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Technology you can talk to has been around in films for years, but the Siri voice-activated software assistant really has turned the iPhone 4S into a little robot personal assistant. Still, there's unexplored territory as far as talking to tech is concerned. How about a Knight Rider-style car that...

Gearheads have been using online social media to discuss their love of cars for years, but few of the existing outlets are aimed specifically at the car enthusiast. The people at Monkeyplate.com are changing this. The website is the first to connect car fans in the real world using customized...

With the stunning Mazda Takeri concept car due at the 42nd Tokyo Motor Show beginning Wednesday, the company will pioneer a piece of technology that improves the fuel economy of its cars by 10 percent. Known as i-ELOOP, it uses a capacitor as part of its regenerative braking system, for the first...

Before the introduction of more extreme vehicles like the McLaren-Mercedes SLR and the current gull-wing Mercedes-Benz SLS AMG, the regular SL-Class sports car was top of the tree in the Mercedes hierarchy. As such it was often a technological leader, frequently sharing innovations with the S-Class...

Unless you're a rich businessman or lazy teenager, you probably see cars as objects to drive, rather than be chauffeured in. A Toyota Prius available to test at the upcoming Tokyo Motor Show might make people think a little differently, as an example of the hybrid will be giving show-goers rides...

Millions of Americans are planning road trips this holiday week, and many of them will use navigation software to get them where they need to go -- whether that's over the river and through the woods or to the outlet mall. The Navigon MobileNavigator smartphone app recently made things simpler for...

To produce a state-of-the-art supercar, nothing less than a state-of-the-art production facility will do. Until recently, production of the McLaren MP4-12C has been handled in the cramped confines of the McLaren Technology Center (MTC), not an ideal situation for the larger production volumes...

You know the drill here people: It's a Monday, everyone's least favorite day of the week. Actually, we don't mind Mondays that much as it's a perfect excuse for us to find something that makes the day a little bit more fun, and this week we've dug up five iPhone apps for the ardent Volkswagen fan...

Outwardly there aren't too many similarities between German sports and luxury car maker BMW and the more budget-orientated Korean maker Hyundai. In fact, until Hyundai launched cars like the Genesis and Equus they didn't even compete in the same market segment. Yet a new deal between the two...

Two major automakers competing in very different segments have partnered to help develop the next-generation of vehicle networking and connectivity technology. Those two automakers are BMW and Hyundai, which have joined global tech firms Broadcom, NXP, Freescale, and Harman to establish the Special...

There are plenty of car apps available to tempt the obsessive gearhead, from racing games to apps that measure your cornering G-force. If you consider yourself a more discerning automotive connoisseur, you might want an app to match. That's where Road Incorporated comes in, a new app for the Apple...

Volkswagen has a long history of commercial vehicles, from the iconic Type 2 split-screen and bay-window buses of the 1950s through to the 1970s, past Rabbit-based pickups to the surprisingly rapid diesel T5 Transporters sold today in Europe. They've not all been as high-tech as VW's latest concept...

The 2013 Ford Mustang looks to be taking a leaf from the Nissan GT-R's book in an effort to make its driving experience more interactive than ever. The GT-R has always been a car known for its in-car tech and when the R35 was launched it gave drivers access to more display functions than ever...

UPDATE: The 2013 Mercedes-Benz SL Class has been revealed. Click here for all the info and photos. Just ahead of the 2011 Los Angeles Auto Show, Mercedes-Benz has given us a sneak peek at the upcoming 2013 SL-Class. While we can't share actual photos of the car with you just yet, we can give you...

We tend to feature four wheels rather than two here at All Car Tech but we're always prepared to make exceptions for objects of great beauty and technological interest. That's why you're looking at the Vespa Quarantasei ('46') concept (via Wired), the embodiment of a possible future direction for...

If they can't tell you how to get to Sesame Street, no one can. For years we've heard the show's theme, now Sesame Street's Bert and Ernie can be downloaded on TomTom GPS devices to relay turn-by-turn navigation. To make it happen, TomTom collaborated with Sesame Workshop and Locutio Voice...

As our technology becomes more intertwined with our daily lives cars were previously at risk of getting left behind. Information and media systems developed in-house were often clunky and dated quickly - just take a look at a built-in satellite navigation system from only a few years ago compared...

It's hard to believe it's been almost a year since Gran Turismo 5 was launched to an expectant audience, following years in development. That year seems to have flown by but it was only recently that the first proper downloadable content pack was released on PlayStation Network to give players...

At what point would you consider the attentions of the powers that be to breach your privacy? How about discovering that your car had been fitted with a GPS vehicle tracker without your knowledge? That's what happened to a young Californian man known only as Greg, according to Wired. The...

Automaker Ferrari is resisting the move to carbon fiber, preferring to stay with aluminum for its bodies and components.