The Truth About Cars

DECEMBER 15, 2023

Some drivers seem fine with having cameras, controlled by a multinational corporation, installed into the dashboard. Benz has everything riding on the new MBUX system being a winner and wants it to dazzle people so they don't question some of its more insidious aspects or why it the company keeps downsizing engines.

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Mercedes Las Vegas Chinese Installation 105

The Truth About Cars

OCTOBER 19, 2023

We could go and redo the Hemi, but we realized we needed to downsize the engine and bring up the power." & Corporate leadership made it crystal clear that those newly acquired American brands (e.g. & Stellantis is downsizing powertrains and has confirmed that the 3.0-liter liter Hemi V-8. .&

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Engine Chrysler Downsizing South America 106

Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

APRIL 21, 2009

Vice Chairman Bob Lutz in GMs FastLane blog ). Bob Lutz, Vice Chairman, Product Development, and Chairman, GM North America in GMs Fastlane Blog ) 7/26/06 But Micky Bly, engineering director of GMs hybrid programs, says the lithium-ion batteries required by the plug-ins drive up costs, making them difficult to market. ( Red Herring ).

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Plug-in Plug Hybrid PHEV 45