Over the last forty years, the automatic gearbox has undergone a dramatic transformation. The changes, driven by the quest for higher fuel economy, have led to an almost unrecognisable gearbox. / Number of Gears To keep the transmission running in the most efficient part of its cycle required more than the three gears available at […]
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Domino’s Pizza was established by two brothers, Jim and Tom Monaghan and it was then named DomiNick’s. Eight months after starting the company, Jim decided to trade his shares for a Volkswagen Beetle.
In Denmark, for cars priced over 81,700 kroner, the Registration Tax equals 150%, and it used to be 180% until late 2015. The tax for cheaper vehicles is ‘only’ 105% and the only cars free from this fee used to be the electric ones. However, the government has already started to charge the owners of […]
Louis Chevrolet, the co-founder of a car company named after him, had a great talent for racing and designing cars. However, he was not much of a businessman. He sold his stocks to his business partner William C. Durant, due to their disagreement over a car’s design in the early years of the company. He […]