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Ferrari FF rolls through snow, desert in video

The buzz over the Ferrari FF has died down a bit since its initial unveiling in late January. But the fervor will rise again as the car gets a public debut at the Geneva motor show next week. To remind us how good the all-wheel-drive FF is, with its 660-hp V12, Ferrari released a video showing the four-seater going where most owners would not dream of taking it--on snowy roads and through the desert.

BMW brings Real Time Traffic Information (RTTI) to drivers

BMW Real Time Traffic Information (RTTI) Technology has made the driver’s life much easier in recent years, but there’s not much to make life easier when you get stuck at the back of a huge traffic jam. But BMW’s announcement that it will be offering Real Time Traffic Information (RTTI) in its cars will help. A lot.

Porsche Battery – a mere £1200

The rather expensive Porsche Lithium Ion Battery Car batteries have been roughly the same shape and size – and utilised basically the same lead-acid technology – for years. They’ve got better, as you no longer need to top them up with distilled water at regular intervals (I’m showing my age now), and they are less prone to going flat. But that probably has more to do with alternators replacing dynamos than the batteries themselves.