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Lexus Drops Another F-Bomb
Lexus’ GS F sedan corners great with its torque-vectoring differential, sounds great with its active sound control exhaust system, goes hard with its 467-hp V-8 and looks awfully spiffy, prepped for battle with German rivals.
Oct. 14, 2015 -
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VW’s Gasoline I-4 Impresses More Than Diesel Sibling
WardsAuto judges laud both its fuel efficiency and performance – especially its surprising torque at low rpms – and its availability in affordable vehicles.
By Gary Witzenburg • Oct. 9, 2015 -
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GM May Stop Engine Production in Austria by 2018
Opel’s Vienna plant manufactured 534,246 engines, 375,333 5-speed transmissions and 347,209 6-speed transmissions in 2014. The automaker expects similar production volumes for this and next year.
By Peter Homola • Oct. 5, 2015 -
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VW, Audi Excluded From 10 Best Engines Testing
Editor's note: This story is part of the WardsAuto digital archive, which may include content that was first published in print, or in different web layouts.We take our selection each fall of the Ward’s 10 Best Engines very seriously, because automakers and suppliers use these trophies to inspire...
By Tom Murphy • Oct. 5, 2015 -
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Jaguar Land Rover Pushing Ahead on Diesel Strategy in U.S.
Jaguar Land Rover North America CEO Joe Eberhardt says the brand is pressing on with plans to add diesels across its model line. Two new models, the XE and F-Pace, are expected to double overall volume.
By Bob Gritzinger • Oct. 1, 2015 -
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Singapore to Deploy Driverless Vehicles at Ports
The Ministry of Transport will test “truck platooning” technology for moving containers between port terminals. A truck with a driver will be followed by a convoy of three or four driverless vehicles.
By Alan Harman • Oct. 1, 2015 -
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Maruti Suzuki Scores Hit With Clean-Sheet Diesel
Engineers with Suzuki and its Indian joint venture were tasked with developing a low-maintenance engine with high fuel efficiency, compliant with current and future emissions standards and able to fit in Suzuki’s full range of small cars.
By Sudhakar Shah • Oct. 1, 2015 -
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U.S. Lags in Adoption of Driver-Assistance Technologies
“In the U.S., the motivation is high,” says Boston Consulting Group executive Xavier Mosquet. “The question is how we will move the ball beyond that.”
By James M. Amend • Sept. 29, 2015 -
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New Smart Fortwo No Longer a Head Banger
In head-on crash tests, Daimler safety engineers put the Fortwo up against the Mercedes S-Class. They say the Smart passed with honors.
By Steve Finlay • Sept. 29, 2015 -
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Ford Investing £181 Million in Wales Engine Plant
The Bridgend facility has received a total £1.8 billion investment since it opened in 1980. It builds 4-, 6- and 8-cyl. engines at a rate of 3,400 units a day, or one every 24 seconds off the busiest line.
By Alan Harman • Sept. 25, 2015 -
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Software Vendors: Better Choice for Auto OEMs Over Apple, Google
Without designing an experience specifically for the car from the ground up, the Apple and Google interfaces remain fragmented. The result? Missed opportunities for innovation and a decline in safety.
By Chris Ruff • Sept. 25, 2015 -
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No Easy Way Forward for VW Post-Dieselgate
Editor's note: This story is part of the WardsAuto digital archive, which may include content that was first published in print, or in different web layouts.Many observers were skeptical at the start of the decade when CEO Martin Winterkorn revealed Volkswagen’s ambitious target of 800,000-unit a...
By David Zoia • Sept. 24, 2015 -
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Ultracapacitors Driving Changes in Electrification
While many industry players are exploring the potential of lithium-ion batteries for vehicle electrification, the addition of ultracapacitors for hybrid electric systems provides another layer of energy-storage advantages.
By Jens Keiser • Sept. 24, 2015 -
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BMW’s New 7-Series: Gadget-Packed and Ready for Road
Exterior styling may be ho-hum to some, but the new model is laden with advanced technology, some of it groundbreaking. And while its backseat is designed for the chauffeured, the new flagship sedan also is engineered to be driven.
By David Zoia Editor • Sept. 22, 2015 -
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North American Light-Vehicle Production Up 4.3% in August
All countries posted year-over-year gains, leading to a 10-year high for the month.
By Erin Sunde • Sept. 18, 2015 -
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Delphi Touts Latest Fuel-Saving Technology
Tula's Dynamic Skip Fire continuously makes firing decisions on an individual cylinder basis to deliver the required engine torque for all vehicle speeds and loads while avoiding vibration issues.
By Bob Gritzinger • Sept. 15, 2015 -
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Fuel Economy Great, Extra Cost Isn’t, Says NADA Chairman
“My customers are looking for cheap cars,” says the head of the National Automobile Dealers Assn.
By Steve Finlay • Sept. 15, 2015 -
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Lexus RX: Still Familiar, But With Bit More Spice
If the ’16 RX were a Thai dish we’d dub its level of heat “mild-plus,” with aggressive new sheet metal balanced out by light updates to its sport quotient.
Sept. 10, 2015 -
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New Prius Sees 10% Fuel Economy Improvement
A rating of 55 mpg gives the Prius best-in-class fuel economy among vehicles without a plug, Toyota says.
Sept. 9, 2015 -
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U.S. Fuel Economy Unchanged in August
Low gas prices pulled car shoppers away from hybrids and small cars.
By Erin Sunde • Sept. 4, 2015 -
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Infiniti Teases Interior of Coming Q30
The “premium active compact,” as Infiniti calls it, will go on sale next year in the U.S. alongside the QX30 unveiled in concept form at the Geneva auto show in February.
By WardsAuto Staff • Sept. 1, 2015 -
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A Car Like No Other
The new Miata isn’t just a fling. It’s a time machine that transports drivers of a certain age to an era when true sports cars were affordable, everyone was young and beautiful and the future looked bright.
Sept. 1, 2015 -
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Cummins Diesel Carves Niche for Nissan Titan
The Nissan Titan XD’s new 5.0L V-8, supplied by Cummins, is intended to “fill the diesel white space” between heavy-duty and light-duty pickups.
Aug. 31, 2015 -
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North America Light-Vehicle Production Sets July Record update from August 2015
Output from January-July totaled 10,068,678 units, the first 10-million-plus outcome for the period since 2000.
By Erin Sunde • Aug. 21, 2015 -
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Google Not Going It Alone With Autonomous Car
Chris Urmson, who heads Google’s self-driving car project, acknowledges established suppliers have played an important part in the effort.
By Joseph R. Szcezsny • Aug. 21, 2015
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