LAS VEGAS — Last year with the XG 300 near-luxury sedan, Hyundai Motor America wanted to see if the U.S. was ready for an upscale Hyundai. With this year''s release of the ''03 Tiburon sports coupe, Hyundai poses an analogous question: Is...
HIROSHIMA, Japan When Mazda Motor Corp. launches the RX-8 sports car in spring 2003, consumers can thank a cross-functional team of powertrain and production engineers for making the car and its hallmark rotary engine an affordable reality. Mazda...
Wanting to put 2001 behind them, European auto makers are anxious to let the world see what's next at this month's Geneva Motor Show. Several major manufacturers will introduce crucial products at Geneva, with hopes that they all end up sales...
PARIS Europe's overall diesel sales captured a 35.9% market share in 2001, but fourth-quarter sales were even hotter, at 39.8%. The fourth quarter historically has been a good indicator of the coming year's trend, says auto analyst Peter Schmidt...
Welcome to the eighth annual installment of the Ward's 10 Best Engines awards. Our list of the year's best engines remains the auto industry's only best of list to concentrate solely on the engine, what we consider to be any vehicle's single most...
Fans of the internal combustion engine can breathe easy for the next couple of decades, say researchers at DRI-WEFA and Arthur D. Little. Their recently released Future Powertrain Technologies study concludes that the internal combustion engine...
It has been three years since German engineering firm IAV GmbH opened its North American offices in Ann Arbor, MI a great location to cultivate relationships with domestic auto makers and with the University of Michigan. At the time, the move...
DETROIT At first, journalists seemed relieved that almost every auto maker at the 2002 edition of the North American International Auto Show here wanted to talk about something other than SUVs. Then they realized that there still were a helluva...
The world powertrain community lost a vigorous and learned voice in January when Donald L. Miles, until recently General Motors Corp.'s chief engineer for V-6 engines, died at age 53. Miles, who joined GM in 1970, was a tireless proponent of...
CAFE won't budge Trucks are the only things keeping Ford and Chrysler alive in the U.S. Raising CAFE would kill both companies. Sen. Kerry may not realize this, but most everyone else does.Barry von SteinenIndustrial Design Executive...