Purchasing a used transmission to replace a broken one is a smart, cost effective way to get a few more years out of an older car that is other wise mechanically sound.

Your cars transmission is an essential component that’s main responsibility is to shift gears in your vehicle. Your vehicle can either have an automatic transmission or manual, but either one, is a necessity to operate your vehicle. The transmission requires routine maintenance and a regular infusion of transmission fluid, but sometimes, you run into the problem of needing a to replace the whole part entirely. Many drivers run into the question of if they need to spend a lot on a new transmission or if they can get by with purchasing a used transmission. There are many things to look for when looking into purchasing a used transmission that will ensure a quality transmission and get the most

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The current BMW X3 turns six next summer, so it’s no surprise that BMW’s engineers are hard at work perfecting its replacement. We expect the fourth-generation X3 to arrive during 2023 or early 2024 as a 2024MY car.

The development cars pictured here at the Nürburgring – a regular X3 and a hot X3M – might be covered in BMW’s usual squiggly camouflage wrap, but we can still make out plenty of details that give us an idea of what’s in store for us down the line.

We can easily make out, for instance, the new flush-fit door handles, the rising window line familiar from the new XM, and the shape of the headlights. Those lamp units are traditional one-piece items, BMW reserving its new split-lamp arrangements for its luxury line of cars like the 7-Series and X7.

It’s also possible to see the shape of the kidney grille, which …

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The World Health Organization (WHO) has launched a an updated manual to help policymakers to reduce the number of road traffic deaths and injuries involving motorcycles and other powered two- and three-wheelers – these are collectively referred to as PTWs. “In the 10 years since the first edition of the manual, the global landscape has changed significantly. The rapid increase in the use of powered two and three wheelers poses new challenges,” the organisation said.

Titled ‘Powered two-and three-wheeler safety: a road safety manual for decision-makers and practitioners‘, it includes guidelines on developing safer roads, ensuring safer mobility for all road users, vehicle safety standards and actions to improve emergency responses to crashes.

The manual also contains concerning statistics. Between 2013 and 2016, the proportion of PTW (powered two- and three-wheelers) deaths increased from 23% to 28%, as observed in all regions (Africa, Americas, Southeast Asia, Europe, Eastern

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2022 Tesla Model S Plaid

2022 Tesla Model S Plaid

By Paul Herrold

Unless you’re used to being catapulted off the deck of an aircraft carrier in a fighter jet, or strapped into the seat of a Top Fuel Funny Car at the NHRA Nationals, there are few experiences that will prepare you for a 0-60 mph launch in the new Tesla Model S Plaid edition. With a recorded 1.99-second to 60 mph run on the books, you’ll be shoved back into your seat so hard that you might find it hard to breathe; the acceleration forces on your body are—quite literally—breathtaking.  If you ever have a chance to drive or just ride in one of these… do it, it is thoroughly impressive.

The all-electric Model S was introduced in June 2012 as the first fully manufactured vehicle to come out of Elon Musk’s start-up company Tesla. A big hit with critics, customers, and—most importantly—investors,

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The Hudson Super Six, introduced in 1916, had the industry’s first counterbalanced crankshaft that allowed higher revving and established Hudson as a performance car that set many speed records, including runs at Pikes Peak and Daytona Beach. In the Twenties, Essex, Hudson’s lower-price companion make, accelerated the acceptance of closed cars. Before the Essex coach a sedan typically cost 40 to 50 percent more than an open car. The coach cost as little as $100 more than the Essex touring car. Thanks to booming Essex sales and strong Super Six demand, the company reached the number-three spot in sales three times in the late Twenties. 

1947 Hudson Series 178 Pickup

1947 Hudson Series 178 Pickup

With healthy car sales, there was little incentive to enter the truck market, and Hudson was short on cash even in boom times. Yet Hudson introduced a line of trucks under the Dover name for 1929. Dovers were based on

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