Drive A New 3-D Printed Car
With new automotive technology rampaging on it seems that we’ll be able to buy our own 3D-printed cars. The world’s first 3D printed car is called “Strati” and is made by Local Motors, and is reportedly going on sale during 2016.
Did you know that most vehicles that we drive around in today are made up using around 2000 parts? Local Motors indicate that the Strati is made up from just 40 parts. Mechanical parts like the suspension, motors and battery are sourced from a Renault Twizy – which is a battery-powered two-seater electric city car designed and marketed by Renault. Everything else on the Strati is made up of integrated single material pieces. These pieces include the exterior shell, frame and some of the interior features, which have been printed using ABS plastic that has been reinforced with carbon fibre.
Private Fleet Car Review: 2015 Range Rover TDV6 S Sport
Range Rover’s TDV6 is the entry level model to the Range Rover Sport family and has some omissions surprising to find in a luxury SUV. We’ll come to them shortly.
What’s important here is the engine. It’s an impressive piece of earth rotating machinery, with torque enough to twist Superman’s arm. What it also delivers is an engaging driver experience, aurally and physically, shoving the passengers backwards whilst reeling in the horizon, complete with a snarl from the exhaust and a most undiesel like growl from the front. Impressive stuff from a 2115 kilo machine.
The reason for the excitement is a V6 of 3.0 litres capacity; there’s a whopping 600 torques (peak) at just 2000 rpm with a suitably eyebrow raising 190 kW at 4000 revs. It’s the redline figure for this that raises the eyebrow further, with 6000 rpm the end of the line here. It’s a figure that only the most churlish and disliking of torque will see, or someone that likes to think about engines self destructing from revs, as that torque really is all you should need to know.
BMW Wins Best Driver's Award
BMW’s latest M car, the rear wheel drive, six speed manual transmission BMW M2, has taken out the coveted “Australia’s Best Driver’s Car” award.
The testing to find a winner was conducted by motoring.com.au, part of the Carsales Network. The cars are shipped to Tasmania and driven hard to evaluate them over the course of a week, including roads used during Targa Tasmania.
Are Cars Getting Bigger and Heavier?
Porsche 911 Gets Bigger
When you have a look at the cars on the road, most of them are typically roomy and comfortable to drive. The bulk of the cars seem to be medium-to-large vehicles, with a few small cars thrown in for good measure. With our ever increasing desire to buy a new SUV, perceiving that driving such a vehicle will make the drive a safer one, it seems that cars on our roads are increasing in size. Trends like the increasing SUV market suggests that consumers are really wanting that bigger vehicle with space and style to boot. So what are the factors making the cars bigger on our roads?
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