The money will support the introduction of its new Civic and CR-V car models and a new 1.6-litre diesel engine.
It was intended as a cross between a V-8 powered sports car and a go-anywhere SUV.
I'm not convinced by the flying-V character lines on the car's fuselage.
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The LF-A supercar prototype, equipped with a 500-horsepower V-10 engine, is a follow-up to a concept car Lexus debuted on the 2005 auto show circuit.
And Cadillac injected its athletic car lineage into the fold by sponsoring the V-Series Challenge presented by Metro Detroit Cadillac Dealers.
It had a V-8 engine, arguably one of the first in-car phones, and parachutes, which were deployed to help Batman turn sharp corners.
The index found a 12 percent improvement in new car fuel economy, which is reflective of wholesale abandonment of V-8-powered SUVs and trucks in favor of four-cylinder compacts.
And you only have to look under the hood or crawl beneath the car to see a technological nightmare: A low-compression flathead V-8, cloth wrapped wires, a crude carburetor, leaf springs and no shocks, big mechanical brakes that were about as useful as an anchor, and a differential the size of a melon, to appreciate that this car was a polluting, rattling, death trap.
The Ford Focus, Hyundai Elantra and Volkswagen Passat are the three finalists for North American Car of the Year, and the BMW X3, Honda CR-V and Land Rover Range Rover Evoque are finalists for North American Truck of the Year.
Car buying is a matter of personal taste and style, and the CTS-V has washed the bad taste of Cimmarons and Cateras from our mouth.
Their plan: to create a "virtual car company" that would farm out most of the design, engineering and manufacturing work for the V-12 to outside suppliers.
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