Monthly Archives April 2014

One more specs information for the new 2015 Sedona: it will be powered by a 3.3L  direct injection gasoline engine.

Below is the side profile teaser.

As expected, now you are able to see there are huge amount of the Lexus NX official photo flooding the internet. Of course we will not put those amount of images to flood our website. Before showing you some of our selected NX images, let me provide you some specification information first.

– Three models: NX200 (naturally aspirated 2.0L 4-cylinder engine), NX200t (turbo 2.0L  4-cylinder engine) and NX300h (2.5L naturally aspirated Atkinson cycle 4-cylinder engine + hybrid powertrain). Here is the image of the 2.0L Turbo engine:

– US market will only has the NX200t and NX300h

– FWD or AWD

– NX200t engine output will be around 220 to 230hp; but another source told us it ...

Today Toyota released some information regarding their new generation of naturally aspirated engines.

There are two engines are mentioned in the news. One is 1.3L and another 1.0L. Key points:

– Atkinson burning cycle (10% better fule economy)

– VVT-iE valve technology (previously only available on Lexus LS sedan)

– High compression ratio of 13.5:1 for 1.3L and 11.5:1 for 1.0L

– Stop-start technology

– Direct fuel injection is not required (but it can still come with DI)

– Speical design intake ports makes combustion more rapid

– Cooled EGR system to reduce emissions

– 1.3L engine thermal efficiency: 38%; 1.0L efficienty: 37%. Compared to old engines of 35%

– Modified pis...

No, they will not tow your car. They will just break your car window glass and let their hose go through.

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Nowadays, cars usually have their engine bolted to transmission together directly, because it is easy to implement and saves costs. For some sports cars which seek to have a better weight distribution, the engine and transmission are located in different section of the car body, therefore requires an extra solid torque tube to connect them. This is an exotic design, for example, the below image shows the LFA’s torque tube.

But please do not misunderstand that this is a requirement for a good sports car...