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Mazda’s Ikuo Maeda is Autocar’s 2020 Design Hero

During the recently concluded 2020 Autocar Awards, Mazda’s Ikuo Maeda was named the Design Hero

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Photo Library: 2020 CKD Volvo S60 T8 R-Design

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Ex-BMW designer Karim Habib explains how the new Kia logo was created

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Ex-BMW Chief Designer grills the BMW 4 Series grille. But should you care?

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2020 Volvo S60 T8 R-Design, best value-for-money compact exec?

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Rendered: 2022 BMW 7 Series - Did someone order more grille?

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This is the new, transparent BMW logo

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New 2020 F48 BMW X1 facelift – What’s new?

BMW Malaysia recently unveiled the X1 Life Cycle Impulse (LCI, facelift in BMW lingo), alongside the

Former BMW designer Jochen Paesen joins Kia to lead interior design

It looks like Kia has been busy recruiting some of the best talents from BMW.

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A German tuner ‘fixed’ the 2021 BMW M4’s controversial grille

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Evolution of the BMW 3 series in 7 generations – still the ultimate sedan?

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F90 BMW M5 LCI Rendered: June 17 Unveiling

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Ratings: 2020 Volvo S60 T8 R-Design - The best sports sedan in class

Having tested the Volvo S60 T8 R-Design last year, we have to say, we were quite impressed.

Production of 2021 BMW 4 Series Coupé starts alongside four new models

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Could this be the front end of the all-new BMW M3?

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2020 BMW 330e vs 2020 Volvo S60 T8 - Which is the better plug-in hybrid?

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Kia poaches ex-BMW and ex-Infiniti designer Karim Habib

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All-new 2020 Kia Optima ditches the 3-box design for a sleek fastback design

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New BMW iX3 to be released by end of 2020, shares platform with X3

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Review: Volvo S60 T8 R-Design – Much better than a Mercedes?

it’s almost there.It’s a shame that some of us could not think beyond Mercedes-Benz or BMW

A better value CKD Volvo S60 T8 R-Design is coming to Malaysia

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There's a new app to communicate with your BMW/MINI

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Leaked: Not for the faint-hearted, here are the 2021 BMW M3 and M4

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Why are the hubs of the steering wheels in modern cars off center? Is there an unavoidable technical reason to do so, or may there be a security advantage using this design?

If you’re referring to the centerline of the steering wheel and column, those should be centered with the middle of the driver seat. I’ve also encountered some cars, with an off-center wheel, and it’s very annoying. I have better control over the vehicle if the wheel is centered directly in front of me and at the right angle and height. If you’re referring to the wheel itself, which may not be perfectly round, this is done to provide the average driver with more or less leverage for most driving situations. By slightly varying the diameter at different points on the wheel, the driver has either more leverage or quicker steering. Again, I prefer a steering wheel, which is perfectly round when it rotates. The wheel grip shouldn’t rise and fall when the wheel rotates. The best steering wheel I’ve used in recent years is the BMW E46 Alcantra sport wheel found in early 2000’s models. These are usually covered in suede-like material. I also like the Mitsubishi sport steering wheel, found in many Mitsubishi cars from the late seventies through the early eighties. Finally, in the mid-late 1980’s, Chrysler made a leather-wrapped sport steering wheel, which was excellent.

How is the life of a doctor in India compared to that of an engineer?

