Auto Mania
What did we learn from the Brazilian GP?
Friday, 02 December 2011 Issue Vol. XIX No. 48 By Dr. Iain Corness
Well, we learned that if the cards drop favorably, Mark Webber (Red Bull) can produce the goods. A very popular win by the (dare I say it) aging Aussie. Forget…
Read some interesting figures on fuel consumption, so if you believe all the scaremongering that the world is about to stop spinning when we run out of crude oil, then…
Autotrivia Quiz - Friday December 2 - December 8, 2011
Friday, 02 December 2011 Issue Vol. XIX No. 48 By Dr. Iain Corness
Last week I asked what performance sports car ceased production because the new owner did not like the old engine manufacturer? This was the Sunbeam Tiger which was sold with…
Be prepared for a late night this Sunday, as the Brazilian GP starts at 11 p.m. Thai time. This is the last Grand Prix in a championship which has been…
Godzilla is back and faster than ever
Friday, 25 November 2011 Issue Vol. XIX No. 47 By Dr. Iain Corness
The new Nissan GT-R for 2012 is even more of a rocket ship than the 2011 model. Try this for acceleration figures: Zero to 100 km/h in 2.8 seconds. The…
Chinese auto manufacturer changing its image
Friday, 25 November 2011 Issue Vol. XIX No. 47 By Dr. Iain Corness
Peter Horbury, previously the vice-president of design for Volvo has moved to China with parent company Zhejiang Geely Automobile Holdings, to lead the styling of the Chinese manufacturer’s rapidly expanding…
The FIA, that top-heavy guardian of F1 is reported as planning a high profile electric racing championship series beginning in 2013 to be called the FIA Formula E Championship. It…
Toyota resumes production, but Honda still in trouble
Friday, 25 November 2011 Issue Vol. XIX No. 47 By Dr. Iain Corness
Toyota should have resumed production in Thailand on November 21, one month after the severe flooding forced it to suspend operations. Toyota has three plants in Thailand with the ones…
Last week I asked you to look at the photo. What is it? Who designed it? What year was it? What engine did it have? It was a 1914 Austro-Daimler…
New Ford Ranger tops pick-up crash testing
Friday, 18 November 2011 Issue Vol. XIX No. 46 By Dr. Iain Corness
The new Thai-built Ford Ranger pick-up just recorded the highest ever scores for a pick-up in the Euro NCAP safety ratings and the score of 89 percent even puts it…
How did we go in the Nitto 3K Series at Bira?
Friday, 18 November 2011 Issue Vol. XIX No. 46 By Dr. Iain Corness
The Nitto 3K Series promoted the fifth round at the Bira Circuit a couple of weeks ago. Despite some Bangkok competitors being unable to come down because of the floods,…
Much publicity has been given to the new engine technologies, with manufacturers offering hybrids and even pure electric cars to provide financial savings in running the family vehicles.
What did we learn from the Abu Dhabi GP?
Friday, 18 November 2011 Issue Vol. XIX No. 46 By Dr. Iain Corness
Well, we learned that for the first time Lady Luck deserted Sebastian Vettel. Has his charmed life in F1 come to an end? Has Red Bull run out of red…
Tyre manufacturer Falken has announced it will return to the ALMS (American Le Mans Series) next year with a 2012 specification Porsche GT3 RSR run by Derrick Walker. 2011 drivers…
Autotrivia Quiz - Friday November 18 - November 24, 2011
Friday, 18 November 2011 Issue Vol. XIX No. 46 By Dr. Iain Corness
Last week I mentioned that we are all familiar with traffic lights (even though largely ignored in Thailand). The world’s first traffic light was installed in Detroit in 1919, and…
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