Join off-road expert, Tarek Awji, as he tests the abilities of the Ford Ranger XLS on challenging roads from the coast of the Arabian Gulf to the shores of the Indian Ocean, from the deserts of Sharjah to the mountains of Fujairah
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Land Rover’s TV advert for the new Defender draws on the vehicle’s role in the upcoming James Bond film, No Time To Die, including being launched into the air and further extreme tests as the vehicle is driven at high speed through swamps and rivers
A sneak preview of the Czinger 21C hypercar, constructed using novel additive manufacturing technologies, with innovations including a cutting-edge chassis, bespoke structures and pioneering high-performance components
The 2020 Nissan GT-R Nismo has broken the lap record at Tsukuba Circuit in Japan in a time attack. This footage shows Nismo racing driver, Tsugio Matsuda’s piloting the car to a record-breaking lap time of 59.3 seconds
Danny Nowlan, director of ChassisSim Technologies, explains the importance of getting motion ratios right. In this episode of ‘Dan’s vehicle dynamics corner’ he stresses why these ratios are critical for anyone serious about understanding what makes a race car work
MSC’s Virtual Test Drive is a toolkit for the creation, configuration, presentation and evaluation of virtual environments, used for the development of ADAS and automated driving systems as well as a core tool for training simulators
Tiny robots developed by EPFL spin-off, Foldaway Haptics, have given the Mercedes-Benz AVTR concept some very special active aerodynamic features. The 33 ‘bionic flaps’ respond to driver inputs, providing optimal downforce. The development team at Foldaway Haptics share the secrets behind the technology
Active aerodynamics are taken to the next level with the Mercedes-Benz Vision AVTR concept. The 33 ‘bionic flaps’ on the back of the vehicle are reminiscent of scales of reptiles, and they can move in several directions to apply optimal downforce in response to driver inputs. Rather more elegant than a boot spoiler!
Basilio Lenzo, a mechanical engineer who was an R&D engineer at Ferrari F1 and is now a senior lecturer in automotive engineering with the UK’s Sheffield Hallam University, gives a TEDx talk about state estimation techniques applied to vehicle control that he says will significantly help improve vehicle safety
FPT Industrial has enlisted one of the most innovative musical artists of all time, Giorgio Moroder, to create the future sound of motoring. Watch Moroder, the founder of disco and an electronic music trailblazer, create a sound that could become familiar to millions of drivers, inspiring a new human-machine experience for decades to come