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The Falcon to die 28 May 2013 | 11:27 am
If you follow cars in Australia, I am sure that you have heard the news. Ford has decided to stop building cars here, and unless there is a radical change of mind, production of the Falcon will stop w...
New book on car aerodynamics 23 Mar 2013 | 05:38 am
Well, today is an exciting one for me. After a gap of quite a few years, today my most recent book was published. It’s called the Amateur Car Aerodynamics Sourcebook. I think it’s got lots to interest...
A poor way of looking at technological history 4 Feb 2013 | 12:14 am
Recently I thought it might be good to do some further tertiary study. The topic? Transport history. I like trains, cars, ships, hovercraft, airships and the like, and I read a lot about them, especia...
3500 kays in the UK 18 Jan 2013 | 08:09 pm
I’ve just come back from driving 3500 kilometres around the United Kingdom, done in 3 weeks. The purpose was a family holiday, where we just happened to see as many engineering marvels as we could in ...
Fourteen years of innovation 15 Oct 2012 | 09:59 pm
Today marks the launch of the 14th anniversary issue of AutoSpeed – we began in October 1998. Over those 14 years we have covered many unique approaches to DIY car modification – and DIY tech in gener...
Heavy cars 22 Aug 2012 | 12:21 am
My Honda legend is the heaviest car I have ever owned. As a fan of light cars, the Honda’s mass is not something that fills me with joy – but as described elsewhere, it was my best choice based on a v...
Doing only half the job 2 Aug 2012 | 03:36 am
The function of the suspension is to allow tyres to follow the ups and downs of the roads, while at the same time the car’s body movement doesn’t replicate those ups and downs. However, if that was al...
Life is not a rehearsal 14 Jul 2012 | 01:11 pm
It is with a little reluctance that I write this column. I am sure that many will suggest I type it just to argue how wonderful I am; others will dislike it on the more fundamental (and justifiable) l...
Life is not a rehearsal 14 Jul 2012 | 01:11 pm
It is with a little reluctance that I write this column. I am sure that many will suggest I type it just to argue how wonderful I am; others will dislike it on the more fundamental (and justifiable) l...
The Prius C is indicative of Toyota having lost its hybrid way 26 May 2012 | 08:17 pm
I think the new Prius C is indicative of Toyota having lost its hybrid way. I write that with a rather heavy heart: anyone who has read my stuff over a long period will know that I previously embrac...