Situation 1 - Both Doctor and Engineer are Famous A famous doctor visita his clinic at about 9, checks in, sees a list of over 100 patients scheduled for the day. Starts his day, checks his patients, prescribes treatment. If lucky, wraps up his work by 6 else extends till 9 pm. Goes back home. Consults other hospitals, attends global seminars, is part of some medical advisory board, advices pharma companies for new products, listens to sales pitch by medical representatives. Spends time with his familh, whatever he has, taken a vacation or two outside or inside India. Life goes on. People respect him for his ability to treat people, they believe in him. People on road admire his BMW without knowing he has spent 15 years in rigorous studies and about 15 years in exceptional medical practice. A successful engineer reaches work at about 9, looks at the heap of peoject files that need to be reviewed and approved. Meets the design team abkut status of new product/plant/site, finds loopholes, recommends improvements. Visits the manufacturing/ production site, checks on status, random sampling to ensure it follows protocol. Meets internal and external clients to provide status update on existing ans upcoming projects. Works with project manager on planning. Updates the bosses on riska ans benefits. Gives expert comments on new designs. Sets direction for new projects. Meets sales reps for new devices, tools, software, equipments. Visits global conferences. Spends time with family as much he could, goes on vacation outside or inside India about twice a year. People respect him for his exceptional design abilities, foresight and implementation skills. People outside admire his BMW without knowing he has spent about 10 years in rigorous education and about 15 years in solid experience full of successful projects and a heap of lessons learned from failures. Situation 2 Both Doctor and Engineer are Mediocre Doctor visits hia clinic at about 9, its ok if it is 10. Sees a list of 10 patients from nearby locations. He winds up his review in 2 hours and heads to another hospital to attend some more patients. Goes for lunch, comes back to clinic if there are more patients. Cares for patients, takes care of family. Attends seminars, attends sales calls from reps. Some types may also demand nice incentives. Saves money, lived through. Just another story. Engineer reaches office at 9, checks on mails, responds. Starts working on projects assigned to him or her, cares for his work enough, spends timw with family. Goes on annual vacations may be two. Sometimes cribs. Does ok, saves money lives through. Just another story. Scenario 3 Both Doctor and Engineer are failure They are something else than doctors and engineers. Dont know if that means anything. The difference in all these scenarios is their commitment, their true calling and passion. A half hearted effort will yield will half of results. When the passion is right, a tough life is enjoyable. Otherwise, a luxurious life may also seem boring and unfulfilling.

Are Volvos actually safer than comparable cars?

Speaking from personal experience: My wife was in a serious collision in a 1983 Volvo 240 wagon. On black ice she ended up being hit by a 1984 Chevrolet Suburban. The suburban was traveling just a hair over 80mph in a 45 mph speed zone and my wife was driving at 50 mph (both at fault for being stupid) and the collision was so hard that the only seat with any remote chance of survival was the driver seat. It buckled the dash through the windshield in an upside down V and the passenger seat crimped the shift handle (manual transmission) over onto the driver seat. All the glass exploded on impact, and the car was effectively wrapped around the front of the Chevrolet Suburban in a U shape. She survived, and still suffers from the injuries of that day. I was driving a 2001 Volvo XC70 in heavy fog, following a commercial truck, at night, and 3 adult moose waited for the truck to pass before darting out in front of me (my plan to let the truck hit the moose in the fog failed) and I ended up having the largest moose through the windshield, she hit me face first and tore the driver seat off the floor, sending both of us into the back of the car. The 2nd moose tangled in the legs of the first moose and ripped her out of the car as he toppled over the top, and the third moose got between the car and the trailer (which had a 55 kw diesel Genny on it) and got smashed into the tailgate. From point of impact to when I stopped the car was about 200 feet. From where the car stopped and where the front grille was found was about 80 feet ahead of the car. I merely got bruises and a couple scratches from glass. I rebuilt the car so I could go home, it took me from October 18th (5 days after the wreck) to December 18th, and I was able to drive it home. It looked like new when I was done. However- in manually disassemble of the car using a Dremel, hammer, and chisel, I learned some really cool things about the design and the geometry of the engineering of the car that aren't visible from the outside or while sitting in the driver seat. There are too many things to type up here, but the key points were strategic weak sacrificial structures that break away to aide in protection of the human occupants. The way the body is assembled- makes for a stupid heavy car, but in doing so, I have no fear of winding the throttle out to the top speed knowing full well how much safety is in that car design. 10/10 would recommend a Volvo of any age and model. I just wish they would build a regular pickup truck…

What is one thing you wish car designers would remove from their designs?

