DETROIT - Probably the most intriguing display at the recent Global Powertrain Congress 2000 here is a new-century spin on an industrial-revolution antique: the steam engine.Once or twice every decade, somebody revives the prospect of the steam...
We all love when a totally new engine breaks onto the annual Ward's Ten Best Engines list, because it becomes an immediate target. The new engine beats plenty of excellent competition, not to mention displacing an engine that previously won a spot...
AKRON, OH - Not that there was anything wrong with the current-generation (C5) Corvette.Yet for 2001, here we go again, because the engineers, Chevrolet and GM, true to the Corvette's legacy, are pushing the envelope with even more performance and...
Apparently, father Ford knows best when it comes to Mustang performance, because the best efforts of any aftermarket tuner would not equal the FR500. The "homegrown" Ford Racing Performance FR500 is what the mass-produced Mustang was meant to be ...
It's really getting down to the detail work when the guys over in Engine Development get the call saying, "We've discovered that the Lincoln LS intender wants a throatier exhaust tone. Make it happen."An oversimplification, maybe, but that's...
These are not the typical high school dream cars scribbled in the back of a notebook. Future designers, engineers, marketers and executives put together a full product development plan for DaimlerChrysler's Build Your Own Dreamcar Competition. The...
For those old enough to recall the earliest Volkswagens, the memory is inexorably intertwined with the sound of those Beetles sputtering around with their tiny little engines. Since that time, VWs and small engines have gone hand-in-hand.No longer...
Staying true to its word, Chevrolet Div. makes only a few changes to the production Avalanche that debuted in early June. Although the Avalanche is not scheduled to go on sale until the first quarter of 2001 as a '02 model, Chevy is taking the SUV...
A significant increase in the use of aluminum to build aluminum-intensive vehicles would bring dire environmental impacts, says a steel executive at this spring's SAE Total Life Cycle Conference. "Our concern is carbon dioxide, including both the...
Fuel cell-powered vehicles that employ hydrogen as fuel are the acknowledged future hope for passenger-vehicle transportation. Hydrogen is billed as the ultimate non-polluting energy source. Burning hydrogen means no emissions, save water vapor...