- Asian suppliers hold annual
conference.
The Federation of Asian Motorcycle Industries (FAMI), a collection of various motorcycle associations throughout countries in Asia, met for three days in Taiwan last month to discuss the present status and future of the two wheeler industry. Singapore-based FAMI was launched in January 1999 to represent the motorcycle industries of ......
- Magnesium matters. (News).
Shareholders in Australian magnesium hopeful Mt Grace Resources approved the company's proposed $20 million purchase of Alcoa's Addy magnesium plant in the US. Shareholders also gave approval for the company to change its name to New World Alloys. Mt Grace announced plans in December 2002 to purchase the de-commissioned Addy ......
- Silverstone gets safety Jag.
(news).
A JAGUAR S-TYPE R fire tender, the latest in a long line of vehicles built by the Special Vehicles Operations department at Jaguar Cars, has been delivered to Silverstone circuit. Designed as a `rapid response' emergency vehicle, the Silverstone S-Type R is based on a standard production car but also ......
- Prince charming.
Mercedes ML 320 CDI TESTER: NATALIE WALLIS With hindsight, perhaps I wasn't the best choice of road tester for the Mercedes M Class. I'm not a regular feature on the school run nor in the board room. Furthermore, I'm not a big fan of the softer handling inherent to SUVs ......
- 2000 Oldsmobile Intrigue--power to spare
The midsized Intrigue from Oldsmobile has the generic look common to many four-door cars on the road today. Under the hood, however, lives a 3.5-liter twin-cam V6 that almost makes the car overpowered. (As a redblooded American, I don't think any car is truly overpowered). Built on technology borrowed from ......
- Porsche offers smart transmission.
An electronically adaptive transmission that tailors a car's shifting patterns to road conditions and driver preferences has been developed by Porsche AG (Stuttgart). The Tiptronic dual-function transmission, which is available in the United States on the 1991 version of the 911 Carrera 2 sports car, also allows the driver to ......
- New transmissions from ZF: next generation off-road
powershift for machines up to 8.5 tons, along with new bus
automatic.
[ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] As one of the major global powertrain component and system suppliers for vehicle, equipment and marine applications of all types, ZF has, at any one time, a lot of irons in the fire. The last couple of months serve as a good example. In that span, the ......