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Dodge Viper ACR wing stronger than your average spoiler
The elephantine rear airfoil bolted to the rear deck of the Dodge Viper ACR is not only highly functional, but it gets credit as being the first mass-produced carbon fiber-reinforced polymer (CFRP) wing on a production car. Rear wings on high performance vehicles are designed to counter lift. Without aerodynamic aids, most vehicles become less stable and have reduced grip as velocities increase (worst case, the vehicle actually flies as did the Mercedes CLR at Le Mans in 1999). Chrysler's SRT Performance Group was tasked with building a ... Read more →
How To: Measure your vehicle's Cd without a million-dollar wind tunnel Michael Harley
At highway speeds, your vehicle is fighting an invisible foe trying to hold it back. The nemesis is wind resistance, and it is an automobile's worst enemy. Overcoming the resistance of the air is ...
Spy Shots: Maserati Quattroporte facelift Noah Joseph
Beauty is in the eye of the beholder and all that, but it'd take something really spectacular to make a car like the Maserati Quattroporte look anything but elegant. The company's new GranTurismo, ...
New York Preview: Nissan to introduce new variable valve timing tech Dan Roth
Ever-tightening emissions requirements, teamed with consumers' lust for today's high horsepower numbers, have led to some creative valve timing and lift schemes. Infiniti's G37 will be pack some ...
eBay Find of the Day: slightly used Lotus Elise John Neff
You may remember reading our original post on this Lotus Elise and feeling the abject horror that accompanies the site of such a car pointing towards the sky. Well, the owner has decided to salvage ...
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Autoblog Maintenance/Project Garage: 2006 wrap-up 2 years ago on Autoblog
In 2006, we spent a lot of time spinning wrenches here in the Autoblog Garage in the process of taking on common maintenance tasks and a few performance upgrades. For your convenience, we've compiled links to each of the posts after the jump. We already have some things in the works for 2007, but ...
GM tacks on two extra years of OnStar for mobility-adapted vehicles 3 years ago on Autoblog
General Motors announced today that in addition to the standard free year of service that comes with every vehicle equipped with OnStar, customers purchasing a GM vehicle with aftermarket equipment for the disabled will receive an extra two years of free OnStar service. The deal works through GM's ...
Now you see it, Now you don't: The Phantom Park subterranean garage lift 3 years ago on Autoblog
David Copperfield ain't got nothing on this device. The Phantom Park lift from American Custom Lifts is a hydraulic scissor lift that when installed in your garage can lower a prized collector's vehicle or billion dollar supercar beneath the floor for safe keeping. The lift can raise and lower a ...
Autoblog Podcast #151: With Car and Driver's Eddie Alterman
Eddie Alterman wades in with Sam, Chris, Dan, and Jonny to talk about SEMA and other recent events.
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