Not everyone wants an electric SUV that takes up half the driveway. That’s where Audi’s new A2 e-Tron comes in. Shown at the Paris Motor Show, it brings back the A2 name with an electric
The speed readout was there a moment ago, floating neatly above the bonnet. Put on sunglasses and it fades, perhaps to the point where it seems to have disappeared altogether. An expensive electronic
Volkswagen is turning the GTI badge electric and the new ID.3 GTI has a pretty interesting way of doing it. With 322 hp, 402 lb-ft of torque, and rear-wheel drive, it becomes the most powerful GTI eve
Changing a car battery used to be one of the cleaner bargains in home mechanics. Remove two terminals, undo the clamp, lift out the old battery and fit the new one. The clock might need resetting a
A driver can move between unfamiliar modern cars and still understand the transmission selector within seconds. Park sits at one end, followed by Reverse, Neutral and Drive. Lower ranges, manual modes
Walk past a parked car after dark and the cabin can seem completely asleep, apart from one tiny red light pulsing on the dashboard. Blink. Pause. Blink again. Since red dashboard lights usua
A car battery does not need to be completely dead to leave the car behaving as though it is. Sometimes the battery is charged and perfectly willing to work, but the electricity cannot get past the
Automatic stop-start has a peculiar talent for irritating drivers both when it works and when it does not. At one traffic light, the engine shuts down the moment the car stops. At the next, it keep
One of the funniest things about modern cars is how much stuff they can do while most owners are still using maybe 20 percent of it. Not because people are lazy. Mostly because nobody really shows
Hard to believe Kia is now 80. You’d swear it was still the brand trying to prove itself a decade ago. To mark the occasion, they opened a new exhibit at Kia Vision Square in Yongin, South