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For decades FIA bosses wrestled with how to engage a younger audience. Enticing the next generation, as well as breaking into a largely untapped US market, were seen as keys to the very survival of the sport.

Whereas the UK boasts upwards of 25,000 ‘circular intersections’, America has just 9,000 in use. That’s right, 9,000 covering 50 states and a population in excess of 330 million.

A look into how buying habits of customers have changed over the past few years, and what suppliers and manufacturers can do to keep up with these trends and achieve prime customer satisfaction.

The motoring world and motorsport in particular is full of daring and dangerous driving techniques. While each have their merits, few are as satisfying as the Scandinavian Flick, arguably the ‘coolest’ maneuver anyone can master.

As the UK population scrimps and saves, motorists are thinking of innovative ways to become more fuel efficient. This has given rise to a new and controversial technique known as ‘Hypermiling’.

MAT Foundry have long written about the gender gap in engineering but does a similar chasm exist when it comes to electric vehicles?

As motoring claims to fame go the title of ‘lowest car in the world’ is surely one of the strangest.

There is no denying the simulation of human intelligence within machines is destined to penetrate all walks of life and with it all industries. The automotive sector will be no exception.

The motivations behind deglobalisation in the automotive industry can vary.

The primary objective of decarbonisation is to mitigate climate change and its associated impacts, by transitioning to low-carbon or carbon-neutral alternatives.

You’re probably familiar with the slogan ‘Tiredness Kills’ but did you know getting behind the wheel of a car on less than five hours sleep can be equally as dangerous as doing so drunk or high?

UK roads are set to be policed from the sky, courtesy of cutting-edge drone technology.

Electrofuel – or “e-fuel” - refers to a type of synthetic fuel that is produced from renewable energy sources (such as solar or wind power), using a process called power-to-liquid (PtL).

Year-end analysis makes for fascinating reading, no more so than in the motoring industry. We’ve already written about the best-selling cars of 2022 but new findings have revealed the most popular colours among that number.

The world of motorsport is all about fine margins. Shaving milliseconds off a lap time could bring huge rewards, even championships… hence that never-ending search for an advantage, however small.

First shown at CES 2022 on the BMW iX Flow, BMW E Ink is a film coating that can be applied to a car’s exterior – and it’s very, very different to your standard paint job.

When a need for speed is satisfied what next for motoring’s adrenaline junkies? The answer it seems lies not in the track but the terrain. And the tougher the better.

In the United Kingdom, 2022 saw one of the most competitive car marketplaces in recent history.

The University of Sheffield is changing the game when it comes to renewable energy with their revolutionary SolarBotanic Trees.

Last summer MAT Foundry explored the prospect of a maiden Apple Car. Widely viewed as the industry’s worst kept secret, 1,000 engineers had reportedly convened to work on Project Titan.

The football World Cup will see England and Wales go head-to-head in Qatar this Autumn, but the Home Nations have already faced off in a new motoring study.

It’s the event that changed motorsport forever and remains the pinnacle of competitive racing as we know it. Now, the 24 Hour Le Mans is set to turn 100.

Porsche take car aerodynamics seriously. So seriously in fact that they’re prepared to add vibrations to future models in order to reduce drag.

If the prices of petrol and diesel at the pumps have given you that sinking feeling, you might be uplifted by the latest research… Next generation vehicles could be fuelled by none other than the air around us.

When it comes to the ban of new petrol and diesel cars in the UK, 2030 marks the spot. Similar moves to reduce carbon emissions are being made across the globe.

Whisper it but oversteering can be fun. Just ask rally drivers who exit corners at 100mph.

Sustainability and environmental protection has always been an important topic for MFG.

If you’re a fan of loud aesthetics but your sensible side has stopped you from investing in a dazzler at the dealership, this study by iSeeCars might be the eye candy you’ve been looking for.

Although satellite navigation is a luxury that far surpasses stopping in a layby with an A3 road atlas, we’ve come to admit that the technology can be far from perfect.

For commuters, hours spent behind the wheel are no longer an empty abyss of flipping through radio stations until the office car park beckons.

While congestion is here to stay – for a while yet, anyway – a new announcement could provide motorists with a means of catching those opening credits and/or kick-off in transit.

In 2022, UK petrol and diesel prices surged to record levels, paving the way for what many have described as a cost-of-living crisis.

It’s a debate as old as the automobile itself: which country produces the best cars? Well, now we know. Sort of.

When it comes to purchasing a new car, the idea of switching from petrol to plug-in can be daunting – and with a ban on new fuel vehicle sales looming in 2030, there’s not a whole lot of time to change public perception.

