After years of offering only high-power, high-consumption six-, eight-, and 12-cylinder engines, BMW, Land Rover and Mercedes-Benz will start rolling out efficient four-cylinder engines in the United States this year.
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The V of the cylinder heads sticks out the sides of the motorcycle, and the crankshaft runs lengthwise, longitudinal to the bike.
Then there's the Slide (pictured above) which relies on interesting physics to support the iPad: a heavy high-friction rubber cylinder is pulled out of its tubular compartment under the metallic slope, and it can be placed anywhere on the slope to support the iPad at any desired angle, up to somewhere around 70 degrees -- you can see it and the others in action in the earlier video.
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The Max Q, for example, is a hulking, 16-foot missile fabricated out of Sonotube, a cardboard cylinder normally used as a form for concrete pilings.
Bentley has given the GT Coupe its famous 6-liter, 12-cylinder engine but teased out more power than before (567 bhp and 516 lb-ft of torque) and added a new Quickshift transmission that allows double downshifting.
The 2014 Jeep Cherokee will also be up to 45 percent more fuel efficient when equipped with a standard four-cylinder engine, which puts out 184 horsepower.
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The 328d will have a four-cylinder turbocharged diesel engine that puts out 180 horsepower.
Fire crews said one man noticed a leaking valve on a gas cylinder used for cooking and managed to get everybody out with moments to spare.
In this case it's a four-cylinder BMW-sourced engine providing that extra range, exhaust peeking out just behind the front-left wheel.
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The reaction would also be carried out in a differently shaped apparatus not a torus, but a cylinder with a magnetic field running along its axis.
For the Ford F-150, the most popular vehicle on American roads, they take out the inevitable V-8, and replace it with a four-cylinder engine, an average of 22-kilowatt-hour battery packs, and two 60-kilowatt electric motors.
Like the Caliber, they feature powerful, more fuel-efficient, four-cylinder engines. (The Sebring's 2.4-liter version churns out 170hp).
The Galibier (16-cylinder, 800hp), Bugatti's first modern four-door saloon, which will probably roll out in late 2013.
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