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News

• TRW deploys radar to improve side-impact protection
• Opel puts RAK e electric concept into production
• Ford wants low-pressure EGR and twin turbos for the C-segment
• Next-generation Audi R8 will use more composites to reduce weight

Technology

• Nissan puts the brakes on car park crashes
• Delphi aims to keep drivers’ attention on the road
• Audi smooths its new V8 with active engine mounts
• Volkswagen integrates exhaust manifold in three-cylinder gasoline

Features

Cover Story
How the Opel-Vauxhall Ampera became Europe’s first range extended electric vehicle

Star performer
Opel’s dual-axis front struts now help the Astra GTC to handle the corners better

A powerful argument
Seamless connectivity and a twin-turbo V6 diesel make the Audi A6 Estate

Less can be more
Cylinder deactivation helps the Audi S8 to combine higher power and lower emissions

Twice as good
How Graziano developed its first dual-clutch transmission for McLaren’s carbon supercar

People carrier
Citroën’s concept design chief explains why society needs vehicles like the Tubik

Turning point
Why electric power steering enables the vehicle to take the wheel instead of the driver

PSA’s engine strategy
Why all its Euro 6 diesels will use SCR and how three-cylinder gasolines work in the C-segment 

Audi’s head of thermodynamics and calibration for the V6 Biturbo
Christian Eiglmeier discusses turbo technology and engine management systems

Fous on emissions and aftertreatment

Cutting NOx and particulates is hard when engines must be more e cient too, and especially when every technology must be monitored. OEMs and Tier Ones explain how they’re making progress.

Regulars

• Comment Emissions reduction requires better test cycles
• Milestones Spark ignition engines didn’t always ignite so well until a Bosch engineer plugged the technology gap
• Know-how Why more OEMs are changing up to shift-by-wire
• Diary The best selection of what’s on, why, where, and when
• Recruitment Future-proof your career
• The Job Why Ricardo’s head of motorsport and high-performance spends so little time in the o ce and what electrification means to him

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