
• BWI improves ride and handling with compact active stabiliser

Features

Cover Story
Volkswagen’s engineers developed a modular gasoline engine family, improved packaging and reduced kerb weight to make the A-segment Up the benchmark city car that others now have to beat

Clean diesel
Rear axle hybrid technology improves the Peugeot 3008’s function and efficiency 

Little gem
The Yaris, Toyota’s best-selling European vehicle, loses weight and gets improved connectivity

Daily driver
Opel’s RAK e concept redefines how commuter vehicles should be packaged

Slippery customer
How Mazda’s designers will make vehicles look good and more aerodynamic

Ready to roll
VW’s third 1-litre concept car uses diesel hybrid technology that has a production future

Fiat’s former vice-president of research discusses why commonrail pressures shouldn’t exceed 2,000bar

City limits
Audi’s head of development delivers his vision of how vehicles will adapt to the future

Focus on vehicle dynamics

We look at the improvements still left in hydraulic power steering and what electric has to do to feel as good. There’s also a shakedown on the challenges in making an electric vehicle ride and handle

Regulars

• Comment The industry achieved a lot this year: 2012 will be better still
• Milestones Seeing the road ahead of you wasn’t easy until the windscreen wiper was invented in 1903
• Know-how Taking a closer look at magnetorheological dampers
• Diary The best selection of what’s on, why, where, and when
• Recruitment Future-proof your career: read these ads
• The Job How Daimler’s automatic transmissions chief splits his day between mechanical and software engineering

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