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Check out Navdy, the portable HUD with a sense of humour

When it comes to head up displays, you now have a few more options than you did a few years back (buy a really…

Bugatti-killer Hennessey building a 1400 horsepower, 466km/h monster

Hennessey’s cars are the Texan equivalent of Pagani, Bugatti and Koenigsegg wrapped in a carbon fibre hotdog, and as one can therefore imagine, the…

5 pieces of car tech that failed at exactly the wrong time

Here at Motorburn, we love car tech. The increasing intersection between our wheels and our gadgets is something that just makes us tingle every…

Meet the 2015 Porsche Cayenne [Gallery]

Porsche has given its Cayenne a midlife makeover (spicing up?) for 2015 with a relatively minor cosmetic facelift. Apart from the nip and tuck…

Students bring hydrogen to the racetrack with Lotus-based Forze VI

Motor racing pushes the absolute limit of car performance, speed and technology. While hydrogen is not a staple fuel in the automotive arena yet,…

Gearbox gripes: Should we hate the CVT as much as we do?

Bundle a bunch of random people into a cramped room, surreptitiously lock the door and quietly introduce the topic of automobile transmissions. Chances are,…

Tesla partners with Panasonic to bring Gigafactory into reality by 2020

Tesla’s proposed Gigafactory promises to revolutionise the electric motoring industry, providing seemingly endless capacity for a huge reduction in cost. But automakers, like Nissan,…

Omoda C5 X review

Omoda is one of Chery’s sub-brands in the South African market, combining daring design with an abundance of in-cabin digitisation. Its mid-size crossovers are…

TDK enhances IMUs for extreme temps

TDK has responded to developing market needs with a new range of advanced inertial measurement units (IMU) for automotive applications. The Japanese electronics giant…

Data centres and defence are reviving diesel

Data centres will command power equivalent to the entire Japanese power grid by 2030. It’s a startling prediction and one that infrastructure futurists, data…

The most recognisable tactical pickup truck evolves

Perhaps the most iconic of all light tactical vehicles is the Toyota Land Cruiser Technical. These pickup trucks have been a platform of choice…

JLR channels its Camel Trophy history

JLR’s Range Rover might be the most profitable vehicle it markets, but the Defender generates the highest volume of revenue. It has become the…

Luca de Meo and his Renault legacy

Luca de Meo has left his tenure as CEO of Renault, having led one of France’s most important companies for five years. The Italian…

Gemini AI to enhance Volvo infotainment

Gemini will soon enhance the in-cabin infotainment experience for Volvo owners, thanks to a new agreement with Google. Volvo was an early pioneer of…

Everest better at exploring than Explorer

Everest isn’t available to American buyers. But its platform-twin Ranger is. Are American Ford fans who like the idea of a more compact three-row…

Quartermaster is unquestionably cool – and capable

Ineos has done what Land Rover could not, reviving its original Defender’s spirit. The independently financed British brand has created the fantasy off-road exploration…