For decades, the gauge cluster of a German car was a thing of functional beauty. Clean design placed an emphasis on legibility above all else. In recent years, however, the rise of LCD screens ...

RPM stands for revolutions per minute, and in cars, it measures how many times the engine’s crankshaft makes one full rotation every minute and how many times each piston goes up and down in its ...

The level of sophistication attained in automotive instrumentation has come a long way in the annals of history. According to the Merriam-Webster dictionary, the first known use of the term “idiot ...

(iSeeCars) – The automotive world has a language all its own, including a wide array of acronyms representing a similarly wide array of technical features and characterizations. In the case of “RPM”, ...

Once you've purchased a new tachometer, thoroughly read the instruction manual. Then determine where you want to position the tach. Locating it on top of the dash may work on a race car, but it can be ...