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Ford Mustang Used Car Review | Value, features and common faults


8/30/2018, 12:48:41 AM
What to look out for when buying a second-hand Ford Mustang GT, including prices, features, performance and common faults ✔ So, if the car you’re looking at is an automatic, we’d be very keen to find out just how it had been driven by the previous owner ✔ Huge grunt, however, somehow showed up the age of the rest of the package ✔ Go behind the scenes on Drive at Facebook, Instagram and YouTube


Honda undercuts rivals with sub-$30,000 CR-V | Drive.com.au


8/30/2018, 12:48:39 AM
Honda has launched a new version of its CR-V compact SUV priced to take on the cheapest small SUVs on sale. ✔ Honda Australia director Stephen Collins says the company's best-selling vehicle is now more attainable for budget-minded families ✔ Honda CR-V Vi pricing and specifications: Price: From $28,390 plus on-road costs Engine: 2.0-litre four-cylinder petrol Power: 113kW at 6500rpm Torque: 189Nm at 4300rpm Transmission: CVT auto, front-wheel-drive Fuel use: 7.6L/100km Go behind the scenes on Drive at Facebook, Instagram and YouTube


Here's 68 deals on Britain's top 68 cars ahead of the 68-plate change


8/30/2018, 12:30:16 AM
HERE are 68 deals on Britain’s top 68 cars (based on 2018 sales), ahead of the 68-plate change on Saturday. We’ll buy more than 400,000 new motors in September – one every six seconds. On yer marks… ✔ HERE are 68 deals on Britain’s top 68 cars (based on 2018 sales), ahead of the 68-plate change on Saturday ✔ Renault Captur 68 £209 a month over 36 months, £1,251 customer deposit, £1,524 deposit contribution, plus £500 test drive offer, OFP £6,409


JLR launches 'pet packs' – new dog-friendly upgrades for the back of your Range Rover


8/30/2018, 5:03:33 AM
JLR launches 'pet packs' – new dog-friendly upgrades for the back of your Range Rover ✔ This Afghan, for example, is more than capable of such an athletic manoeuvre, but feels it would be unbecoming ✔ Follow The Telegraph Follow on Twitter Follow on Facebook Follow on Instagram Follow on Pinterest Obviously the smell and general oomska related to a wet dog is not desirable within the human-oriented forward compartment of a Land Rover vehicle ✔ Land Rover's 'pet packs' offer a modicum of comfort to pooches travelling by road


Franken-algorithms: the deadly consequences of unpredictable code


8/30/2018, 5:47:53 AM
The death of a woman hit by a self-driving car highlights an unfolding technological crisis, as code piled on code creates ‘a universe no one fully understands’ ✔ O’Neil says she consciously excluded this adaptive form of algorithm from Weapons of Math Destruction ✔ A robotic sharpshooter currently polices the demilitarized zone between North and South Korea, and while its manufacturer, Samsung, denies it to be capable of autonomy, this claim is widely disbelieved ✔ Andrew Smith’s Totally Wired: The Rise and Fall of Joshua Harris and the Great Dotcom Swindle will be published by Grove Atlantic next February


Volkswagen Polo GTI 2018 Review | Price, features and performance


8/30/2018, 4:45:32 AM
We put the 2018 Volkswagen Polo GTI to the test, reviewing the baby hot hatch for value, comfort, features, performance and handling


Licence-less driving by 2019


8/30/2018, 4:45:29 AM
Service NSW trial digital licences. ✔ Driving without your licence might not be a punishable offence any more ✔ Don’t forget new road safety laws in NSW come into effect this Saturday, September 1, that require drivers to slow down to 40km/h when passing emergency vehicles ✔ Go behind the scenes on Drive at Facebook, Instagram and YouTube


Robots to strut the catwalk for the first time at London Fashion Week


8/30/2018, 2:07:50 AM
The robot is slated to walk the catwalk alongside human models on September 15th and 16th at an event presented by House of iKons at the Millennium Gloucester London Hotel. ✔ A rolling robot will model couture designs at London Fashion Week for the first time ever ✔ It's the latest example of how hi-tech devices are being outfitted for everyday use, from wearables to 3D-printed clothing ✔ The firm launched its Ohmni robot last year as a different take on telepresence robots


Mystery fire flares in parked BMW [VIDEO]


8/30/2018, 4:47:31 AM
undefined ✔ #See the footage: https://bit.ly/2Nuzg8k The car was a BMW 528i (2010 model), which is not subject to an ongoing recall of fire-prone models ✔ The Korea Times contacted Paju Fire Station to get details, but was unable to talk with the dispatched firefighters because they had gone home after night duty ✔ An investigation is under way to find the fire's cause


Uber narrows its search for international city to host "flying taxis"


8/30/2018, 5:02:23 AM
On Thursday, Uber announced its shortlist of countries that are being considered as future markets for its soon-to-be-launched "flying taxi" service. Uber Air, as the service is known, aims to launch demonstration flights in several cities in 2020 and a paid flying taxi operation by 2023. ✔ One hurdle: the willingness of customers to trust Uber to keep them safe Today’s announcement came during an aerial transportation summit in Tokyo convened by the Japanese government with representatives from 21 companies, including Uber, Boeing, Airbus, and others


Uber takes flying cars worldwide with international UberAir test cities - Roadshow


8/30/2018, 5:52:05 AM
Uber has slated Australia, Japan, India, Brazil and France as test sites for its third UberAir test city and its first outside the US. ✔ Uber's eCRM-003 -- the reference model for its electric vertical take-off and landing (eVTOL) vehicle ✔ Uber is currently working with partners such as Embraer and Boeing-owned Aurora Flight Sciences to develop vehicles, and the company unveiled its first design for an eVTOL concept vehicle at its second Uber Elevate conference in Los Angeles in May


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