With electric vehicles hailed as the future of car ownership, Ford have decided to turbo-power their commitment to the market with an all-new ‘Electric University’ EV Training School.

Whether you’re tantalised or terrified by the prospect of “self-driving” cars, one thing’s for certain – automotive technology is working hard to assist drivers and reduce their on-road workload.

Globally, the UK remains in the top 10 for automotive sales – but in 2021, its market for new passenger cars sunk to an all-time low, with a decrease of 28.7% on pre-pandemic numbers.

With Smart Home technology working its way from ‘space-age’ to ‘run-of-the-mill’ in the mind of consumers, it was only a matter of time until the giants of IoT and automotive put their pedals to the metal.

Since the emergence of COVID-19, the motor industry has experienced a sales slump – but the release of the 2021 closing figures gave a glimmer of hope, not least for the growing electric vehicle (EV) sector.

By the end of this year sales of electric vehicles in the UK are expected to tip 300,000.

It’s high time then that motorists were able to gauge the efficiency of EVs in the same way they can home appliances like washing machines.

It’s been described as the coolest road in the world and, in light of new drone footage, few would dispute that assessment.

Track days are for pushing sport and race cars to the limit.

Only a fool, or a TopGear presenter, would gun a standard road car around the likes of Brands Hatch or Donnington Park.

Image and ambition aside, there’s another very good reason for that. Brakes.

For the motor industry, fuelling female representation is a hot topic.

According to Deloitte’s Women in Automotive Industry report, 90% of women feel they are under-represented in leadership positions.

It’s been 24 years since Williams last produced a Formula 1 world champion.

In that period they’ve had precious little to shout about, the nadir surely being three consecutive last place finishes between 2018 and 2020.

But now the legendary constructors are looking to pip their rivals to a rather different title.

The eyes of the world will be on Glasgow this month as the highly anticipated COP26 gets underway.

For the first time in six years, international governments will convene to thrash out means of tackling global warming.

Supermarkets have long delivered but imagine having your groceries ferried to you by way of a self-driving car. Never mind crowds, this would remove all human interaction from the weekly shop…to the delight of agoraphobics and despairing dads everywhere.

“Now pay attention 007…” was for decades the cue that Q - James Bond’s faithful quartermaster - was about to provide a detailed rundown on our favourite secret agent’s newest car… ejector seat and all.

For decades FIA bosses wrestled with how to engage a younger audience. Enticing the next generation, as well as breaking into a largely untapped US market, were seen as keys to the very survival of the sport.

Whereas the UK boasts upwards of 25,000 ‘circular intersections’, America has just 9,000 in use. That’s right, 9,000 covering 50 states and a population in excess of 330 million.

A look into how buying habits of customers have changed over the past few years, and what suppliers and manufacturers can do to keep up with these trends and achieve prime customer satisfaction.

The motoring world and motorsport in particular is full of daring and dangerous driving techniques. While each have their merits, few are as satisfying as the Scandinavian Flick, arguably the ‘coolest’ maneuver anyone can master.

As the UK population scrimps and saves, motorists are thinking of innovative ways to become more fuel efficient. This has given rise to a new and controversial technique known as ‘Hypermiling’.

MAT Foundry have long written about the gender gap in engineering but does a similar chasm exist when it comes to electric vehicles?

As motoring claims to fame go the title of ‘lowest car in the world’ is surely one of the strangest.

There is no denying the simulation of human intelligence within machines is destined to penetrate all walks of life and with it all industries. The automotive sector will be no exception.

The motivations behind deglobalisation in the automotive industry can vary.

The primary objective of decarbonisation is to mitigate climate change and its associated impacts, by transitioning to low-carbon or carbon-neutral alternatives.

You’re probably familiar with the slogan ‘Tiredness Kills’ but did you know getting behind the wheel of a car on less than five hours sleep can be equally as dangerous as doing so drunk or high?

UK roads are set to be policed from the sky, courtesy of cutting-edge drone technology.

Electrofuel – or “e-fuel” - refers to a type of synthetic fuel that is produced from renewable energy sources (such as solar or wind power), using a process called power-to-liquid (PtL).

Year-end analysis makes for fascinating reading, no more so than in the motoring industry. We’ve already written about the best-selling cars of 2022 but new findings have revealed the most popular colours among that number.

The world of motorsport is all about fine margins. Shaving milliseconds off a lap time could bring huge rewards, even championships… hence that never-ending search for an advantage, however small.

First shown at CES 2022 on the BMW iX Flow, BMW E Ink is a film coating that can be applied to a car’s exterior – and it’s very, very different to your standard paint job.

