Posts Tagged ‘v6’

The end of the muscle car, yet again?

Sunday, December 9th, 2007
We've heard this tune before. Automakers have pushed vehicles to the zenith of attainable on-road performance, with even family vehicles being outfitted with fire-breathing engines. Anything you buy today will run rings around the performance cars of yore. Boomers may get misty-eyed about how great ......

Ford considering twin-turbo V6 for future Mustangs, building ZR1/Viper competitor

Friday, November 16th, 2007
Click the image above for more spy shots of the 2010 Ford MustangThe idea of an EcoBoost V6 powering the next-generation Mustang has been kicked around the Autoblog offices ever since Ford announced the new twin-turbocharged, direct-inject V6 earlier this year. According to MotorTrend, FoMoCo is now......

More turbocharged motors coming from Hyundai

Friday, October 5th, 2007
Click the image above for a gallery of the Hyundai Genesis coupe concept.2008 is shaping up to be a great year for enthusiasts, with the Nissan GT-R, Mitsubishi Evolution X and Subaru Impreza STI all coming to market. But drivers bent on rear-wheel drive performance on a budget have been left out in......

From the Prancing Horse’s Mouth: no truck, no V6 from Ferrari

Monday, October 1st, 2007
Like a family of cockroaches living behind your kitchen cabinets, some rumors just won't die. No matter how ridiculous, they just won't go away. And so we waste our cyber-space reassuring our loyal readership of that they're nothing more than smoke and mirrors.Here we're talking about the prospect o......

Twin turbos return to the next generation Audi S4?

Saturday, September 1st, 2007
There is awesomeness to the prefix "twin-turbo." It could be a Briggs & Stratton Vanguard engine (awesome in its own right) that you're talking about, but prepending any engine designation with the modifier "twin-turbo" can suck all of the air out of a room. Owners of lesser cars just nod in ack......

Hyundai RWD coupe coming to London motor show in ‘08

Saturday, July 21st, 2007
During an interview with BusinessCar, Hyundai UK's head Tony Whitehorn finally confirmed what's been rumored for going on a year: the automaker's new RWD coupe will replace the Tiburon. The coupe will take about 50- to 60-percent of the styling cues originally debuted on the Veloster concept and is ......

eBay find of the week: Mazda FD RX-7 equipped with Grand National turbo’d V6

Thursday, June 14th, 2007
Here's another example of liking the individual hardware pieces, but being repulsed by the idea of the ultimate combination. RX7s are cool. Grand Nationals are cool. But a vehicular mash-up of a 1993 RX-7 powered by a Buick GN's V6 seems a little weird. Weird to think that it even gets past regulato......

All-new Infiniti FX to debut in Geneva ‘08

Monday, May 21st, 2007
Our friends over at the GT Channel are in the midst of Infiniti's G37 press event, and between shrimp cocktails and the malaise of pandering PR-types, Mark Igo, the general manager and veep of Nissan's luxury arm made the announcement that a new FX is due to be unveiled at the Geneva Motor Show next......

2008 CTS will start at $32,245

Wednesday, May 16th, 2007
Although leaked pricing information isn't the most compelling of posts, those of you that have been salivating over the new Cadillac CTS can start arranging your budget accordingly. A forum member over at Cheers and Gears acquired a full breakdown of the '08 CTS' pricing, and aside from the options,......

Honda to bring diesel V6 to U.S.

Monday, May 7th, 2007
When diesels first hit the American market after the gas shocks of the 70's, they were unreliable, smelly, loud, and rough. They did get better gas mileage than comparably-sized gasoline engines, but in the eyes of the American public, the negatives of diesel tech far outweighed its positives. Diese......