BMW’s X7 super-SUV features a double-wishbone front axle and a five-link rear axle, a two-axle air suspension and automatic self-levelling. Here’s how it all comes together on the road
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Be sure to make time to watch this extraordinary lap of the Nürburgring in a RUF CTR. The gifted maniac behind the wheel is Stefan Roser
While US engineers were exploring rear-powered self-parking mechanisms, in 1927 this Citroen Type A was fitted with a novel system for the front wheels. This was the reaction to the system being demonstrated in Paris
This 1950s Cadillac featured an invention by Brooks Walker: a fifth wheel that could push the car in and out of parking spaces
This Packard from the 1920s was adapted with a self-parking mechanism in a rather neat package. It even looked rather fun!
BMW Motorrad, the motorcycle division of BMW, has developed a prototype driverless bike. The technology developed using the prototype could help riders stay stable, avoid obstacles on the road, and manage other dangerous situations, such as emergency braking
This video shows a Volvo with drive-by-wire systems being directly controlled using an AB Dynamics Flex-0 controller
Hear the story behind Continental’s development of dandelion rubber, and see how prototype tires perform…
In 1987 this advert introduced the Japanese public to the various dynamics technologies in the new Honda Prelude, including a four-wheel double wishbone suspension and four-wheel steering
While Honda’s engineering departments invested substantial care and attention into the 1980s Prelude with its optional four-wheel steering system, its marketing department turned to comic Jackie Mason to explain the technology to the buying public.