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Used Car of the Day: 2002 Nissan R34

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It's 2002 Nissan R34. This one is a V-Spec II and has a Haltech-Ti exhaust and some NISMO mods. Today we bring you an insanely expensive used car -- it's so expensive because it's so rare. Only 750 were made, and only 62 in this color.

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Used Car of the Day: 2002 BMW M5 Dinan

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Today we head to Florida for this Tampa-based 2002 BMW M5 Dinan. It appears to have been well-maintained with a lot of Dinan bits, including exhaust, cold-air intake, and chip. There's also a short-throw shifter and upgraded sound system. It's a stick with 140,000 miles on the clock.

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Ricardo partners with Excel Engineering to deliver testing and prototype services; Excel acquiring Ricardo’s Michigan Test Center and Personnel

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Excel, founded in 2002, tests engines for exhaust emissions compliance, long- and short-term durability and overall performance. Their pure-play approach to testing will provide scale and focus that extends our capabilities and sustains cost competitiveness. —Marques McCammon, president of Ricardo, Inc.

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Bombardier introduces new, more efficient and cleaner Evinrude outboards

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The pistons are full-skirt pistons; the internal design of the block (the intake, exhaust and transfer ports) doesn’t require machining “port windows” into the piston. This alloy has proven to be 2 to 3 times stronger at operating temperature than the aluminum alloys pistons are traditionally made with.

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Niagara Falls Maid of the Mist vessels going battery-electric; ABB power and propulsion

Green Car Congress

Powered by ABB’s zero-emission technology, the two fully-electric vessels will take tourists to the heart of the Niagara Falls, undisturbed by engine noise or exhaust fumes. Batteries will be recharged for seven minutes after each trip to 80% capacity, allowing for maximum efficiency and battery life.

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Volkswagen introduces new Coasting 2.0 micro hybrid system and new natural gas engine at Vienna Motor Symposium

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Volkswagen has been represented in the marketplace with CNG engines since 2002. A key factor in its low emissions is the optimum conversion of the methane in the exhaust gas. BUZZ7 concept cars that the brand has already unveiled give a look ahead to the great potential of the new architecture. CNG and lambda split process.

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IM LS7 City Are compatible electrical SUV introduced with AI cockpit, worth begins at 40,500 USD

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Situated as a mid-size SUV, the scale of the IM LS7 City Are compatible are 5049/2002/1731 mm, and the wheelbase is 3060 mm. Underneath the Tremendous ECO energy-saving method, when the battery occasion is low across the 50 km threshold, the auto can nonetheless go for as much as 80 km prior to the battery occasion is exhausted.

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