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Ford F-150 V6s outselling V8 models

Jun 2 2011

Ford F-150 V6s outselling V8 models

Ford F 150 V6s outselling V8 models

Ford hit a milestone with its F-150 pickup last month. According to PickupTrucks.com, the Blue Oval sold more trucks with V6 engines than V8 mills. Forty-one percent of F-150 sales left the lot with the company’s 3.5-liter Ecoboost six-pot under the hood. That number is up four percentage points compared to last month.

The twin-turbocharged, direct-injected 3.5-liter EcoBoost V6 engine provides more power and better fuel economy than the 5.0-liter V8 alternative. While it carries a $750 premium over the larger displacement engine, buyers are keenly aware of just how much a few extra mpgs can save at the pump. As PickupTrucks.com points out, fuel prices are currently a dollar higher right now than they were at the same point last year.

[Source: PickupTrucks.com]

First Drive: 2012 Mercedes-Benz C-Class Coupe

Jun 1 2011

First Drive: 2012 Mercedes-Benz C-Class Coupe

First Drive: 2012 Mercedes Benz C Class Coupe
From 2001 through 2007, Mercedes tried valiantly with the CLC’s predecessor, the C-Class Sport Coupe hatch (it even sold a handful in the States for a couple of years), going so far as to market a sales-proof AMG version of the C30 CDI diesel as an experiment for them whacked-out Yurpeens. We barely ever see this model in Europe these days, but the company insists that around 250,000 of them were sold.

Mercedes-Benz finally intends for the coupe body to play a much more serious role in its C-Class lineup, despite the next-gen C-Class lurking only a couple of years away. Company spokespeople insist that the coupe will come along much sooner in the next version, all of this being made easier by a quiet and permanent goodbye to the lowly CLC.

Source: AutoBlog

Nissan GT-R to get power bump, Spec R version

Jun 1 2011

Nissan GT-R to get power bump, Spec R version

Nissan GT R to get power bump, Spec R version
Staying on top demands constant improvement, and Nissan has certainly proven itself up to the task with the current R35-generation GT-R. Since its domestic introduction in 2007 and global roll-out in 2009, Nissan has launched successive improvements on its flagship sportscar, and now word is coming of another upgrade on the way.

According to the folks at 7Tune, output from the 3.8-liter twin-turbo V6 is set to increase from 530 horsepower up to 560. And to supersede the current Spec V model, a Spec R is said to be in the works, dropping another 70 pounds or so for even more extreme performance.

Development of the new GT-R has reportedly been postponed in the wake of the quake fallout in Japan, pushing the car’s launch back by several months. These are expected to be the final iterations of the R35 before its successor arrives.

[Source: 7tune.com]

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