Ricer cars started becoming popular in the early 2000s and are strongly inspired by the Fast and Furious movies. However, the word ricer is odd, and it doesn’t come from saying ‘racer’ with a weird accent. So, what is a ricer car? Ricer cars have been cosmetically modified to appear as high-performance vehicles. The acronym …

In many parts of the world, buses are the primary method of transport for most of the population. As oil prices increase, buses will become even more important to commuters. Buses use various transmission types, including manual, automatic, and “manual/automatic” gearboxes. School buses commonly use manual transmissions, while inner city buses and coaches generally use …

Three primary features make all Lamborghini models stand out from their competition. The hexagon, the Y-stylized shape, and the state-of-art performance. But, how much do these supercars weight? The average weight of a Lamborghini is 1,692 kg (3,730 lbs). The lightest model is the Lamborghini Huracán S at 1,339 kg (2,951 lbs) and the heaviest …

The screaming engines, squealing and tortured tires with the billowing clouds of smoke while the cars are driven on the edge of control is what drifting is all about. The craze originally took hold in Japan and is now spreading around the world where professionals are racing around high-speed stadiums in the Western world, while …

Trains are often used to transport things across the country and travel for hundreds of miles at a time. But can a train cover that distance without needing to be refueled, or how far can they go without refueling? It’s estimated that a locomotive train that has a 5000-gallon tank can travel for approximately 1000 …

There are many kinds of races in the world of road cycling, ranging from stage races to criteriums and one – day events held around the world. As a casual fan of cycling it is easy to believe that there aren’t really anymore great races beyond the Tour de France and this is a wildly …

Trains are amazing machines that have been used for more than a century to transport people and goods around the country. They can pull thousands of tons of cargo in a single train, making them one of the world’s most efficient forms of transport. But how is this possible when trains are so heavy? Here …

Some petrol heads say that cars with manual gearboxes are the only vehicles worth having. It was true with older automatic transmissions, but the latest DSG units are so advanced that they make manual transmissions virtually redundant. Cars cannot have a manual and automatic gearbox; however, some cars have automatic gearboxes, which can be manually …

The force needed to move a long train is immense and sometimes requires more than one locomotive. An equivalent force must be applied in reverse to stop that same train. Goods trains traveling at 55 mph with 120 fully loaded wagons need over a mile of track to stop, and passenger trains with 8 carriages …

New cars in the modern world are awe-inspiring, bristling with technology and features, and even the most basic models have better equipment than high-end cars of the past. However, the modern world has forsaken the use of CDs and CD players. This leads some to wonder if, in all the technology new cars are equipped …