Find out how your car works – in plain English. We reveal all those tricky technical things that might have baffled you about your car
To judge how fast a car will be and how effortless it feels when you accelerate, you need to know the engine or electric motor’s power output. We measure this…
LED lighting is the go-to for new cars. And unsurprisingly, drivers of existing models want a slice of the action with brighter lights and greater visibility. But adding LED bulbs…
Turbocharging engines has become increasingly popular over the past 40 years. A turbocharger is an ingenious piece of kit that uses exhaust gases to force more air into an internal…
There are multiple reasons for any engine power loss. The modern car engine is a hugely complex thing as the image above shows. But chances are, any power loss is…
An increasing number of cars these days feature climate control. This includes air conditioning but has crucial differences to it. Read on to find out what those differences are and…
Back in the day, running a car in was one of the most important things you could do when you took delivery of a new car. The technology in cars,…
Back in the 1970s, Italian, Czech and even British cars were renowned for rusting after they were just a couple of years old. Then Japanese motors picked up the mantel…
No modern motoring enthusiast’s garage is complete without a diagnostic tool. But there are a lot out there. Here we look at what the best ones are and explain what…
You contacted us because a problem with the instruments on your car leads to you needing new dials. However, that means you need to adjust the mileage on the new…
The car with the clutch problem is a five-year old Volkswagen Golf. The dealer is more than 40 miles from the owner’s home and says the buyer may have to…