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Ford Motor Co. was founded by Henry Ford in 1903. It introduced Americans to the idea of affordable transportation, the moving assembly line and by 1921 was producing 57 percent of the world's...
Ecotec engines, manufactured by General Motors, have been used in several cars in the global car manufacturer's lineup. From the Chevrolet Cobalt and HHR to the Saturn Ion Red Line, Ecotec engines...
General Motors has produced more than 20 different types of engines for Chevrolet since Chevy joined GM in 1917. GM's straight-six cylinders dominated the Chevrolet line of cars and trucks until...
The Chevy 350 is a 350-cubic-inch V-8 engine produced by the Detroit-based General Motors from 1967 to 2003. It is part of the small-block V-8 engine family that originated in 1955 with the 265-ci...
Torque is a way of measuring how powerful a car's motor is. You may have heard of horsepower, but torque is important too. There are two common methods of calculating the torque of a motor. You...
The Buick Regal, manufactured by General Motors, was introduced in 1973 as a personal mid-size luxury two-door coupe to compete against the Oldsmobile Cutlass Supreme. The Regal also at times...
The Honda Integra was a Japanese compact car first introduced in 1986. The Integra was available in a three-door hatchback configuration as well as a four-door sedan version. In North America,...
The Ford Focus is a popular compact car that debuted in Europe in 1998 and in the United States in late 1999 for the 2000 model year. It was introduced in Australia in 2002. An estimated 5 million...
BMW AG has been producing high quality and high-performance engines since its founding in 1916. The company perfected its power plants first by manufacturing aircraft engines during World War I...
The Cadillac Northstar V-8 belongs to the Premium V family of engines that also is used in the Pontiac and Buick and saw brief service in the Oldsmobile as the Aurora L47. It was originally...
The 1970s started optimistically for Detroit automakers as its popular muscle cars became larger and more powerful. But oil crises in 1973 and 1979 put an end to the mammoth power and ushered in...