Greater than the sum of its parts
Spyker’s bespoke sportscars sell for hundreds of thousands of euros. Sourcing high-quality, low-volume parts can be a big challenge
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Giants of the track
Unlike motor racing, truck racing is an area where research and technological developments are passed freely between the track and the road
Accelerated development: Ricardo-McLaren M838T
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Designing a V8 from scratch, and the facility that makes it, in just 18 months is challenging for any firm. This was Ricardo’s task on McLaren’s MP4-12C supercar programme
McLaren MP4-12C GT3
McLaren has developed its MP4-12C sportscar into a GT3 racer capable of competing with Aston Martin, Ferrari and Porsche on the circuit
Rapid turnaround
Making a big coupe work as both cruiser and trackday car is difficult but Jaguar thinks it’s succeeded with the XKR-S
Revolutionary development
High-revving naturally aspirated engines are falling from favour in mainstream applications but Toyota’s engineers wanted nothing else for the Lexus LFA supercar
BMW makes triple turbo diesel
Specific output of 93.5kW/litre is best-in-class
Sergius Vernet's thermostat design helped to improve engine efficiency and reliability
Managing the thermal characteristics of engines helps to boost performance and in the early development of cars decreased cylinder wear
Mercedes-Benz B-Class
The benchmark 0.26 Cd is a result of hundreds of thousands of simulation hours and optimising details right down to the markings on the tyres’ sidewalls
Jaguar F-Type coming in 2012
Aluminium convertible will take on Porsche Boxster in the sports car segment
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Powertrain
BMW triple-turbo diesel
When two turbos were no longer enough, BMW applied three to make its straight-six diesel the most po... more.
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Emissions
Spotlight: Wolf Zimmermann
Lotus has been defined by its lightweight, driver-orientated performance vehicles. Company's ch... more.
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Chassis
Q&A: Friedrich Angerbauer
Continental’s head of advanced driver assistance systems on why ADAS is so important... more.
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Safety
Nissan Leaf
The Leaf is the first purpose-designed electric vehicle Euro NCAP has crash tested. AE was given exc... more.
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Electronics
Industrial revolution
Engineers are upgrading safety and infotainment functions with the help of consumer electronics tech... 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
Q&A: Benny Oeyen
Why Kia is boosting gasoline engine development and why it's not worrying about Chinese OEMs &n... more.
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Transmissions
Hybrid and electric vehicle transmissions
Take a dual-clutch transmission architecture, remove the clutches, add to an electric powertrain and... more.
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High Performance
Greater than the sum of its parts
Spyker’s bespoke sportscars sell for hundreds of thousands of euros. Sourcing high-quality, low-vo... more.
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Testing
Testing and CAE: Powertrain developments
Boosting expertise in simulation and electrification will help to make powertrain development firms ... more.
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Drivetrain
Global engineering director at GKN Rob Rickell
Drivetrain technology developments we can expect over the next decade... more.
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Downsizing
Q&A: Dr Roland Ernst
Ford Ecoboost chief engineer talks about the downsized three-cylinder gasoline engine... more.
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Design
Back to the future
Easy to use and easy on the eye. Mazda showcases the Shinari concept car... more.
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Motorsport
McLaren’s head of vehicle engineering Mark Williams
Williams on work in the fast lane... more.