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If you’re power-hungry, Mopar’s got just the thing for you: a new 512 CID, V-10 engine with more than 800 horsepower and a new 426 Gen III High Output HEMI crate engine that are sure ot be the highlights of the Mopar exhibit at the Specialty Equipment Market Association (SEMA) show that opened today in [...]
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Self-confessed Jeep enthusiast Dan Grec has posted a petition asking Chrysler to introduce a diesel-equipped Jeep for the U.S. market. He invites everyone to sign on to support the drive for diesel. Beginning in 2009, Grec drove a stock Jeep Wrangler on the Pan American Highway from Northern Alaske to Tierra del Fuego at the [...]
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Fiat’s tiny 875cc turbocharged two-cylinder TwinAir has been named the greatest automotive engine available today. This is the smaller engine offered for the European Fiat 500. The TwinAir cleaned up in the 2011 International Engine of the Year Awards that were announced at the Engine Expo in Stuttgart, Germany. It was named International Engine of [...]
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Nate Stemen of the Trenton (Michigan) Patch reports Chrysler’s South Trenton Engine Plant has earned the U.S. Green Building Council’s (USGBC) Gold Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design (LEED) certification. The Trenton facility is only the second U.S. automotive manufacturing plant to receive the gold certification. Trenton South, which builds the Pentastar V6 engine, has [...]
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JackRatchett created this rendering of an Alfa Romeo version of the LX cars, using the “hard points” of the 2011 Dodge Charger: Meanwhile, “Mopar Joe” caught this 2011 Dodge Challenger SRT8 (392) in copper with black stripes: Read comments / add your own on the Allpar Forums
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Nearly all 2011 Dodge Challenger configurations beat their 2010 counterparts in gas mileage, though power has increased. United States EPA testing revealed that the Challenger SE gained 2 highway mpg over the 2010 model, along with 55 horsepower and 16 lb-ft of torque. The Challenger R/T also gained two miles per gallon in automatic-transmission form, [...]
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