Global automakers are redesigning SUVs for China with smaller engines in response to government taxes based on engine size.

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From 2005, engines will have to last two entire race weekends, and in 2006 engine size will be cut from the current three-litre V10s to 2.4-litre V8s.

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Vital statistics of the six-legged robot with room for two drivers will include a weight of 4, 000lb (1, 815kg), a width of 18ft (5.5m) and engine size of 135 horsepower.

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The suspension was adjusted for China's rough roads, and engine size cut from 3.5 litres to 2.8, to accommodate a rule that limited government cars of over three litres to minister level or above.

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Engineers also developed a new engine and increased the size of the print head to help increase print speeds.

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Nissan also plans to upgrade the engine in its Titan full-size pickup truck and seek to double that vehicle's U.S. sales, he said.

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Most incredible of all is the size of the Anzani engine - just 25 horsepower, barely enough oomph to carry even a tiny plane across the water.

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And small-and medium-size companies have been the engine of our economy.

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It's probably mostly its tiny size -- and the fire engine red probably doesn't help its case much in that respect, either.

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For its diminutive size, the wee phone sports a 854 x 480 LCD display powered by Mobile BRAVIA Engine, a dual-core CPU clocked at 1GHz, 5-megapixel rear shooter and NFC functionality for Smart Tag use.

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