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Piston Slap: Automotive Design Studio Inbreeding?
TTAC Commentator halftruth writes: Hey Sajeev, I see a lot of manufacturers using the binocular style gauge motif (see Hyundai Elantra, 2011 Avalon, Chevy Cruze for example) and I hate it! I also...
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Automotive supplier prognosticator predicts demise of the steering wheel by 2025
Be afraid. Be very afraid. If the aspirations of one automotive supplier come to pass, your child’s first car will not have a steering wheel come 2025, rendering her or him nothing more than a mere...
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“The Steering Wheel Came Off In His Hands”
On September 14th of last year, a participant in the “Rusty Wallace Racing Experience” at Kentucky Speedway crashed into first the inside track wall, then the SAFER barrier on the outside of the...
View ArticleVellum Venom Vignette: Center Gauge Cluster-****?
Seth writes: Hey Sajeev, I’ve always had an aversion to dashboards where the main gauges are in the center of the car (Mini, Yaris, etc.). I can see why an automaker would do it if they sell...
View ArticleAustralian Driver’s Kitchenware Joyride Doesn’t Pan Out
Anything that happens in Australia is already sort of funny, because we all remember the Simpsons episode where the Aussie locals play knifey-spoony and Homer salutes the toilet. Well, from the land of...
View ArticlePiston Slap: Tie Rod Tuning for a Tweaked Tiller?
Scott writes: Hi Sajeev, The steering wheel on my 2016 VW GTI (manual w/performance package) is off center by a few millimeters to the left. It’s been this way since new and I’ve had the dealer look at...
View ArticleJaguar Land Rover’s ‘Hot’ New Idea: Sensory Steering Wheels
With automakers perpetually promoting daft new technologies as a way to appease investors, it’s been a while since we’ve seen a new idea that made us take pause and wonder why nobody else had come up...
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