Will my car work with the new E10 petrol now on sale?
From September 2021, the fuel that UK forecourts sell changed. New E10 petrol replaced the existing E5 fuel. But motoring associations warn that up to 600,000 cars currently on the…
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Find out how your car works – in plain English. We reveal all those tricky technical things that might have baffled you about your car
From September 2021, the fuel that UK forecourts sell changed. New E10 petrol replaced the existing E5 fuel. But motoring associations warn that up to 600,000 cars currently on the…
Car platforms are a term the motor industry uses a lot. It’s a simple concept designed to save money and improve quality. What are car platforms? A platform is the…
Massage seats in cars have been an option for more than a decade now. They use a system of air pockets that fill and deflate depending on the settings. And…
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…