Automotive & Trucks

Driver Russ Wicks with American Challenge, Bellevue, Wash., set the world stock-car speed record in July by hitting 222.623 mph in a NASCAR Daytona Series Ford Taurus on the Bonneville Salt Flats.

Stylists and engineers are exploring new ways to personalize pickup trucks, the best-selling type of vehicle in the U.S.

High-fidelity fakes give armchair racers quality seat time.

A line of application-specific hose and connectors for truck and bus exhaust-gas-recirculation (EGR) engines are designed to handle stress and airflow of extremely high engine compartment temperatures and increased pressures from large-capacity radiators.

Hannover, Germany ...The Pro Machine SLC01 racing bike from BMC Trading AG, Grenchen, Switzerland, took one of the top awards in the inaugural Eurobike Design competition during the international Eurobike Show.

Except for a difference in pitch size, the same Poly Chain GT2 belt that powers dragsters at speeds exceeding 330 mph is widely found on HVAC units, conveyors, and food and beverage-handling drives.

They have been called the "last frontier" in the increasingly regulated sport of NASCAR racing. What's all the fuss about? Shock absorbers.

A seven-speed automatic transmission, said to be the world's first, makes its debut in select V8-powered Mercedes-Benz vehicles.

Though hydrogen fuel-cell vehicles are a long way from reality, Ford Motor Co. claims its H2RV technology concept car could be built and sold today.

The first grill opening reinforcement (GOR) made with thermoplastic will debut in 2003.

They take their mountain biking seriously at Christini Technologies Inc., Philadelphia. So seriously, in fact, they have designed and built an all-wheel-drive bicycle.

Teams racing at Indy are still getting comfortable with new rules mandated last year.

Versatile wheel blocks help engineers build better transfer cars.