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If Toyota's losing money, what about Mazda, Mitsubishi, Subaru, and Suzuki?
5 Jan 2009 at 6:01am
With every automaker down dealing with crippling global sales, what is the future of Japanese brands Mazda, Mitsubishi, Subaru, and Suzuki in the U.S.?
With every automaker from Toyota and General Motors on down dealing with crippling global sales, the obvious question is, what happens to the small automakers? We're not talking about high profit-margin brands like Porsche and Aston Martin, but the companies that sell entry-level to mid-price cars with wafer-thin profit margins.
Photo Gallery: Mazda, Mitsubishi, Subaru, and Suzuki Future - It's not Just Detroit - Auto News - Motor Trend
2009 Nissan GT-R Horsepower: The Truth
30 Dec 2008 at 6:12am
We Unravel Nissan's Performance Secret Through Another Set of Dyno Tests
Yes, we have already dynoed Nissan's GT-R and we made some very controversial claims as to the true power output of said GT-R. The unknown in that test was the elusive "driveline losses." That's the amount of power lost to inertia of spinning parts like gears and driveshafts and friction in the transmission, U-joints, axles, etc., which have traditionally had to be estimated. We used the conservative estimate of 15% that's usually used for simple manuals, but this one uses twin hydraulically actuated clutches, includes all-wheel drive, with two separate prop shafts, so we considered our estimate conservative. Our Dynojet inertia-type machine indicated a mean output of 430.6 hp at 6700 rpm and 425.3 lb-ft at 3900 rpm, which we interpreted as 507 hp and 500 lb-ft after accounting for the 15% loss.
Photo Gallery: 2009 Nissan GT-R Horsepower: The Truth - Nissan GT-R Dyno Run - Motor Trend
Ford Active Park Assist: Parallel Parking for Smarties
30 Dec 2008 at 2:12am
New Ford System Should Delight Impatient Gadget-Geeks and Parking-Challenged Alike
I'm an expert parallel parker. I learned all the tricks by street-parking a 19-foot '73 Chevy wagon with battlestar bumpers in college. My favorite: shove the Ford Fiesta in front of you forward until you feel him touch the car in front, then back up a half inch. I have never once, in real life, parked a Lexus using its Advanced Parking Guidance System. I don't have the patience for all that fiddly on-screen programming. Ford claims to have developed a system that will delight us impatient gadget-geeks as much as it does the parking-challenged.
Photo Gallery: Ford Active Park Assist - New Ford Parallel Parking System - Auto News - Motor Trend
GM's Direct-Injected Engine Future
19 Dec 2008 at 1:12pm
Automaker Previews New, More Efficient Four and Six Cylinder Engines
With so much on the line and even more to prove to consumers, General Motors has previewed its latest in fuel-saving technologies for the upcoming 2009 and 2010 model years. As is the case with other manufacturers, GM has chosen to go the most cost effective direct injection (DI) route to up EPA estimated mpg fuel ratings, decrease emission outputs, and maintain sufficient power in its future vehicle lineups. The highlight of GM's DI surge will be a pair of engines -- a 2.4L four-cylinder and 3.0L V-6 -- set to debut at next month's Detroit auto show under the hood of the 2010 Chevrolet Equinox.
Photo Gallery: GM's Direct-Injected Future: Automaker Previews New, More Efficient Four and Six Cylinder Engines - Auto News - Motor Trend
Buick Could Get Opel Design: Latest Strategy is Fluid, like GM's Future
18 Dec 2008 at 10:12am
Opel-Based Buicks, a Small Fleet of Sporty and Affordable Pontiacs, and More Crossovers for GMC
Just before the Detroit Three presented their loan guarantee/bailout proposals to Congress, Motor Trend learned that General Motors would shift Opel's design language from Saturn to Buick. Now we know why.
Photo Gallery: Buick and Saturn's possible future - Buick Could Get Opel Design if Saturn is Dumped - Motor Trend
