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1965 Ferrari 330 GT

Motor Mouth: In praise of the unloved Ferrari

By David Booth | September 18, 2015

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In a world first, the United Kingdom is set to test under-road wireless charging for electric and hybrid vehicles. The off-road trials of the new technology are set to take place in England later this year and will involve fitting cars with wireless technology and testing equipment installed underneath a test road to replicate real-world conditions. The U.K. hopes its wireless charging technology will cut emissions and be a boon for the economy.

Motor Mouth: How electric highways could save EVs

By David Booth | September 11, 2015


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The 2015 LaFerrari

Motor Mouth: The LaFerrari’s secret weapon will surprise you

Ferrari's ultimate 949-hp supercar boasts all manner of world-class technology – but it's the seat that makes the biggest difference

A measuring hose for emissions inspections in diesel engines sticks in the exhaust tube of a Volkswagen Golf 2.0 TDI diesel car at a garage in Frankfurt an der Oder, eastern Germany, on October 1, 2015.

Emissions test loopholes breed culture of fudging

"Flexibilities" built into the New European Driving Cycle enabled Volkswagen's diesel cheating

Two Volkswagen employees push a VW Passat into the new "Cold and Climate" centre at the Volkswagen plant in Wolfsburg. The German automaker admitted to rigging its diesel vehicles to pass U.S. emissions testing.

Motor Mouth: Volkswagen scandal a major betrayal of trust

I can’t remember an exposé of the automotive industry ever giving me less pleasure

1965 Ferrari 330 GT

Motor Mouth: In praise of the unloved Ferrari

The 330 GT may be the least valuable classic Ferrari, but David Booth says he'd take one over a $50-million 250 GTO, thank you very much.

In a world first, the United Kingdom is set to test under-road wireless charging for electric and hybrid vehicles. The off-road trials of the new technology are set to take place in England later this year and will involve fitting cars with wireless technology and testing equipment installed underneath a test road to replicate real-world conditions. The U.K. hopes its wireless charging technology will cut emissions and be a boon for the economy.

Motor Mouth: How electric highways could save EVs

Imagine highways that charge your electric car as you drive. It's a grandiose vision to be sure, but one worth contemplating

Jaguar’s 360 Virtual Urban Windscreen concept features "transparent" pillars and highlights pedestrians and cyclists on the head-up display embedded in the windshield.

Motor Mouth: Virtual reality will change the way you drive

Augmented reality promises to make life behind the wheel easier and more intuitive

When it comes to car sales, it’s simply a matter of money; boomers have it, no one else does.

Motor Mouth: Why automakers shouldn’t forget the boomers

Carmakers continue to target young millennials, but the cold, hard numbers point to another trend

Traffic moves along Talbot Street in Leamington in the riding of Chatham-Kent-Essex. The riding has been Liberal since 1995, but voters have also sent Tory and NDP members to Queen's Park.

Motor Mouth: Could roads without rules work?

Would lawless roads be a step backward into anarchic chaos? Or would we just wake up and pay more attention?

The 2015 Ford F-150 Super Cab pickup truck is seen in a crash test by the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety. The four-door Super Crew got top ratings in all five of the crash tests. But the Super Cab version, which has a smaller rear door and back seat, did poorly in a small front overlap test, which slams 25 percent of the front of the truck into a barrier at 40 miles per hour.

Motor Mouth: Your big pickup isn’t as safe as you think

Contrary to popular belief, statistics show that bigger isn't always better when it comes to motoring safety

This 1993 BMW M5 served up a rip-roaring trip through memory lane for David Booth.

Motor Mouth: After 22 years, this BMW M5 is still my favourite

The 1993 BMW M5 is everything David Booth remembered it to be – a licence-threatening, four-wheeled hoot

Vehicles zoom along the nearly empty Pan Am Games HOV lanes as morning rush hour traffic crawls along in Toronto on Monday June 29, 2015.

Motor Mouth: HOV lanes stick it to tax-paying motorists

Ontario's experiment with HOV lanes takes a predictable turn for the worse, writes David Booth

Self-driving Audi RS 7 piloted driving concepts at Sonoma Raceway in California.

Motor Mouth: I raced a self-driving Audi RS 7 — and won

But David Booth expects his victory will be short-lived as autonomous cars get ever smarter and more sophisticated

Currently, Takata has fixed roughly 22 per cent of defective airbags.

Takata airbag debacle shows pitfalls of sharing one supplier

Automakers' cost-cutting consolidation has resulted in cheaper cars — but scary, mass recalls are the price we pay when something goes wrong

Ford workers assemble a Ford Focus ST at the Michigan Assembly Plant in Wayne, Michigan. The plant is the only one in the world that builds vehicles with five different fuel efficient powertrains on the same line.

What you can expect from a typical new car in 2025

In 10 years, higher-tech cars will easily be able to meet increased fuel economy mandates

David Booth, right, poses with his father, John, in front of the 2015 Audi R8 Spyder V10 5.2L.

Motor Mouth: Cars helped thaw my icy relationship with Dad

Automotive repair was at first a surrogate for a real father-son relationship

David Booth got his first taste of racing on the biggest stage of them all, the Montreal Grand Prix, in Nissan’s newly minted Micra Cup challenge.

Racing virgin tries not to humiliate self in Micra Cup

Sheer terror greeted David Booth as he battled nerves in his first ever race on the biggest stage of them all — the Montreal Grand Prix

Low speed limits are here to stay for the foreseeable future.

Motor Mouth: Why no one drives like a saint all the time

There's a good reason nobody drives like a saint all-year round: it's not practical

Guy Negre, head of MDI (Motor development International) company, stands between "Airpod One" prototypes of non-polluting minicars driven with a joystick, activated by compressed air in this October 9, 2008 file photo in Nice, southern France.

A perfume-powered engine isn’t as crazy as it seems

When it comes to finding an alternative power source for our cars, there have been some wacky ideas thrown about

The automatic engine start-start function is a feature that can be turned on or off in the 2014 BMW 328d xDrive.

Here’s my beef with clunky engine start-stop systems

The clunky engine stop-start function is a modern innovation designed to meet new fuel economy standards. But how much gas does it really save? Turns out, not much

Elon Musk, CEO of Tesla Motors Inc., unveils the company’s newest product, Powerpack, in Hawthorne, Calif., Thursday, April 30, 2015.

The Tesla secret Elon Musk doesn’t want you to know

Despite its public image as a successful and leading green juggernaut, Tesla continues to be supported largely by the U.S. taxpayer

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