Turn Indicators on the side Mirror: I don’t know why car designers think it is a good idea, and I don’t even know why this is not a safety concerns…. When you are on the blind spot on the side of the other driver in a multi lane road, when they signal and want to change lane, you can’t actually see it the side indicator. This is because the Turn Indicators on the Side Mirror is pointing at the front, not on the side. See pictures below to illustrate: Look at the BMW below, look at how the side indicator points forward, and not wrap around to the side of the mirror. How can you expect drivers just on the side of you know when you are turning when they can’t actually see you indicating???? To top it off, how many times have your side mirror been wiped / damaged when you park on the side of road? Or when motorbike / bicycle try to past you while you wait for the traffic signal to change? Because of this indicator light that can’t even perform its function properly (which is to warn the driver to your sides), the cost of mirror replacement has increased quite a lot even for a basic car without heated mirror / side camera / bind spot monitoring etc. If an indicator has to be on the side, then at least make it wrap around to the side of the mirror and have lights facing backward as well, so driver just on the side can see it (like the one below - Subaru Forester). Edit: After viewing some of the comments, I had decided to add some more details. The situation I am referring to is this: See the red car here next to the green. If the green car want to indicate to change to the left lane, with the indicator on the side mirror only visible to the driver in front of the green car or to the back where the Blue car can see, and the green car do not have an indicator light on the car body (such as the ones on the older style cars like below)… the driver in the red car would have no way of telling the driver in the green car indicating to change lane unless the red car is either completely in front of the green car, or completely behind the green car. Also, I had indicated that some mirror indicators are better that others in accommodating the issue I had highlighted. These indicators usually can be seen even if you are the driver of the red car because the light wrap around to the side, or there is a light on the mirror flashing towards the back part of the mirror. In one of the comment below, Stefan has mentioned that with blind spot monitoring, this helps to eliminate the risk. I do agree with this to some degree, however, for car owners that doesn’t have blind spot monitoring but with an indicator light on the side mirror visible to the driver on the side, this does create some issue (for example, my 2016 Hyundai and my friend’s Audi). Hope this help to clarify my position and I look forward to your comments.

What should BMW, Audi, and Toyota owners do to protect themselves from getting hacked?

I hate to say I told you so, but I've been harping about this for years. When you integrate systems designed by different parties under different management directives, and when you don't have an actual, factual Chief Security Officer with budget, staff and purview to literally kill anything that doesn't meet standard regardless of who gets offended by that action, you have stuff like that. It's inevitable THE FAILURE IS DESIGNED IN. It's only going get worse. Much, much worse. I have a large amount of sympathy for owners of affected cars - not just these guys, but all the car owners that just don't know they're affected yet. I don't think there's a convenient solution to the problem. Anything applied after the fact is mostly a band-aid, and does't cure the fault. And it's not bloody convenient to carry around a Faraday cage to wrap around your car when it's parked.

If a Seiko watch is like a Honda, what cars would all the other watches equate to?

Let’s start by saying Seiko is more like Toyota. Later you’ll understand why. So we’ll begin with the Japanese brands first: The Seiko umbrella (with Seiko, Orient, Grand Seiko and Credor) is the Toyota Corporation, with the former 2 being the Toyota line, while the latter 2 being the Lexus line. One serves the people, the other serves the affluent. Honda and Nissan I’d say are Casio and Citizen. Reliable, affordable Japanese products that everyone could enjoy. Timex would be Chevy or Ford, whatever you like. American represents. Rolex is Mercedes-Benz for me. Their watches look the same, just like the Benz’s recent designs. Omega is Audi, Benz’ competitor. Always in competition, but still falling short. Besides Audi is owned by VW, just like Omega belonging to Swatch. Patek Philippe is the Rolls-Royce of watchmaking, and no-one should doubt that. They are the quintessential luxury watchmaker and carmaker. Audemars Piguet. This is hard. I could say something like BMW. But to be completely honest, I see more similarity between AP and, well, DeLorean. Right now AP is famous for one model, the Royal Oak, milking it to the point the Royal Oak name could become its own brand, and people don’t really give a damn about others. Although AP has other models like the beautiful Jules Audemars dress watch, they’re all overshadowed by the RO, sadly. Vacheron Constantin to me is Bentley. Equally luxurious as Roll-Royce, but falling short in popularity. Comparing Hublot with Pagani would be unrightfully wrong for the latter, but deep inside they are very similar. Hublot outsources movements, while Pagani uses Mercedes engines for their cars. Breguet and Bugatti, the French represents. Both have great history and great deal of innovation throughout their lifetime. You’d think A. Lange and Söhne deserves something more high-end, like Roll-Royce level, but I think it is the Maybach of watchmaking. Ultra luxury cars with a hefty price tag, and exquisitely finished watches that cost as much as a conventional car. Beautiful German match. And to wrap this up, some of the most innovative brands out there, Jaeger-LeCoultre and Tesla. JLC was once the forefront innovator of the Swiss with unique complications and incredible craftsmanship. The brand has brought and is still bringing watchmaking to a new level. Tesla is the pioneer of electric cars, and no one has beaten it in its game, while it’s got the stage for itself to show how Tesla and Elon can push electric vehicles. Both are great pioneers in their own respective craft.

