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My old friend +Tommy Simon? is back on camera having traded in his lab coat for a rain coat
Daily Archives: April 16, 2015
Last year +Ford Motor Company grabbed all the attention for using aluminum in the new F-150, but they aren't alone in lightweighting
At least four new cars coming from +General Motors this year feature substantial weight reductions.
As automakers scramble to stay on track to meet the 54.5 mpg corporate average fuel economy mandate by 2025, weight reduction is expected to be one of the key pathways to hitting that target. Durin…
It's been 101 years since Cadillac introduced the first mass-produced V8 engine
With the introduction of the new CT6 sedan later this year powered by four and six cylinder engines and the plug-in hybrids, the age of the +Cadillac V8 is drawing to a close.
Update: Cadillac president Johan de Nysschen let me know that they do in fact have a new high-performance V8 in development, but four-cylinder, V6 and hybrid powertrains will make up the bulk of volumes going forward.
Twenty years ago, the thought of building a flagship Cadillac sedan without a V8 engine under the hood would have been virtually unthinkable. Nonetheless, in the coming months, the all-new Cadillac…