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Ilmor Engineering builds a five-stroke engine

English engineering firm Ilmor knows all about engine design, having produced powerplants for Formula One, IndyCar, and NASCAR. But its latest internal combustion creation, in contrast to those racing engines, is designed to burn fuel more frugally: a gas-powered five-stroke with diesel consumption. It starts with a three-cylinder, 700cc, turbocharged engine with 130 hp and 122 lb-ft. There are two overhead camshafts: a high pressure shaft turning at half the crank speed working on the two high pressure cylinders, and a low pressure shaft ... Read more →

Autoblog Podcast #89 Dan Roth

It's time for Autoblog Podcast #89. Of course we run over what's been in the garage lately – you'll know what reviews to anticipate. Our big item this week is recapping what we saw in Geneva and ...

Big Block Fever: First Anniversary 427 Big Block ZL-1 on the block at Barrett Jackson Dan Roth

Monster motors were the order of the day in the late 1960s, and GM's 427 was a part of that class. The drawback to a big-block's burly output was, and still is, the increased weight of the engine. ...

Brussels 2008: Invicta unveils revised S1 600 GT 2+2 Noah Joseph

Click on the image above to view in high resolution While our crew in Detroit was busy bringing you all the latest from the 2008 North American International Auto Show, across the pond the Belgians ...

LA 2007: 1936 Mercedes-Benz 290 Roadster Special Noah Joseph

Click on the image above to view in high-resolution The SLR wasn't the only attention-grabbing roadster Daimler-Benz had on display at this year's LA show. Sitting front and center in between all ...

Tokyo Motor Show: Getting intimate with the Nissan Intima 2 years ago on Autoblog

Click the above picture for more pictures of the Nissan Intima concept Last time I saw a car door opened at that angle it had been bent that way by a taxi, but here the Nissan Intima's doors are opened to such extreme degrees "to aid access and egress." The guy behind the concept was keen to ...

Chrysler recalling Sebring and Avenger yet again 2 years ago on Autoblog

According to the USAToday, the new Avenger has had its share of engineering issues, something that the publication allowed Chrysler to respond to in depth within its review. As if being publicly humiliated by one of the largest papers in the land wasn't enough, yesterday's duo of recalls is being ...

World's Oldest Car steaming its way up to the Auction Block 2 years ago on Autoblog

Long before Henry Ford got into the business, and about a year before Daimler and Benz had a go at it, came "La Marquise". Running on coal, wood and paper, the 1884 steam-engined four-wheeler is considered the oldest running car in the world. And it's going up on the auction block at Pebble Beach ...

Spy Shot: Cadillac CTS-V engine bay 2 years ago on Autoblog

click image above to enlarge Don't get excited, as this shot of the 2009 Cadillac CTS-V's open engine bay reveals next to nothing. What we can see is a beefy cross brace that looks to be the tallest component of the engine. The crossbrace is probably what's necessitated the hood bulge we've seen in ...

BMW mulls selling engines to other automakers 2 years ago on Autoblog

Don't go getting too excited, it probably won't mean a crate version of the S65 or N54 for Roundel fans. Running an automaker is expensive, especially a manufacturer that leans more toward niche status than casting a wide net. BMW is looking at all options for future revenue, and one of the ...

Geneva Motor Show: Koenigsegg CCX, CCXR and CCGT 2 years ago on Autoblog

Click to jump to our high-resolution Koenigsegg image gallery from Geneva Those Super-Swedes over at Koenigsegg serve up a potent reminder that not all supercars come from Italy. In fact, some of the fastest don't, as evidenced by the Koenigsegg CCX, whose level of performance ranks among the top ...

Geneva Motor Show: Pagani Zonda F 2 years ago on Autoblog

Click on the image above to view 29 high-resolution images So many have tried to independently build exotic supercars, but few have succeeded so remarkably as Horacio Pagani. The Argentinian-Italian once worked for Lamborghini, and gradually split off until giving birth to the Zonda, designed and ...

Bugatti delivers 60th Veyron 2 years ago on Autoblog

Click on the image above to view our 15 high-resolution images from Geneva Despite the conflict over expanding the model line-up and subsequent management change, sales of Bugatti's only model are exceeding expectations. By the end of February, Bugatti had delivered its 60th Veyron – total ...

Geneva Motor Show: Renaultsport Clio F1 Team R27 2 years ago on Autoblog

Click on the image above to jump to our gallery of 16 high-resolution images Enthusiasts and consumers may contend that F1 racing provides only negligible benefit to road cars, but automakers evidently think otherwise, as more and more buy into the top-tier motorsport each year. Each has its own ...

The Girls of Geneva 2007 2 years ago on Autoblog

Click on the image above to view our 50-image high-resolution gallery var digg_url = 'http://digg.com/design/The_Girls_of_the_2007_Geneva_Motor_Show'; Auto shows give carmakers the opportunity to present the public with their finest models, flaunting their sumptuous lines and pretty faces. ...

Geneva Motor Show: Ferrari shifts to neutral in Switzerland 2 years ago on Autoblog

In typical fashion, Ferrari had an impressive presence in Geneva this year. While their corporate cousins across the aisle made a big splash with the unveiling of the Maserati GranTurismo, the marque from Maranello wasn't showing any substantial new products of their own. As we reported earlier, ...

