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Lotus: Omnivore engine is 10% more efficient with more to come

Last March at the Geneva Motor Show, Lotus announced its new Omnivore research engine. The Omnivore is a two-stroke direct-injected engine designed to take advantage of the latest in electronic engine management and run on just about any liquid fuel (hence the name). In the time since the initial announcement, the boffins at Lotus Engineering have been exercising their creation on the dyno stand to evaluate its performance. The single-cylinder engine uses an air-assisted direct injection system. A movable "puck" in the top of the cylinder ... Read more →

New Hyundai 2.4-liter GDI four-cylinder makes 200 hp in 2011 Sonata Sam Abuelsamid

When Hyundai's all new Sonata goes on sale early in 2010, it will arrive in U.S. showrooms with only one available engine, a thoroughly revamped version of the 2.4-liter Theta-II four cylinder. ...

Hyundai launches first direct-inject four-cylinder engine, replaces V6 in new Sonata Sam Abuelsamid

When the swoopy new 2011 Sonata goes into production at Hyundai's plant in Alabama early next year, it won't offer a V6 engine anymore, but it will get the company's first ever direct-injected ...

Tokyo 2009: Mazda previews next-gen SKY clean engines, transmission and Kiyora concept Frank Filipponio

Mazda has just dropped off a bunch of info about their next-generation clean engines that will be officially unveiled at the Tokyo Motor Show in October, and we have two words for you: Direct and ...

If it's direct-injected and sold in America, it's on this list Jeremy Korzeniewski

Direct injection is exciting technology in that it allows car enthusiasts to have their cake and eat it too. How so? By both improving fuel efficiency and increasing horsepower. This being the case, ...

2010 Hyundai Santa Fe, Sonata to get direct-inject four-cylinder engines 6 months ago on Autoblog

Hyundai's Montgomery, AL factory added production of four-cylinder engines last year, but recently the engine line has been getting some upgrades. Evidently, Hyundai is getting ready to add direct injection to its 2.4-liter four-cylinder engine. Like other DI engines, the revised version gets ...

Lamborghini adding solar power to factory, vows to cut range CO2 35% by 2015 6 months ago on Autoblog

In the grand scheme of things, the facilities and products of Lamborghini don't really amount to a hill of beans. After all, the company only has one main factory that produces a few thousand cars a year. While those cars are high-powered and consume a lot of fuel per mile driven, Lamborghini ...

Direct-Injection Faceoff - Porsche 911 4S versus... BRP Ski-Doo? 10 months ago on Autoblog

On the surface, it would be difficult to find two machines that share less in common than the 2009 Porsche 911 and the latest Ski-Doo MX Z X snowmobile. But dig a little deeper (into their engine bays) and things start to show a few similarities, most notably the use of direct injection. After ...

Detroit Preview: 2010 Chevrolet Equinox debuts with direct injection 1 year ago on Autoblog

Now that General Motors will be getting a cash infusion to stay in business at least through January, the automaker plans to unveil some new products at next month's Detroit Auto Show. The first one we can show you is the second-generation 2010 Chevy Equinox. You might recognize the greenhouse ...

LA 2008: Hyundai approves HED-5 i-Mode for production 1 year ago on Autoblog

We first saw Hyundai's rolling CUV shapeship, the HED-5 i-Mode, back in Geneva, but today at the LA Auto Show is the first time the Korean automaker has shown the car in the States. New to the crossover is a 2.0L gasoline direct injection (GDI) engine that Hyundai plans to roll out in ...






Autoblog Podcast #157: Mike Levine trucks along with us.

Mike Levine from PickupTrucks.com joins Chris, Sam, and Dan this week and gets a chance to talk about cars, too! 

 
 

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