Orbital Engine Corp. Ltd., the company best-known for its dogged development of the 2-stroke engine for transportation applications, has all but left the 2-stroke behind as it morphs into a automotive supplier with plenty of new business activity...
Take a good look at my picture and name, because I probably won't be back as a 10 Best Engines judge. I can hear my co-judges saying in unison: You-are-the-weakest-link, goodbye. I didn't mix with the voting pattern. Some of my picks were...
More than 100 million searches are done every day on the Internet as people surf the World Wide Web trying to find something. A Georgia Institute of Technology study found that 87% of surfers use search engines to locate web sites. That should...
The U.S. Postal Service (USPS) has approved so-called lube oil for use in all of its local delivery vehicles in either the Los Angeles or Denver districts. The test program is the first large-scale, regular use of the new engine oil made by Agro...
Does the war on terrorism make it more likely or less likely that CAFE standards will be raised in 2002 Yes ___ No ___ E-Mail your response along with your comments to: AutoWorld_editors@intertec.com
Honda Motor Co. Ltd. begins mass production at its Lincoln, AL, plant Nov. 14, six months ahead of schedule. Honda Manufacturing of Alabama is building the Odyssey minivan and the V-6 engine that powers it. The Alabama plant currently is operating...
In a half century of reporting I have never seen any business plagued by such misinformation as the automobile industry. Think for a minute: Can you imagine that the state of California would order the airline companies to provide every traveler...
GREENVILLE, SC This is BMW country. Or at least you'd think it should be. The German automaker has been churning out sports cars and sport/utility vehicles at its nearby Spartanburg plant for the last several years. Since BMW's arrival in the mid...
MODENA, Italy Driving along portions of the famed Mille Miglia race route in the Italian countryside, it becomes crystal clear just what a significant piece of history this route has been for the development of some of the best cars to crisscross...
MEMPHIS When Porsche AG introduced its fourth-generation 911 sports car for MY '99, it represented the first time in nearly 35 years that the venerable coupe got a complete redesign. So it's understandable that the changes to the 911 for '02 are...