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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

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Chrysler 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

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VW 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

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Escape 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...

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BMW 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

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GM 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

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Turbocharged, 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...

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Toyota 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

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BMW 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

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Honda 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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