Archive for March, 2008
Monday, March 31st, 2008
Filed under: Tech, Videos, Ford, Lincoln, MercuryAutoblog speaks EcoBoost with Ford Powertrain DirecTurbocharging has long been associated with performance, but the 103-year-old technology is also very efficient. A small displacement gasoline engine with a turbocharger can equal or out-perform similarly sized naturally aspirated motors while also saving fuel. Europe is ...
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Monday, March 31st, 2008
Filed under: Vehicle Buying, Gadgets, Tech, Aston MartinAston is working with its bureau, Splendid, to create the DBS of vehicle configurators, and by the looks of it, the site must have cost a lot more to build than a DBS does. Splendid started off by creating a 3D render of ...
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Monday, March 31st, 2008
Filed under: Motorsports, Coupes, Sports/GTs, FordClick above for a high resolution gallery of the FR500S Mustang
If there is anything better than racing on TV, it's racing on HD TV. Just a few days after the first customers received their Mustang FR500S race vehicles, Discovery Channel's HD Theater announced that it ...
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Monday, March 31st, 2008
Filed under: Automobile Buying, Plants/Manufacturing, Chrysler, Ford, GMIf you're in the market for a Focus sedan, the question is, exactly what kind of Focus will you buy? According to Ford's option sheets, there are 100,000 different combinations you can create. Eighty percent of Focus sedan sales, however, are comprises of ...
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Monday, March 31st, 2008
Filed under: Economy, Hybrids/Alternative, Green, DrivingThese days it seems more common to overhear comments about a particular car's appalling fuel economy than idle chatter about the weather, which makes sense when a gallon of gas costs as much as a cheap umbrella. For instance, just the other day there was ...
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