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A peek under the hood of the global automotive industry.

Indonesia Is Building a National Car Hub And It's Bigger Than You Think. AI-Generated.
For a country that has long been one of Southeast Asia's largest automotive markets, Indonesia has never quite managed to build a car it can truly call its own, at least not at scale. That might be about to change.
By Mark Lim 4 months ago in Wheel
Australia's Best-Kept Automotive Secret: The Family That Built 800 Sports Cars From Fibreglass. AI-Generated.
If you asked most car enthusiasts to name the great sports car manufacturers, the list would come quickly: Ferrari, Porsche, Lotus, Aston Martin, McLaren. Nobody would say Bolwell. Virtually nobody outside Australia has heard of them. And that is, genuinely, a shame.
By Mark Lim 4 months ago in Wheel
The Car Company That Has Gone Bankrupt Seven Times and Still Makes the Most Beautiful Cars in the World. AI-Generated.
There is a statistic about Aston Martin that sounds like it cannot possibly be true. The company has declared bankruptcy seven times.
By Mark Lim 4 months ago in Wheel
How a Loom Patent Funded the World's Biggest Car Company. AI-Generated.
Toyota did not start in a garage. It started in a textile factory, and the story of how it became the largest automaker on earth is stranger and more interesting than most people know.
By Mark Lim 5 months ago in Wheel
The Car That Built a Nation's Automotive Dream And Lasted 22 Years Doing It. AI-Generated.
On the morning of 9 July 1985, Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad stood before a car that Malaysia had built with its own hands almost. The Proton Saga rolled off the production line in Shah Alam and into history, becoming the first automobile ever produced by a Malaysian manufacturer. The crowd that greeted it was not just celebrating a new model. They were celebrating an idea: that a developing nation could manufacture its own car, sell it to its own people, and eventually take it to the world.
By Mark Lim 5 months ago in Wheel
India Tyre Market: Vehicle Ownership Growth, EV Adoption & Manufacturing Expansion. AI-Generated.
India's tyre industry is navigating a sustained growth phase anchored in structurally non-discretionary demand tied to the country's rapidly expanding vehicle fleet, accelerating road and highway infrastructure development, and the mandatory replacement cycles that govern tyre consumption across all vehicle categories. Rising passenger vehicle ownership, a booming commercial freight sector, and India's emergence as a competitive global tyre manufacturing and export hub are collectively reshaping the market from a domestically focused industry into an increasingly globally integrated manufacturing powerhouse. As India's automobile production scales across passenger cars, two-wheelers, and commercial vehicles and EV adoption accelerates across segments, tyres are reinforcing their role as the foundational safety and performance component enabling India's mobility transformation.
By Jane Knitch5 months ago in Wheel
Toyota Is Quietly Building the Sports Car We've Been Waiting For. AI-Generated.
Toyota doesn't do things loudly. While other manufacturers hold splashy press events and flood social media with teasers, Toyota tends to show up when it's ready and not a moment before. So when details start leaking about a new mid-engine, all-wheel-drive sports car that's been in development for a while already, it's worth paying close attention.
By Mark Lim 5 months ago in Wheel
The Car That Volkswagen Lost Money On Every Single Time It Sold One And Built Anyway. AI-Generated.
Let's start with the number that makes no sense. Volkswagen spent approximately £5 million to build each Bugatti Veyron. They sold each one for around £1 million. By any conventional business logic, this was catastrophic. For every car that left the factory in Molsheim, France, the company lost roughly £4 million. Across the 450 cars eventually produced, that is a staggering amount of money to lose on what is, at its most basic description, a vehicle.
By Mark Lim 5 months ago in Wheel
The World's Oldest Car Company Started by Making Saws, Corsets, and Pepper Grinders. AI-Generated.
Before Peugeot built its first car, it built saws. And corsets. And coffee grinders. And pepper grinders. And bicycles. This is not a metaphor. The Peugeot family of Valentigney, in the Franche-Comté region of France, began manufacturing in 1810 with a steel foundry. Over the following decades, they diversified through saws, hand tools, coffee grinders, waist corsets made with light steel blades, pepper grinders, umbrella frames, and eventually bicycles. The company's iconic lion logo, still used today, originally symbolised the speed, strength, and flexibility of Peugeot's saw blades.
By Mark Lim 5 months ago in Wheel
Audi Just Built Its Most Powerful Car Ever And Named It After a Racing Legend. AI-Generated.
For two years, Audi has been living with a gap in its soul. The R8, the mid-engine supercar that gave the brand its performance identity for nearly two decades, ended production in 2023. Since then, Audi has repeatedly insisted it would not be bringing it back. No third generation. No revival. The R8 was done, and that was that.
By Mark Lim 5 months ago in Wheel
Comprehensive Guide to NDT Film for Enhanced Industrial Quality Control
Advanced Inspection Trends: How NDT Film Strengthens Modern Industrial Quality Control Rising Demand for Reliable Industrial Inspection
By Emily Carter5 months ago in Wheel
Comprehensive Guide to Calcium Carbonate Manufacturing Processes and Applications
The global minerals sector is witnessing significant growth. Calcium carbonate remains one of the most widely used industrial materials. Recent investments in mining, processing, and advanced production systems have increased attention on this versatile compound.Manufacturers worldwide are expanding operations to meet demand from construction, plastics, paper, coatings, and environmental sectors. Industry analysts report steady growth driven by infrastructure projects and sustainable manufacturing initiatives.
By Emily Carter5 months ago in Wheel