When a need for speed is satisfied what next for motoring’s adrenaline junkies? The answer it seems lies not in the track but the terrain. And the tougher the better.

In the United Kingdom, 2022 saw one of the most competitive car marketplaces in recent history.

The University of Sheffield is changing the game when it comes to renewable energy with their revolutionary SolarBotanic Trees.

Last summer MAT Foundry explored the prospect of a maiden Apple Car. Widely viewed as the industry’s worst kept secret, 1,000 engineers had reportedly convened to work on Project Titan.

The football World Cup will see England and Wales go head-to-head in Qatar this Autumn, but the Home Nations have already faced off in a new motoring study.

It’s the event that changed motorsport forever and remains the pinnacle of competitive racing as we know it. Now, the 24 Hour Le Mans is set to turn 100.

Porsche take car aerodynamics seriously. So seriously in fact that they’re prepared to add vibrations to future models in order to reduce drag.

If the prices of petrol and diesel at the pumps have given you that sinking feeling, you might be uplifted by the latest research… Next generation vehicles could be fuelled by none other than the air around us.

When it comes to the ban of new petrol and diesel cars in the UK, 2030 marks the spot. Similar moves to reduce carbon emissions are being made across the globe.

Whisper it but oversteering can be fun. Just ask rally drivers who exit corners at 100mph.

Sustainability and environmental protection has always been an important topic for MFG.

If you’re a fan of loud aesthetics but your sensible side has stopped you from investing in a dazzler at the dealership, this study by iSeeCars might be the eye candy you’ve been looking for.

Although satellite navigation is a luxury that far surpasses stopping in a layby with an A3 road atlas, we’ve come to admit that the technology can be far from perfect.

For commuters, hours spent behind the wheel are no longer an empty abyss of flipping through radio stations until the office car park beckons.

While congestion is here to stay – for a while yet, anyway – a new announcement could provide motorists with a means of catching those opening credits and/or kick-off in transit.

In 2022, UK petrol and diesel prices surged to record levels, paving the way for what many have described as a cost-of-living crisis.

It’s a debate as old as the automobile itself: which country produces the best cars? Well, now we know. Sort of.

When it comes to purchasing a new car, the idea of switching from petrol to plug-in can be daunting – and with a ban on new fuel vehicle sales looming in 2030, there’s not a whole lot of time to change public perception.

With electric vehicles hailed as the future of car ownership, Ford have decided to turbo-power their commitment to the market with an all-new ‘Electric University’ EV Training School.

Whether you’re tantalised or terrified by the prospect of “self-driving” cars, one thing’s for certain – automotive technology is working hard to assist drivers and reduce their on-road workload.

Globally, the UK remains in the top 10 for automotive sales – but in 2021, its market for new passenger cars sunk to an all-time low, with a decrease of 28.7% on pre-pandemic numbers.

With Smart Home technology working its way from ‘space-age’ to ‘run-of-the-mill’ in the mind of consumers, it was only a matter of time until the giants of IoT and automotive put their pedals to the metal.

Since the emergence of COVID-19, the motor industry has experienced a sales slump – but the release of the 2021 closing figures gave a glimmer of hope, not least for the growing electric vehicle (EV) sector.

By the end of this year sales of electric vehicles in the UK are expected to tip 300,000.

It’s high time then that motorists were able to gauge the efficiency of EVs in the same way they can home appliances like washing machines.

It’s been described as the coolest road in the world and, in light of new drone footage, few would dispute that assessment.

Track days are for pushing sport and race cars to the limit.

Only a fool, or a TopGear presenter, would gun a standard road car around the likes of Brands Hatch or Donnington Park.

Image and ambition aside, there’s another very good reason for that. Brakes.

For the motor industry, fuelling female representation is a hot topic.

According to Deloitte’s Women in Automotive Industry report, 90% of women feel they are under-represented in leadership positions.

It’s been 24 years since Williams last produced a Formula 1 world champion.

In that period they’ve had precious little to shout about, the nadir surely being three consecutive last place finishes between 2018 and 2020.

But now the legendary constructors are looking to pip their rivals to a rather different title.

The eyes of the world will be on Glasgow this month as the highly anticipated COP26 gets underway.

For the first time in six years, international governments will convene to thrash out means of tackling global warming.

Supermarkets have long delivered but imagine having your groceries ferried to you by way of a self-driving car. Never mind crowds, this would remove all human interaction from the weekly shop…to the delight of agoraphobics and despairing dads everywhere.

“Now pay attention 007…” was for decades the cue that Q - James Bond’s faithful quartermaster - was about to provide a detailed rundown on our favourite secret agent’s newest car… ejector seat and all.