
Gerhard Horn
Senior Editor at CarBuzz
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6 days ago |
carbuzz.com | Gerhard Horn
Sporty diesel cars are in short supply, and there's a good reason for that. A turbocharged diesel engine is perfect if you want something frugal or something to tow with, but in every other scenario, it's just not good enough. Still, we can't deny that BMW (and Alpina) made some epic oil-burners back in the day. The BMW 335d packs a mighty punch for not much money, and who can forget the only mainstream quad-turbocharged engine ever produced?
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1 week ago |
carbuzz.com | Brett Evans |Ian Wright |Gerhard Horn |Roger Biermann
Synthetic Fuel: The Internal-Combustion Silver Bullet Or Just Another Flash In The Pan?
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1 week ago |
carbuzz.com | Gerhard Horn
Computational Fluid Dynamics (CFD) is one of only a handful of technologies that have actually filtered down from Formula 1 racing. Ferrari would have us believe that the F1-style gearbox in the 355 filtered down from Michael Schumacher's racing machine, but in reality it was an automated manual with an electronic override. F1 gearboxes are specialized sequential gearboxes that cost more than the most expensive Ferrari you can buy today, but I digress.
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1 week ago |
carbuzz.com | Gerhard Horn
There's a 100% chance you've heard about solid-state batteries in electric vehicles, claimed to be the next big step forward in automotive technology. Almost every automaker out there is spending billions chasing the solid-state dream, with Nissan currently in the lead.
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2 weeks ago |
carbuzz.com | Gerhard Horn
Toyota Gazoo Racing isn't even 20 years old, and yet it has had a massive impact on the global automotive landscape. Created to bring all of Toyota's various racing efforts under one banner, the team behind it also had a helping hand in performance cars like the Lexus LFA and the first-generation 86. These early cars didn't have special badging, but Toyota soon realized that it could put Gazoo Racing badges on humble cars to make them more interesting.
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