Digital radio momentum driving upwards

Digital radio has had a slow start but seems to be picking up pace, if recent Sydney and Melbourne automotive workshops are anything to go by.
 

Perhaps an AMG Merc would sway you to electric vehicles

Many vehicle manufacturers have attempted to show us the future for travelling our urban streets. Electric Vehicles (EV’s) are certainly the way the betting is going, but for many, performance concerns (amongst others) make a EV purchase less probably.  But what if a sexy SLS AMG E-Cell was proffered up as both green and sporty?
 

Belkin casts a spell on drivers with new device

Belkin today announced the launch of AirCast Auto, a new device which connects mobile devices to your car stereo using their in-built Bluetooth functionality.
 

X1 Prototype The fastest car never made

...but you will be able to drive this Red Bull Racing team designed vehicle in the upcoming Gran Turismo 5.
 

Math tackles the rear-end collision

According to U.S. researchers at Georgia Institute of Technology, rear-end collisions can be avoided by a simple algorithm inserted into your car’s computer that tells a driver that the car in front is going slower than they are.
 

BMW, Honda top most-reliable U.K. car ranking

According to the publication Fleet News, the top two most reliable automobile manufacturers used by British fleet management companies are BMW and Honda. And for most reliable car models, Honda had three of the top five models, with BMW capturing the other two spots.
 

Meet the car of the future: an LTE-enabled smartphone on wheels

Lucent and number of partners have produced a demonstration 'connected-car-of the-future' by integrating a number of state-of-the-art communications and other technologies into a single vehicle.
 

Kensington's iPhone car cradle

With in-car phone use becoming increasingly regulated, the arrival of Kensington's iPhone car mount is timely.
 

Safety first for NEC comms installation

Australia’s National Safety Agency (NSA) has selected an NEC integrated voice and data communications platform which it says will underpin one of the most advanced law enforcement vehicle packages in the world.
 

Parenting style important to safe teen driving

A study performed by the Center for Injury Research and Prevention at the Children's Hospital of Philadelphia found that parenting style is very important in the driving style of teenagers. Specifically, teenagers that have their own car are twice as dangerous as teenagers that share a car with a parent.