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0Exclusive: Why did Honda kill its best performance engine? 1328808540
The performance profile of the turbo four may have doomed it to being merely a footnote in Honda's illustrious history. When the 2013 Acura RDX launches this spring, Honda will quietly close down a spur line of its Anna, OH, plant. Since 2006, it had been building the 2.3-liter ...
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Report: Next Chevy Corvette to offer small-displacement turbo V8 1306357260
According to TheDetroitBureau.com, General Motors is planning to alter its strategy with the next-generation Corvette to appeal to a wider range of customers. Traditionally, the Corvette has always been offered with high-displacement eight-cylinder powertrains, but according to sources within ... -
Current generation BMW M3 to be last naturally aspirated M car 1301938200
The writing's been on the wall for some time, but the fate of naturally aspirated M cars from BMW is all but sealed: forced induction is the future and the next M3 will come equipped with a turbocharged engine. With next year's new emissions standards looming on the horizon, every automaker is ...
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Officially Official: BMW announces 2.0-liter four-cylinder turbo for U.S. 1296255600
BMW's four-cylinder turbocharged engine – Click above for high-res image galleryBMW has been teasing us with little factoids here and there about its new 2.0-liter turbocharged four-cylinder engine, and we finally have official confirmation that it will, in fact, be coming to the United ... -
Report: Next-gen Mini Cooper to match diesel efficiency with turbo DI inline-three 1273175880
It's no secret that BMW, like many other automakers, is working on smaller three cylinder engines for its future products to reduce fuel consumption and CO2 emissions. Some of those engines will go into the next generation of Mini products and the goal is to provide a significant improvement in ...
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PSA Peugeot Citroën to launch three-cylinder turbo in 2013 1271156460
PSA Peugeot Citroën have announced that it will spend €175 Million to tool up one of its engine plants to build a new turbocharged inline-three cylinder engine. The Douvrin engine plant will have a capacity of 320,000 powerplants per year starting in early in 2013. The 1.2-liter engines ...
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Rumormill: 2011 Infiniti G25 coming with turbocharged 2.5-liter V6 1263324540
2010 Infiniti G – Click above for high-res image galleryAccording the slinky sleuths at InsideLine, the 2011 Infiniti G series will be available with a turbocharged 2.5-liter V6 from the JDM-only Skyline 250GT (known as the Infiniti G in the States). But something's amiss... Infiniti ... -
Nearly 7,000 2008-2009 Mitsubishi Lancer Evolution, Ralliart, and Sportback Ralliart models recalled over fuel pipe crack concerns 1253219400
2009 Mitsubishi Lancer Sportback Ralliart - Click above for high-res galleryThe National Highway Traffic and Safety Administration (NHTSA) has issued a recall of potentially 6,903 Lancer Evolution, Ralliart, and Sportback Ralliart vehicles fitted with 2.0-liter turbocharged engines falling ... -
Frankfurt 2009: 2010 Saab 9-5 is proof there's still some flight left in the ol' Griffin 1253059080
2010 Saab 9-5 - Click above for high-res image galleryTo be honest, there have been points at which it felt like this new Saab 9-5 would never see the light of day. To say that the outgoing model had grown long in the tooth would be a colossal understatement, and in the hyper-competitive market ... -
First Drive: 2010 Ford Flex EcoBoost delivers more than just a better engine 1248191760
2010 Ford Flex EcoBoost – Click above for high-res image galleryJust a year after the Ford Flex first appeared, the Blue Oval has revamped its lineup in ways that make the 2010 model quite different from its forebearer. First among the changes is the Blue Oval's EcoBoost engine, which ...
