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Chrysler Readying Roll-out of Pentastar V-6 Engine Across 13 Models; Average 7% Fuel Efficiency Improvement

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Chrysler says that the Pentastar will provide an average fuel efficiency improvement of up to 7% across the model range—overall corporate fuel efficiency is targeted to improve by more than 25%. Some parts, including the exhaust manifolds, will completely disappear by virtue of being cast directly into the cylinder head.

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Rare Rides Icons: The Lincoln Mark Series Cars, Feeling Continental (Part XLII)

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There were simply fewer coupe buyers as Americans ran to minivans and the earliest family-friendly SUVs. In 1984 when the Mark VII was newly on sale, Corporate Program #12 was launched. Said relocation required a revision to the exhaust routing. Only trim remained to tell them apart. And that was all.

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Road Test: 2024 Dodge Hornet R/T Plus Plug-In Hybrid

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Dodge was most recently the performance division of the old Chrysler Corporation. The negative was the exhaust note (when in hybrid mode), which was too loud and quickly became tiresome. A Level 2, 240 volt charger, found at public charge stations and, commonly, in homes will take 7.5 DC Fast charging is not compatible.

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Analysis: What’s the Best Way to Market EVs?

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Without being exhaustive, let’s take a look at some examples. Brilliant advertising, ordinary vehicles and lack of corporate support and fresh product killed the brand, but it taught GM a lot. Next up will be the ID.Buzz electric minivan. I’m looking primarily at the U.S. market; many other options await in Europe and Asia.

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NRC report finds significant number of near-term technologies could greatly reduce fuel consumption in passenger cars

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Further, the benefits of some technologies are not completely represented in the tests used to estimate corporate average fuel economy (CAFE). NHTSA also asked that the NRC add to its assessment technologies that have emerged since that report was prepared.

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