I did a great deal of research looking for any innovations or improvements in starter technology the last time I had to have one rebuilt. This was specific to the introduction of start-stop run systems. I have found no documents relating to improved materials, durability, etc. It appears that a starter still…

I did quite a bit of research on starter technology when replacing the last one, and have found absolutely no written documentation concerning new starter motor technology or "robust" starters. As far as anyone in the industry has revealed, starter motors have not changed at all with the introduction of start-stop…

Is the change from constant-run to start-stop the only variable changed between the 2014 and 2015 model Jeep Cherokee? Or are there other changes in fuel injection, curb weight, transmission, drivetrain, driveshafts, axles, wheels, or tires, that could account for this small measured difference?

Honda/Acura have a long history of rebadging SUVs made by actual truck manufacturers, such as the Passport and the SLX.

"A Tesla car next year will probably be 90 percent capable of auto pilot," Musk says. "So, 90 percent of your miles could be on auto. For sure highway travel."

Some manufacturers should leave making cars for the big boys who do it better...

When I saw none of the vehicles I own on the list, and knowing my lifetime average annual speeding ticket expenditure, I thought there must be some mistake.

So when do the class action law suits and giant recalls start on the new extra lethal vehicle barriers? These things should make a really good dent in that dropping road fatality rate. The bottom feeders are going to get rich, I can just see it now: "Were you or one of your family members killed or injured by the…

Lotus SUVs, because every child should learn that riding to school in a Lotus means wearing a poncho while holding a fire extinguisher between your legs.

I remember college. I remember attending more than one state university. I don't remember any BMWs, boat shoes, or polo shirts.

Another example of how Lotus did not do as good a job tuning a car as Irmscher did. The Japanese market Irmscher tuned model out handles the Lotus tuned model. Again, same engine, same weight, same everything, the only difference is the springs, dampers, and sway bars, just as with the AWD Turbo car.

It's the performance model, you're supposed to accept a certain loss in ride comfort for the benefit of the additional performance and handling. But the suspension is so soft that it easily lifts the inside rear tire on street tires (that looses 60% of the power), and on modern summer performance tires, the inside…

Why did thy bother digging themselves out from under GM if they were just going to go into the SUV business? They could have just started pasting Lotus badges onto these things:

The best thing about that car is that the Japanese market AWD Turbo Coupe was available ONLY with the BETTER IRMSCHER SUSPENSION, instead of those weak ass soft springs that Lotus used, because the Lotus Tuned version leans over with so much body roll that it scrapes the side mirrors on the pavement going around a…

Tell me again how licensing, background checks, certification, paid bond, and all the other things that are required to legally operate a taxi, are so bad and outmoded and not needed for online ride sharing programs...

With a Group N rule set, requiring the race cars run the same equipment as the production cars, that would be a reasonable expectation. But Sport 2000 is just short of the silhouette racer rules of Super GT or Nascar. It has to look like the production car, but what's underneath has nothing to do with the production…

They adopted the 1.6 liter engine standard, and it looked like this would bring some pretty interesting cars to market. They didn't publicize the part about the allowed (default required) modifications to drivetrain and suspension were so drastic to allow turning a really poorly designed new road car into a full race…

Self driving cars, in all their sinister possibilities, were predicted in 1967 in the Speed Racer episode "Race for Revenge". Just remember the phrase "Melange Still Drives!" every time you see the Google car.

Yes, the people who made the F40 now make an AWD shooting brake that's only offered with an automatic and makes nearly 200 more horsepower than the F40.

That deep rumbly sound of a loud V8 engine that everyone in North America holds as the archetype of power and performance, gained popularity because it was in fact the sound of a more powerful engine. Americans never understood how those Japanese people seemed to love the high pitched weed whacker sound of a four…