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Rare Rides Icons: The Cadillac Eldorado, Distinctly Luxurious (Part LXII)

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The model lasted two additional years after the rest of the Cadillac lineup was downsized for 1977, as GM prepared to modernize the E-body platform that dated to 1966. Let’s dive into automotive market context. Emissions regulations increasingly demanded engines spew a lower volume of toxic chemicals from their exhausts.

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Rare Rides Icons: The Cadillac Eldorado, Distinctly Luxurious (Part LX)

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It was the last domestic convertible at a time when consumer interest in them was at a low point , but Cadillac’s marketing people made quite a hubbub about its departure. Downsizing arrived in a big way at GM in 1977. Underneath, there was a notable mechanical change for 1977: the engine.

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Rare Rides Icons: The Cadillac Eldorado, Distinctly Luxurious (Part LXIII)

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In 1979, Cadillac launched the tenth generation Eldorado into a changing car market. The Eldorado was Cadillac’s last model to downsize, after the rest of the brand bowed to the interests of fuel economy and cleaner styling in 1977. The engine was also smaller, as the big block era faded from view.

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Lexus ES goes EV! New luxury saloon has been super-sized and electrified to take on BMW i5 and Audi A6 e-tron

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Hybrid engines will continue as well as the staple Lexus luxury car continues to battle it out with its German rivals from Audi, BMW and Mercedes-Benz. If you want to tell electric from hybrid, the latter electrified combustion-powered ES features the slimmest air intake above the downsized trademark Lexus spindle grille.

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Volkswagen of America bringing in downsized 1.8L EA888 engine to displace 2.5L; all vehicles E15 capable

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Technologies in the EA888 engine line. liter turbocharged and direct-injection four-cylinder TSI engine, which will gradually replace the 2.5-liter The EA888 is one of the Volkswagen Group’s three major engine lines: EA 211 (gasoline engines 1.0l to 1.6l); EA 888 (Gen3 gasoline engines 1.8l Click to enlarge.

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Volvo to concentrate on hybrids and downsized engines for US

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Volvo Car Corporation will rely on a powertrain strategy based on its new downsized 4-cylinder VEA (Volvo Environmental Architecture) engine platform ( earlier post ) and hybrids for the US market, said John Maloney, recently appointed President of Volvo Cars, US, in an interview at the Detroit Auto Show. Click to enlarge.

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FEV to Display Extremely Downsized Engine at 2010 SAE World Congress

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FEV’s 698 cm 3 Extremely Downsized Engine. will show its Extremely Downsized Engine (EDE) at next week’s 2010 SAE World Congress in Detroit. The engine delivers a specific power of more than 100 kW/L and offers enhanced part load efficiency with significant improvements in low-end torque. Tags: Engines.