The Swedish research company Løøflirpa announced a startling new breakthrough in biofuels: a car engine that runs on urine. “It’s unbelievable,” said Løøflirpa spokesperson Avril d’Poisson. “This could change the way we fill up our cars forever.”

The breakthrough was made by researcher Tonto Necio. “It was just serendipity. One of my laboratory assistants, Majkat Jokaar, had been working a long shift and was obviously getting rather desperate, so he made use of a handy glass beaker, as he was in the middle of ......

Every so often a ‘deal of a lifetime’ comes across our desk. But, to be truthful, we’ve never had a deal like this before!

If you are thinking about buying a new BMW just have a look at this deal- it’s almost unbelievable, but true.

We can supply an almost new BMW Corporate 535i 2010 model saloon at $40,000 below retail. It’s Space Grey Metallic with Veneto Beige Dakota, has over $40,000 worth of extras, including adaptive drive, adaptive cruise control and virtually everything else you ......

Writers and filmmakers have always dreamed about cars that drive themselves – take Herbie, for example. Now scientists are getting in on the act and GM has come up with a “driverless car” – a car that really drives itself in much the same way that a UAV (unmanned aerial vehicle) flies without a pilot.

Yes, you did read that right. GM have made a car that doesn’t need a driver. What’s more, the head of the driverless car project at General Motors, ......

At a time when the legendary Frankie Valli and the Four Seasons are actually performing a one off show live in Australia, how appropriate is it that Ateco have launched the new Chery brand. Sadly most of the demographic that they are targeted at have never heard of Frankie Valli, but go and see Jersey Boys and you will see the link, albeit a very bad play on words!

Chery is one of China’s largest auto manufacturers, making over 700,000 vehicles last year. In ......

I filled up with fuel at the weekend and to my horror my turbo charged VW Eos demands 98 RON fuel and I paid a staggering $1.67 per litre! Since when did premium unleaded become 17cents more than normal unleaded?!

When 98RON fuel was first introduced it was around 6 cents a litre more than the standard stuff and fuel was around $1.15 per litre. So can anyone tell me what justification there is for this massive hike? Or is it just another example ......

 You’ve probably heard the latest call to ban mobile phone use in cars – even if they are hands free. We are told that tough new laws to ban all mobile phone use in vehicles are being considered by transport ministers after a report found that even hands free devices dramatically increased the risk of crashing.

The draft, which federal and state ministers are reviewing stated:-

 “There is evidence to support bans on ......

       BYD is a Chinese car company (BYD = Build Your Dreams).  Easy to ignore, unless one of the world’s canniest investors says differently. Not only says – but acts. Warren Buffett bought 10% of the company a couple of years ago investing $230 million.  So there must be something special about BYD.

They caught the interest of the British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) and they interviewed the founder, Chief Executive and Chairman Wang Chuanfu.

 What has emerged from their interview is one of the most astonishing ......

One of the charges often levelled against enthusiastic drivers is that they are “road hogs”.  “They think they own the road!” is a common complaint by non-car road users, such as cyclists and pedestrians (and, out in rural areas, horse riders).  With the growing concerns about rising petrol prices and about emissions, more people are turning to these non-petrol forms of transport.  You may have heard injunctions to “share the road” with what transport experts refer to as “active modes of transport” and ......

Great Wall: What a name for a car!  However, it’s not all about the name.   But I do think they could have come up with something a little more romantic or exotic.  Something with a little more panache would have served them better.  Shuan means river, and it has a nice elegant sound to it.  Shan means mountain.  Shan XR8 would do the trick. 

Perhaps not Dong, Lu or Ning.  Fukien means ‘happy establishment’, but for the European it sounds a little close to… ......

When you are talking about a car’s aerodynamics, you are talking about the car’s design.  You are also talking about how easily the car’s bulk and total surface area can slip through the air particles.  Air friction causes drag on a car’s exterior while it moves through the air.  The less aerodynamic a car’s design is, the more drag the air particles will have on the car’s exterior surface.  A car’s drag coefficient expresses this friction.  Obviously, a car with a lower value ......