On Sun, 10 Feb 2008 13:04:49 -0500, Tim Spence wrote: For the most part the basic engine parts are the same, i.e. cranshaft, cam shaft, piston rings, etc... Not the same, but in principal both types of engines have these components. Moving on, what are some of the differences between each of the basic components? Are there really many differences between some of these basic components
Déjà vu for GM: 2008 Chevy Malibu http://money.cnn.com/2007/10/19/autos/taylor_GM.fortune/index.htm?postversion=2007101913 NEW YORK (Fortune) -- It's 2006 and the new midsize car from General Motors arrives on the market with tremendous fanfare. Built on GM's global Epsilon platform, it is specifically designed as an import fighter, aimed at knocking Toyota (Charts) and Camry off their perch
Michael Johnson <cds@erols.com> wrote in news:m8udnfNGJpdN_hDbnZ2dnUVZ_hynnZ2d@giganews.com: Joe wrote: Michael Johnson <cds@erols.com> wrote in news:bKqdncxn7_bRxhHbnZ2dnUVZ_oWdnZ2d@giganews.com: NoOption5L@aol.com wrote: On Jul 4, 5:12 pm, Michael Johnson <c...@erols.com> wrote: NoOptio...@aol.com wrote: The Big 3's problem is they have forever lost
Toyota looming large as threat to Big 3's big-truck dominance http://sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?file=/c/a/2006/11/25/MNGMCMJSR91.DTL The pickup truck -- mud-spattered and dented, or jacked-up and shining at the drive-in -- is probably the last pure vestige of America's car culture that hasn't been taken over by automakers from Asia and Europe. With their Camrys and Accords, Toyota
Chrysler has been "involved" with other manufacturers as far back (at least) as with Simca in the middle 1960s. Then later MItsubishi and the British Rootes Group in the early 1970s (Dodge Colt and Plymouth Cricket). In the early 1970s, Chrysler's 10%% state in Mitsu brought us the Dodge Colt. GM's 10%% state in Isuzu got us the Chevy L.U.V (light utility vehicle) trucks. Ford's 10%% stake
