Articles, tagged with "pound feet", page 4
09th August 2010
Japanese automaker Toyota launched the Land Cruiser back in 1951, and they brought it to the US in 1958 in order to compete with Jeep. Since that time, the market has seen convertible, hardtop, station wagon, and utility truck versions of the Land Cruiser...
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Author:
dlegal
09th August 2010
General Motors introduced the mid-sized Buick Regal in 1972 for the 1973 model year, and it mostly flourished through four vehicle generations before GM ceased production of it in 2004. Production in China, which had begun in the 2003 model year, continue...
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Author:
dlegal
09th August 2010
American car buyers don't normally associate the classic sports car with Japanese automotive innovation. However, there have been models that were able to transcend this bias, and perhaps the best example of such an occasion is the Mazda RX-7. The origina...
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Author:
dlegal
09th August 2010
For the 1971 model year, General Motors mandated that all of their divisions design their automobiles to operate on unleaded, low-leaded, and low-octane regular gasoline. GM made the change in response to increasingly restrictive emission requirements as ...
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Author:
dlegal
09th August 2010
Ford kicked off the muscle car phenomenon when they introduced the pony car Mustang in 1964. In the near half-century since, the Mustang has spanned five vehicle generations, and numerous highly coveted specialty models. Perhaps the most prestigious of th...
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Author:
dlegal
05th August 2010
The Impreza WRX is a turbocharged version of the Impreza that Subaru introduced to Japan in 1992. However, this all-wheel-drive sports compact, available as both a sedan and a wagon, was not available in the U.S. until 2001, the start of the vehicle's sec...
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Author:
dlegal
05th August 2010
At the turn of the century, consumers didn't associate Lexus with sport. Rather, Lexus was a name synonymous with "affordable" luxury and refinement, but that all changed when the company launched the Lexus IS300 for sale in 2001. The IS300 was a compact,...
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Author:
dlegal
05th August 2010
Ford introduced the F650 for sale in 2000 as replacement for the F600 super truck. As they did with the F600, Ford intends the F650 as a commercial vehicle with a focus on towing and heavy hauling that can meet the needs of the world's largest constructio...
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Author:
dlegal
04th August 2010
The Toyota Tundra is a relatively new line of full-size pickup truck, having been introduced by Toyota only in 2000. It has been widely considered to be the first full-size import-brand truck built with an American look and feel and a refined V8 engine, s...
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Author:
Adney Child
04th August 2010
The Hummer H2 is both a SUV (sports utility vehicle) and later an SUT (sports utility truck) sold by General Motors under the Hummer brand in the USA from 2002-2009 and in Russia from 2004-2009. The Hummer H2 was also available elsewhere in the world in l...
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Author:
dlegal
19th July 2010
Potential car buyers that are looking at large sport utility vehicles may be surprised when they discover that the 2010 Infiniti QX56 engine options are very limited. In fact, there is only one motor available and no plans to incorporate the use of any ot...
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Author:
Ronnie Tanner
08th July 2010
There's basic hallucination among torrid rodders nowadays that laptop is the solvent to engine's HP (horsepower) necessitates. Whereas this is less feigned on constrained inductance gas engines, the mere truth is that the electronic gyration has faraway f...
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Author:
sagbee
06th July 2010
In this economic system a great deal of the automakers are having a tough time trying to push out enough stock during the year. One that is able to get by with little trouble is Lamborghini. Year after year they have come out with models that are both exo...
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Author:
nlwest21
06th July 2010
Longer, taller, wider and a lot more powerful, the 2010 Toyota 4Runner would have been a smashing success in 1999, but now, a decade later, its feels dated and totally underwhelming.For 26 years, the 4Runner has run the roads of America carrying families ...
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Author:
Christopher Osborne
06th July 2010
The Kia Rio has quickly become a favorite choice among consumers looking for a brand new car at used car prices, and the improved 2010 Kia Rio 1.6 Liter V4 engine has made the purchase even more advantageous. While the basic components of the engine are t...
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Author:
Ronnie Tanner