Why are fast cars so hard to drive slow?

Because they’re not designed to be driven slow. Driving a really powerful car in slow traffic is like trying to get just a dribble of water out of a fire hose. You’re using so little of the car’s potential that it becomes difficult to keep it “reined in”. And if you open it up even a little bit, before you know it you’re over the speed limit (or wrapped around a tree). This is one reason why I don’t really like very fast cars. Dodge Challenger Hellcat, BMW M3, Lamborghini Hurican - yeah, super-fast acceleration is a fun party trick, but at the end of the day, what’s the point? There’s a saying in the car community: ,driving a slow car fast is always more fun than driving a fast car slow,. (This is often abbreviated - mention “slow car fast” to a car enthusiast and they’ll most likely know exactly what you’re talking about.) Much of the fun of spirited driving is pushing the car to its limit and feeling how it reacts on the edge of grip. If you’re driving a 480-horsepower Ferrari F430 at the limit, you’ll be doing close to 200 miles per hour, which isn’t legal (or safe) anywhere except a racetrack with a ton of safety equipment. That’s out of reach for most people in terms of both skill and money. The simple fact is that a Ferrari would be a terrible car for the vast majority of people. On the other hand, a slow but fun and good-handling car, like a Mazda MX-5 Miata or a Toyota GT86, will let you push the car to its limit while staying within safe speed limits (mostly) and not breaking the law (much). It won’t beat the Ferrari around a track, but it will be a much more enjoyable car to drive daily. Even a slow, non-sporty car like a base Honda Civic can be fun when driven fast, although it won’t handle as well as a car that’s meant to be driven that way. Meh. YEAH.

What are some fascinating experiences?

Two years ago, I completed an MBA program. Over lunch, my wife said, out of the blue: "You've been talking about a BMW motorcycle for a couple years. Why not celebrate with one?" That day, I found a 2006 BMW K1200RS with 96 miles on it at the local BMW bike shop. The owner had bought it new, rode it a couple times, got wrapped up in a declining marriage and then let it sit for four years. He finally purged everything from his failed marriage and traded the beemer in for a Aprilia. I took it out for an hour after the sale guy exhorted me to do so. It was an incredible ride. Amazing, sonorous sound. Stable suspension, smooth and deliciously quick. I decided I would buy it. I was at a busy intersection waiting to turn right. Now, the BMW turn signal design is over-engineered. Most motorcycles enable turn signals with a single button; BMW managed to turn it into three. Turning off the signal requires a downward movement of the right hand. For someone riding a BMW for the first time, it's an unintuitive movement. I completed the turn and went to disengage the turn signal. Rather than use my thumb, I accidentally rolled my hand to try to press the button. This had the unfortunate consequence of rolling the throttle and suddenly I was going much faster than planned in heavy traffic. I quickly hit the car in front of me. I broke two ribs and had some bad bruises but because I wore full leathers and a helmet, I had no serious injuries. I tried to get up but someone pushed my chest down and told me not to move. And then it happened. I had the purest moment of my life. I was completely in the moment. I had amazing mental and emotional clarity. Time simply existed. I wasn't worried about something in the future or thinking of the past. I felt a sensation of complete, utter contentment. I lacked nothing. I just felt completely pure. I didn't choose the moment; it simply came to me and I let it fall over me. Even as I write this, I have this vivid memory of contented joy. Too soon, EMT's arrived in all their blaring urgency and my moment was inevitably ruined as they clumsily fumbled around my body to be sure I wasn't injured. I was *furiously angry* with them for ruining the moment but later, when I remembered what happened, was very grateful for the experience. I've since wondered if it was a brief foretaste of death, of what it will be like to be detached from the body and the burdens of the world. How ironic that it happened in the context of an accident.

