Tau V-8 Leads Hyundai’s Upscale Push
Drew Winter Tau’s destiny is to launch Hyundai into the world’s luxury and performance markets and into the U.S. light-truck segment – if that beleaguered sector ever recovers.read more
View ArticleChrysler Hemi Continues to Evolve
Gary Witzenburg The new ’09 version can cruise in fuel-saving 4-cyl. mode up to 70 mph and as much as 40% of the time, both major improvements over the ’08 Hemi.read more
View ArticleVW TDI Overachiever
Gary Witzenburg A truly affordable diesel has not made Ward’s 10 Best Engines list since the VW Passat TDI in 1997.read more
View ArticleEscape Hybrid Offers Fun New Driving Experience
Drew Winter The terms “hybrid” and “fun-to-drive” rarely find themselves in the same sentence, but Ford engineers did it by listening to customers and delivering a new type of environmentally friendly...
View ArticleBMW Diesel Destroys Old Stereotypes
Drew Winter BMW’s 3.0L DOHC I-6 turbodiesel is the culmination of all the Bavarian auto maker’s research and development over the yearsread more
View ArticleGM 3.6L DOHC V-6 Harbinger of Future Powertrain Strategy
Gary Witzenburg Direct injection will roll out in the future on the entire gas-engine portfolio, including V-8s.read more
View ArticleTurbocharged, Direct-Injected Audi 4-cyl. Epitomizes Industry’s Future
Gary Witzenburg The strategy of downsizing and ‘downspeeding’ – moving the torque curve lower in the rev range and using longer gear ratios to let the engine rev lower at a given vehicle speed – will...
View ArticleToyota 3.5L DOHC V-6 Delivers Best of Both Worlds
Gary Witzenburg The engine’s most interesting feature is a unique and happy marriage of two complementary fuel-injection systems.read more
View ArticleBMW Turbo I-6 Epitomizes ‘EfficientDynamics’ Engineering Vision
Gary Witzenburg With such a wide variety of applications, BMW’s I-6 could be today’s Teutonic equivalent of the iconic Chevrolet small-block V-8.read more
View ArticleHonda 3.5L V-6 Unique and Versatile
Gary Witzenburg What were the design team’s key priorities? No. 1was flexibility, an engine that would be adaptable to multiple platforms, both passenger vehicles and light-duty trucks.read more
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