Rack and Pinion Steering on cars is one of those inventions that appeared early on in the life of the automobile and was taken from another source. Many early components on cars started out life being used by other machines before being enhanced and evolving into something far more complex. The simplest explanation of how it works is that the steering column has a classical … [Read more...]
Franco Scaglione
At Motoring Weekly, one of our favourite motor museums is in northern California - the Blackhawk Auto Museum where we first encountered the Alfa Romeo BAT cars: the "Berlinetta Aerodynamica Tecnica" design studies. All three, the BAT 5, BAT 7 and BAT 9 were designed by Franco Scaglione. Scaglione was born in the middle of the First World War on the 26th September 1916. His … [Read more...]
Ford Has The Holy Grail
So says Jack Bakaj, the head of engineering at Ford Europe. He is talking about a new architecture that the company will use for some of its smaller models. Earlier this year, Ford announced that it would stop production of most of its car models in the US and would concentrate on SUVs and trucks with factories in other countries producing the models that would be imported in … [Read more...]