Geneva Motor Show: Maserati GranTurismo debut 2 years ago on Autoblog

Click on the image above for our gallery of 42 high-resolution images Maserati earned a lot of attention in Geneva with the polished unveiling of its much-anticipated new coupe, the GranTurismo. Its worldwide premier marked two historic anniversaries for the Trident marque: the original A6 Gran ...

Geneva Auto Show: Toyota Hybrid X concept is the uber-Prius 2 years ago on Autoblog

Toyota brought forth the vision of its future hybrid lineup and its name is Hybrid X. The concept car is a styling exercise meant to simultaneously showcase Toyota's industry-leading hybrid drive technologies and preview the company's future styling direction for hybrid models. You've undoubtedly ...

Geneva Motor Show: Cadillac unveils new 2.9L V6 diesel for CTS 2 years ago on Autoblog

click above image to view high-res angles of GM's new 2.9L turbodiesel V6 General Motors has used the occasion of the 2007 Geneva Motor Show to announce a new powertrain for the European market. The 2.9L V6 turbocharged diesel engine will make its production debut in 2009 beneath the bonnet of the ...

Montreal Auto Show: 2007 T-Rex bears its teeth 2 years ago on Autoblog

Click on the image above to see our 24-image high-resolution gallery The Quebec-built T-Rex has been on the market since 1996, and at the recent Montreal auto show the wraps were taken off the newly-revised model. For 2007, the T-Rex ditches the old carbureted 1200cc, 152-hp engine for a bigger, ...

VIDEO: Lexus IS-F revving it up 2 years ago on Autoblog

We have voiced our distaste over the tuner styling treatment of the IS-F, the high-performance version of the Lexus IS-Series that debuted earlier this month at the 2007 North American International Auto Show in Detroit. Despite our preference to look away in its preference, our ears perk up at ...

Montreal Auto Show: Callaway unveils production C16 2 years ago on Autoblog

Click on the image above for our 12-image high-resolution gallery from the Montreal launch. Legendary Corvette tuner Callaway's latest creation, the C16, was unveiled in pre-production guise at the LA show back in November, but the final production version made its debut at the Montreal auto ...

Behold the cam-less future 2 years ago on Autoblog

Mechanically actuated valves may soon be a thing of the past. We've made over a century's worth of improvement on the same basic combination of a camshaft, followers (or lifters), a poppet valve and a spring. We've gone from using pushrods and rocker arms to actuate the valvetrain to direct-acting ...

Detroit Preview: Volvo XC60 concept 2 years ago on Autoblog

Volvo's giving us a little treat in releasing these pictures of the XC60 concept SUV, which they'll be showing in a few weeks at the Detroit show. While strictly dubbed a concept show car, the kid brother to the XC90 is expected to go into production in 2009. How closely it mirrors this shapely ...

VIDEO: from the floor of the Beijing show 2 years ago on Autoblog

The automotive industry in China has been growing faster than a pubescent teenager, which may not be far off when you look at some of the quirky copycat cars China's been producing and the way foreign automakers have been lining up to woo the debutant. Unfortunately, even we at Autoblog can't be ...

Fiat 500 to come with two-cylinder turbo engine 2 years ago on Autoblog

Not since the Citroen 2CV has a car been sold to the mass market with a two-cylinder engine. That will change next year when Fiat begins selling its hotly anticipated revival of the 500 with a 0.9-liter turbocharged two-cylinder engine that Auto Express reports will produce between 90 and 110 bhp. ...

VIDEO: the internal combustion engine, in all its 3D glory 3 years ago on Autoblog

Although simple in concept, the complexity of the internal combustion engine is mind-boggling. Most of the time we take it for granted when we turn the ignition key, shift into gear and step on the gas, but a marvel of mechanics, managing thousands of little explosions each minute, keeps us ...

Paris Motor Show: Delta HPE concept and the future of Lancia 3 years ago on Autoblog

Our Latin friends over at Autoblog Spanish report that the Lancia Delta HPE concept car was one of the biggest disappointments of this year's Paris show. From the initial photos we received, we were looking forward to an exciting revival of the Lancia and Delta names, but unfortunately it was one ...

Paris Motor Show: Ford iosis X - pics and info 3 years ago on Autoblog

Our man Eric Bryant has reported in from Paris with an exciting and unexpected new concept from Ford: the isosis X. Picking up where the gorgeous iosis four-door coupe left off from the Frankfurt show in 2005, the iosis X applies Ford of Europe's new "kinetic design language" to a five-door ...

Paris Motor Show: Chevrolet WTCC Ultra pics and info 3 years ago on Autoblog

Our man John just reported in from the floor of the Paris Motor Show with images and info on the Chevy WTCC Ultra concept car. Described as "a Chevrolet muscle car reinvented for Europe", the WTCC Ultra takes its name and inspiration from the World Touring Car Championship, Europe's version of ...






Autoblog Podcast #151: With Car and Driver's Eddie Alterman

Eddie Alterman wades in with Sam, Chris, Dan, and Jonny to talk about SEMA and other recent events.

 
 

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