Engine Control Unit (ECU) remapping is the ultimate way of increasing the performance and fuel economy of your car. Read on to find out more Back in the era of carburettors it was fairly easy to ...

If you’re looking to soup up your whip, the first place you’ll probably look is the engine control unit. This computer shoved in the engine compartment controls just about every aspect of your car’s ...

After military service a career as war correspondent was on the cards. But then an exclusive bursar programme in automotive journalism came 'a-knockin' - and so a 26-year journey spanning newspapers, ...

Unless we're talking about the '68 Ranchero that your Uncle Hank lives out of, every car needs some sort of ECU (engine control unit) to tell each of its engine's moving parts what to do and how to ...

An electronic control unit is a device responsible for overseeing, regulating and altering the operation of a car's electronic systems. Each of a car's electronic features, such as an anti-lock ...

Some of us have been there. Others never have. For those who have seen the inside, we realize it's a scary and confusing place. We slowly found our way around the "safer areas," then ventured further ...

[Daniel Lange] and [Felix Domke] gave a great talk about the Volkswagen emissions scandal at this year’s Chaos Communication Congress (32C3). [Lange] previously worked as Chief architect of process ...

The name McLaren has a long heritage in Formula 1 – only Ferrari has been in F1 for longer. Established by New Zealander Bruce McLaren in the mid 1960s, McLaren has since diversified into road cars ...