What would it take to convert a Tesla Model S to a gas engine?

There are several ways. Jay Davis's talked about one, which is putting a gas motor and traction system in a complete Tesla. As I guess one of the reasons would be to have a Tesla-looking gas car, another possibility is the opposite: to put the looks of a Tesla on a complete gas car. Harder or simpler, more expensive or cheaper, I don't know. Some might say it doesn't literally qualify as a "conversion", but the idea is to get a Tesla-looking gas car, "conversion" or not. 1. Cut the Tesla's "exterior design wrapping" or "shell" or "coachwork" or "carrossery", which is basically metal sheets, windows and lights. Basically, what you see from the car from the outside of it. Not the entire body, which includes structure, but more like this below. Obviously not as easy as it looks, but doable. 2. Now place that "exterior design" over any other gas chassis car you've removed the "wrapping" from. Dimensions are the biggest key, and general "compatibility" in electric connections mostly between lights and windows. It will require some cutting and welding and to make the right connections, and you may face some loss in terms of little add-ons, just like with any other conversion. If you find a perfect match, maybe an BMW Series 7 would be it (I'll leave you the dirty work of checking dimensions on your own), ,then you can even put the body of the BMW on your Tesla chassis! That way you would have a gas Tesla... and a fully electric BMW Series 7! That way, when your pro-gas friends come in for a ride in your BMW, and they are shocked by its smoothness, torque, front trunk, self-driving ability, and they start saying "gas cars are the bomb, how could anyone want an electric???", you can drop the news. Powerful stuff. Proselecticitysm (Proselytism + electric) at its best. === Bottom line: find a way to have absolute minimum technical interaction between what we call the "external design wrapping" here, and technical elements, ,that STRICTLY and ONLY what is VISIBLE from the outside would be Tesla and EVERYTHING else the gas car. The extreme of this strategy is of course to put a Tesla logo on a gas car. Next level is to simply (and probably not so elegantly) cut and weld front and rear fascias to the gas car, and the best option to have the sleekest possible looking result would be what I developed. This answer is highly hypothetical, of course. I believe this job would be extremely dirty and sketchy, unless you want to put more than 200.000 dollars in it.

What are some things foreigners believe about the United States but aren't actually true?

There's the old joke: Q: What's the difference between an American and a European? A: An American thinks 100 years is a long time, and a European thinks 100 miles is a long way. Foreigners, except those from Canada, for obvious reasons, rarely have a good grasp on the distances here. "You live in San Francisco? Maybe you know my friend in Los Angeles!" My friend who grew up in Laramie, WY thought nothing of driving four hours round trip to Denver, CO for dinner and a movie. As mentioned in other answers, the biggest source of misinformation seems to be movies and TV shows. Americans know they're seeing fantasy, atypical lives. Foreigners don't necessarily have that context. I used to tell people in Mexico, "If you stop thinking all of America is like Las Vegas, I'll stop thinking that all of Mexico is like Tijuana." Certain foreigners don't get the weather extremes. As advantageous as the climate is, there are places that boggle Europeans. I love the story of how BMW air conditioning got to be so good. In the late 70's, when BMW started a serious push for the US market, BMW USA complained to the Bavarians that their AC sucked. The response from Munich was, "These temperatures do not exist." So the Americans convinced the factory to send two engineers to spend an August. In Phoenix, AZ. In a black-on-black 6-body. Amazingly enough, since one design cycle later, bimmer air conditioning has been awesome. Perhaps the hardest thing for people to wrap their minds around is that America is just too big and too varied for a "typical America" to even exist. Even with the homogenizing effects of national brands, there really are many regions with distinct cultural differences.

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