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M3 Sedan, M4 Coupé Benefit from BMW’s Racing, CFRP Experience

The BMW M3 Sedan and M4 Coupé that made their debuts at the 2014 North American International Auto Show on Monday in Detroit reaped the rewards of the automaker’s...

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Suzuki Solves CAE Data-Storage Challenge

Working with SCSK Corp. to address challenges of its CAE storage system, Suzuki Motor Corp. has deployed a DataDirect Networks (DDN) Storage Fusion Architecture (SFA) storage engine and GRIDScaler...

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Volvo’s New Scalable Architecture Puts Emphasis on Safety

Scalable architecture is commonly associated with chassis adaption for track or wheelbase dimensions and suspension characteristics, plus other facets including electronics and...

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2015 Hyundai Genesis Stiffer, Quieter Thanks to Re-Engineered Chassis, Body Structure, Powertrain

Compared to the first-generation Genesis, which debuted at the 2008 North American International Auto Show (NAIAS), the latest iteration has...

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Chevrolet Ups the Performance Ante with MY2015 Corvette Z06

General Motors engineers have continued to wring still more performance from a Chevrolet Corvette design package that remains very consistent.

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EU Group Develops Electric ‘Microsupercar’ Concept

An electric car is only as green as the electricity that powers it. And given that most power generators burn environmentally suspect fossil or nuclear fuels, it is noteworthy when...

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All-New 2015 Chrysler 200 Debuts in Detroit

Chrysler’s next-generation 200 midsize sedan transforms itself with an entirely new interior and exterior that packages a segment-first standard nine-speed automatic transmission with an...

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Ashok Leyland Pursues Stainless Steel for Bus ‘Super Structures’

The design approach for bus body architecture has gone through different phases—namely, chassis based, semi integral, integral, and monocoque. Equally varied is the...

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2015 F-150: Ford Drops an Aluminum Blockbuster

Ford's 2013 Atlas concept provided a glimpse of the 2015 F-150's basic design form. The new truck will not be a radical departure except in its aluminum-body construction.

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Toyota Engineers 'Dramatic' Cost Reduction in Fuel-Cell Technology, Plans 2015 Vehicle Launch

Because its engineers have made faster progress than expected, Toyota will offer a fuel-cell car in the U.S. in 2015—earlier than it had...

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Mercedes' C-Class Chases S-Class Act

The new Mercedes-Benz C-Class is chasing the S-Class with a raft of technologies including air suspension, plus quality and equipment levels designed to give it enhanced status in the compact premium...

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Inside Honda’s New Two-motor 50-mpg Accord Hybrid

The all-new 2014 Accord Hybrid employs Honda’s new i-mmD (intelligent Multi-Mode Drive) two-motor hybrid system for midsize vehicles that debuted earlier this year on the Accord Plug-in...

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Mazda Plots Wankel-powered Range Extenders, HCCI Mild Hybrids

The problem with electric drive systems is that they are too electrified. That’s Mazda’s view, judging from the company’s plans to fortify internal-combustion technology so...

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Ford Ponies Up a Friskier 2015 Mustang

The world’s original “pony car” is entering its 50th year of production, with global recognition that is the envy of all but a few American vehicles. The Ford Mustang is really a brand unto...

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Acura RLX Sport Hybrid Has Impressive Economy

The “power costs fuel” rule has been repealed by the 2014 Acura RlX sport hybrid midsize sedan. It’s the most powerful vehicle the Honda luxury division has ever built at 377 hp (281 kW),...

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Picturing a Brighter Future

Automotive developers are transforming interiors to meet expectations driven by consumer electronics, using larger color displays with sharper images. Design teams are working overtime to determine the best size...

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Voith Improves Efficiency of Transmission Components With Structure Optimization Software

As environmental standards become stricter and consumer demands for vehicles with greater fuel efficiency rise, automotive suppliers need to support...

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Deal Gives Fiat 100% Ownership of Chrysler

Fiat S.p.A. on Jan. 1 announced an agreement under which its wholly owned subsidiary Fiat North America LLC will acquire 100% ownership of Chrysler Group LLC by month’s end. Fiat currently own...

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