Chinese Car Industry Increasingly Powerless
Japanese carmakers are battling the power shortages after the March 11 tsunami. Often, they are asked why they didn’t move more of their production abroad, like to China. A lot of them did, only to...
View ArticleToyota Can Spy On My Electric Meter. If The Nikkei Is Correctly Informed
According to The Nikkei [sub] “Toyota Motor Corp. said Wednesday it will start offering on Thursday a free application for smartphones that sounds an alarm if the user’s home electricity use reaches a...
View ArticleSuzuki Moves Away From The Water – But Will It Have Power?
Suzuki is not buying into the „once in a millennium tsunami.” Suzuki has a lot of its production near the waterfront in Japan’s Tokai region. Scientists give the area between Toyko and Nagoya an 87...
View ArticleNissan’s Ghosn Worried About Power. The Power Of The Yen
With the closure of Japan’s last operating nuclear power plant hitting the news over the weekend, people asked me what that means for Japan’s auto industry. My answer: Nothing. The shutdown of the...
View ArticleFord Neuters V6 Mustang To Help Ecoboost Reproduce
Power and weight figures for the 2015 Ford Mustang have been released, and while the 5.0L Coyote V8 gets a nice bump in power, the V6 gets dialed back a bit, to help put some distance between it and...
View ArticlePiston Slap: Start with Spark Plugs!
Done Duratec’d Out? (photo courtesy: Supaman) TTAC Commentator Supaman writes: Hi Sajeev, Haven’t visited TTAC in a while but I’m back! My Mazda 6 has now crossed the 101k mileage marker and all your...
View ArticleYamamoto: This MX-5 Is All You’re Getting, Take It or Leave It
First it was the Toyobaru triplets. Now it’s the MX-5. Nobuhiro Yamamoto, program manager for the Mazda MX-5 Miata, has crushed the dreams of those looking for more factory horsepower from the...
View ArticleIs Infiniti’s Variable Compression Turbo the Holy Grail of Power and Efficiency?
It was 1998 and my friend Tom had just picked up a 1991 Eagle Talon TSI AWD. “Ok, go ahead and floor it, but don’t rev it past 5,000 rpm,” Tom said. I mashed the throttle and … nothing happened. We...
View ArticleCleverest Girl? F-150 Limited Gets Raptor Power
The F-150 Limited – which is, naturally, limited only to the number they can sell – currently sits atop the truck’s totem pole, usurping the King Ranch and Platinum as the most expensive half-ton...
View ArticleA Pleasant Surprise Awaits Lincoln Aviator Fans
Got your eye on Lincoln’s upcoming Aviator? You’ll be pleased to learn the brand’s premium midsize crossover will enter your driveway with more bragging rights than previously thought. Specifically,...
View ArticleQOTD: Itching for a Haircut?
Sometimes the toy in the window is just a little too dear for the parent of a young child. Fast-forward a few decades and the shiny thing on the dealership floor is priced just north of what that same...
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