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Feb 18, 2010
Enterprising tuners swap Focus RS engine into Ford Transit Connect

With that in mind, consider this: Some speed loving nutters over in jolly ol' England have gone ahead and swapped in a 275 horsepower four-banger from a 2003 Ford Focus RS into the waiting bay of a Transit Connect. That's pretty cool, eh? It actually gets a bit better. The builder installed a switch that let's you switch tanks from gasoline to LPG (liquefied petroleum gas). When running on LPG, the motor still churns out 200 hp.

Jonny Lieberman
Feb 18, 2010
GM investing $500 million in next-gen Ecotec engines

Building cars is expensive, and many of the priciest bits of technology driving research and development costs are wrapped up in the powertrain. Therefore it's not particularly surprising to hear that General Motors has just announced a $494 million investment to build the next generation of Ecotec engines.

Jeremy Korzeniewski
Feb 18, 2010
GM investing $500 million in next-gen Ecotec engines, fuel efficiency highlighted

Building cars is expensive, and many of the single priciest bits of technology driving research and development costs are wrapped up in the automobile's powertrain. Therefore, it's not particularly surprising to hear that General Motors has just announced a $494 million investment to build the next generation of Ecotec engines. Says Denise Johnson, vice president of labor relations at General Motors:

Jeremy Korzeniewski
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