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  1. How is this not on the main page? http://blogs.edmunds.com/Straightline/4007 Latest word is that the successor to the GM Northstar V8 engine has been killed, and that the Northstar may be replaced by GM's excellent 3.6L V6. That engine, the direct-injection DOHC 3.6, puts out 302 horsepower, which is uncomfortably close to the 320 horespower that the 4.6L Northstar puts out. The 3.6 also gets two mpg better gas mileage than Northstar V8. This raises question about the Lambda platforn CUVs (GMC Acadia, Buick Enclave and Saturn Outlook), as a version of the Northstar was slated for those vehicles. The Northstar is scheduled to be built until 2010, but not after that. Me thinks that the future (higher) corporate gas mileage requirements played a big role in this decision—and that this won't be the last surprise engine killing by some major automaker. http://news.windingroad.com/etc/cadillac-d...-injection-v-6/
  2. "I hope they dont blow up like the Hindenburg blimp" The way both Honda and GM design hydrogen tank, the force of a collision to rupture the tank is so high you'll already be dead anyway. Also keep in mind you currently ride around sitting on top a tank of gasoline, which isn't the safest thing imagineable. And hey, half the people on the Hindenburg lived. Current airliners usually can't claim that!
  3. The target is GM. Only on this forum! You have me in stitches! Keep in mind Toyota has direct injection already developed for this engine line, but haven't implemented it on the 5.7 yet. It's a stroke of the pen away. They don't need it, they already have the horsepower and torque advantage. With the new mpg ratings, the two will probably be a wash. This is the first generation of this engine. It will improve. GM's pushrod technology won't be good enough forever. They know it (obviously).
  4. I think a lot of people here are missing the point that these engines are designed against a MOVING TARGET. Sure the OHV engines are debatably competitive now. They won't be in five years. Toyota will improve their 5.7 by the time this is released. When every other company has four valve per cylinder DOHC engines making more power per displacement with fewer emissions and better milage in 2015, pushrod engines will hamper sales. They probably are already, with those people who go to lowes once a week, which constitute a large segment of the truck buying market. Some people don't like change, but this is a no brainer. The same arguments were made when fuel injection made it's way into trucks.
  5. Hey Griffon, What one of Oldsmobois comments do you have trouble with? A Spark Ignition engine is not like a Diesel, a Diesel doesn't have spark ignition. Is the direct injection aspect common rail? That would be the only similarity I could think of. Honda has had OHC with cylinder deactivation for four years now on the Pilot, oddysey and now Accord. Are the DTS northstar engines not overhead cam? Wait... yes they are. Congrats to GM for obviously working very hard on their near-future engines.
  6. If you think Globalism has hurt the US economy, you need a history lesson. Before WW2 we weren't in the top 10 highest grossing nations. Since then we have been and continue to be the highest GDP (richest) nation in the world. That is all because of our exports of manufactured goods mid century, and our technology goods late 20th century. Globalism has made the US economy. Of course you can come up with anecdotes that illistrate your point, but we are in a GM forum, and if I recall correctly, the only reason GM is in making any money currently is because of their global sales. Should most of Europe take your stance towards GM? Americans didn't invent cars, europeans did. We just screwed them over the way you accuse Japan of screwing over our TV industry. Well, that's how the world works now. Get used to it. Obviously you have never been to Japan. I have. You can't walk a mile without seeing a McDonalds, Dennys, 7Eleven, KFC or whatever. They specialize in making TV's. Big deal. We make plenty of stuff they buy. If it's important to you to make money off other countries, buy stock in Intel, Cisco, Microsoft or CocaCola or something else we do incredibly well here in the US. The list is still long.
  7. My prius accelerated uncontrolably on the freeway? I'm laughing out loud. It's jerks like this (blaming user error on the car) that are going to get the NTSA to mandate black boxes in all our cars. Sure it's fun to laugh at incompetent prius drivers, it won't be so funny when your insurance company won't pay out because it can see you were driving five over.
  8. Sorry, I got the km/liter to us mpg wrong, it should be multiplied by 1.96, so the 2.0l Focus Diesel would get about (21.7 * 1.96) = 42.5 mpg hwy, which is still fantastic.
  9. I'd rather have the new ECO Focus in Europe that has a diesel and gets 54mpg That's Imperial gallons. That equates to 45 us MPG. From an outsider/lurker, that mistake happens wayyyyy to often on this forum. Multipy English mpg estimates by .8327. Multiply km/liter by 4.25 to convert your "Euro" mpg estimates. Will it continue using IMA + traditional eco tricks, or will it be a full-hybrid? I hope they come up with something new, I think IMA had it's day. (and I'm a Honda fan) They're the largest internal combustion engine producer in the world, they can do better than they have the past couple years (no engines on Ward's 10 best). Then again GM didn't make the list this year either, maybe it's rigged.
  10. This doesn't surprise anyone who has a clue. GM has outsourced supply transportation to UPS quite successfully for some time. Why wouldn't Chrysler do the same. Why pay an inefficient supply chain when you can pay similar union wages to someone who knows what they are doing. So far as selling Mopar... what else can they do to raise cash. If they don't do something soon there won't be any vehicles to make performance parts for.
  11. With NUMMI (GM/Toyota partnership) coming up on it's 25th year anniversary I sure would like to see something better than the current Vibe with the 1.8, especially since the gts (170-180hp) engine has been dropped due to emissions. For those who don't think the 2azfe 2.4 from the Camry will be implemented, it's worth noting that it has been put into the Scion Xb which has the same wheelbase (102 in) as the current Matrix/Vibe. But in all likelyhood it will get the 2zr-fe from the global corolla, you can be unimpressed by specs here: http://www.toyota.co.jp/en/news/06/0613.html And no, I don't understand why on earth it isn't a Chevy Matrix, but I don't know what the point of the G5 is, either. For as much as everyone in this forum hates Toyota, I've always found it completely hilarious that the companies work together as closely as they do.
  12. Would a CTS diesel get you into a GM showroom to look at a car you would have otherwise not have considered? My household fleet consists of a Civic and an Accord, so most of my time is spent over at vtec.net. The talk of the town over there is whether the 08 accord will have a diesel option in the us, which it almost certainly will not. But the level of interest is so great. I'm sure I'm not the only person who would make thier way to a GM dealership to test drive a CTS diesel. Sooner or later someone (besides volkswagen) will start selling diesels here, maybe for a loss at first, but then for a tidy profit and marketshare gain as reputation and consumer knowledge builds... or maybe as gas prices rise. GM was building diesels for Honda Europe as little as two years ago. There is no reason they don't have the expertise to do this. The perception of a lot of car buyers, probably not the reality, is that GM isn't even trying... while Honda and Toyota are working overtime to develop hybrid/hydrogen/clean diesel technology. I think the goodwill of GM being first to market with some clean diesel technology would be worth a small loss on a fraction of their cars.
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