Posts Tagged ‘coil spring’
Consumer Reports is considered by many as a respected publication that (usually) uses science to rule over emotion when picking the most competent vehicle in a given segment. The advertising-free mag doles out "Recommended Buy" nods to vehicles that run CR's gauntlet of safety, efficiency, and dura......
Scooter-geek’s dream ride: Yamaha Vino scooter, fully farkled
Thursday, May 8th, 2008
Though it's usually the adventure touring crowd that excels at turning their motorcycles into rolling technology test-beds, we've recently run across a Yamaha Vino scooter that has been fully farkled. Featuring an on-board computer based around a VIA mini ITX form factor motherboard that's cleverly......
Color-shifting roads warn of ice
Tuesday, April 8th, 2008
Problems caused by disappearing traction when roads get icy will be solved when we all get our flying cars - it is the 21st century, after all. Until that long overdue promise is fulfilled, we're all relegated to putting rubber to the road to reach our destinations. The way winter road conditions ar......
Charge! GM gives update on Volt development, describes interior
Friday, April 4th, 2008
If the Chevy Volt were a 150 mpg dairy cow, the General's marketing department would have a hand on every utter. The Volt is still more than two years from production, and the series hybrid is all over the Internet, TV, and magazines. When a vehicle promises as much as the Volt does, though, any upd......
Detroit 2008: 2009 Dodge Ram breaks through the gate
Tuesday, October 30th, 2007
click above for 83 high-res images of the 2009 Dodge RamSince both The New York Times and AllPar.com have already broken the embargo, we don't mind telling you all you need to know about the 2009 Dodge Ram. The look is as aggressive as a Ram should be, but slippier through the air than past models. ......
GMC Sierra Denali – more tech please
Friday, April 15th, 2005
In this road test from PickupTruck.com, the GMC Sierra Denali receives plenty of praise except for not getting some upgrades from its Yukon brother. I believe GMC was trying to keep the Sierra's price down (this Denali stickered for $42,000) but by not adding the multi-link, coil spring rear suspens......