Global Engine Alliance LLC, a joint venture between DaimlerChrysler AG, Hyundai Motor Co. Ltd. and Mitsubishi Motors Corp., will build its North American engine plant on a 260-acre (105 ha) site in Dundee, MI, near the Ohio border. The 450,000-sq...
RAMOS ARIZPE, Mexico Metaldyne Corp. CEO Tim Leuliette got an interesting phone call recently from an executive with a European auto maker. He asked me about building an engine, Leuliette tells Ward's. Suppliers such as Metaldyne have been...
Closing in on a decade of Ward's 10 Best Engines competitions, 2003 represents the ninth installment of the auto industry's first awards program to annually recognize outstanding engine performance. Since its inception in 1995, Ward's 10 Best...
International auto shows often are a study in contrast. With the possible exception of the biannual Tokyo Motor Show where Japan's auto makers sometimes demonstrate the nation's famous team-oriented philosophy by banding together to broadly...
Mercedes-Benz will bring diesel cars back to the U.S. in 2004, top executive Juergen Hubbert says at an unveiling of the new E-Class wagon at the North American International Auto Show in Detroit. Hubbert says Mercedes will launch the 320 CDI, a...
ANNA, OH Ever since the recent press previews at the North American International Auto Show in Detroit, the Motown speculation machine has been spinning tales of a pickup truck in the near future for American Honda Motor Co. Inc. Don't believe any...
SPECIFICATION 2003 Infiniti G35 Engine: 3.5L (3,498 cc) 60-deg. DOHC V-6; aluminum block/aluminum heads Horsepower (SAE net): 260 @ 6,000 rpm Torque: 260 lb.-ft. (353 Nm) @ 4,850 rpm Compression ratio: 10.3:1 Specific output: 74 hp/L Date...
What Would Jesus Drive? I agree with much of what you say in Morality, MPG Don't Mix (see WAW Dec. '02, p.5) One of the reasons we are subjected to such silly debates in the first place is that the general media focus on MPG as the sole measure of...
SPECIFICATION 2004 Nissan Maxima SE Vehicle type: Front-engine, front-wheel drive, 5-passenger 4-door sedan Engine: 3.5L (3,498 cc) DOHC V-6, aluminum block/aluminum heads Power (SAE net): 265 hp @ 5,800 rpm Torque: 255 lb.-ft. (346 Nm) @ 4,400...
I'm sorry, Katherine. And I'm ready to admit the truth: You are insightful, while I am shortsighted. Civic Hybrid is a technological tour de force and Honda deserves my never-ending admiration for advancing the cause of cleaner combustion. By the...