The new optional engine on Silverado and Sierra also beats out the 15 mpg in the city and 21 mpg on the highway yielded by the 5.0L V-8 engine in two-wheel-drive versions of the F-150 and the 14 mpg in the city and 20 on the highway provided by a 4.7L V-8 engine in two-wheel drive versions of Ram.
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Smaller and less powerful than Detroit-built pickups, its V-8 engine produces 240 horsepower (the same as a V-6 Honda Accord sedan), while Chevy Silverado owners can get up to 325hp.
When BMW redesigned its iconic M5 performance sedan in 2012, it replaced the prior generation's ten-cylinder engine with a smaller, turbocharged V-8, making the engine 25% more efficient and boosting mileage to 16 mpg from 13 combined city and highway driving.
And in June, Lexus will introduce a hybrid V-8 version, the LS 600h L--that will provide the performance of a V-12 engine, but offer better fuel economy and cleaner emissions.
My wife, Kate, loves--really loves--her extended-cab GMC pickup and its V-8 engine, all 5.7 liters of it.
Rather than having a conventional frame, the Renovatio suspends the supercharged V-twin engine between three triangulated billet trusses.
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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.
As engineered products, Moto Guzzis are handcuffed to the brand's distinctive and distinctly questionable transverse 90-degree V-twin engine, a configuration that reaches back to the 1960s.
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.
To keep the momentum going, GM will soon be launching a remodeled CTS sedan, which will be powered by a solid 420 horsepower V-6 engine.
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Ford opted to use the Taurus SHO, with a new 3.5 liter, EcoBoost V-6 engine in the TV ads because it best exemplified the four pillars.
There's also a new CTS performance model, the Vsport, with a twin-turbo V-6 engine that can go from zero to 60 mph in an estimated 4.6 seconds.
The 5.3L EcoTec3 two-wheel-drive mileage compares with 16 in the city and 22 on the highway for the Ford F-150 two-wheel-drive version equipped with an EcoBoost V-6 engine.
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Its 6-liter turbocharged V-12 engine produces up to 604 horsepower.
The Arnage T has a huge 6.75-liter V-8 engine that puts out more torque than any other production sedan on the planet (enough to propel the 2.5-ton Bentley to a top speed of 168 mph).
PowerBox Concept hybrid, for example, shown at the L.A. show, looks a lot like a standard sports utility vehicle (SUV) but combines a supercharged V-6 engine that runs on compressed natural gas and an electric motor that provides added power for acceleration and passing.
Despite receiving a much-needed interior makeover and a new V-6 engine offering for a model-year 2011 revamp, and even in light of the Dodge Journey offering some clever features, such as in-floor storage bins, this midsize crossover SUV still lags behind the competition in terms of refinement and reliability.
But the addition of the Ram 1500 with a 3.0-liter, V-6 EcoDiesel engine in the third quarter is a significant development.
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The Honda (nyse: HMC - news - people ) CR-V comes with one engine choice, four trim levels and eight colors.
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In 1932, the Ford Motor Co. publicly unveiled its "V-8" engine.
Consumers have already responded to the Administration's fuel efficiency standards for Model Years 2011 through 2016, and it shows in the popularity of cars like GM's Chevy Cruze and trucks like the Ford F-150 equipped with an EcoBoost engine instead of the conventional V-8.
This new Harley has a liquid-cooled V-twin 1, 130cc engine, developed with Porsche, that runs at 115hp.
The engine, based loosely on a Chevy V-8 and still universally called a Chevy, has a custom-machined, 410-cubic-inch aluminum block.
But the reality is that an in-line engine like this simply purrs more smoothly than V-shaped motors, and it revs just as freely as anything Honda has ever produced.
The money will support the introduction of its new Civic and CR-V car models and a new 1.6-litre diesel engine.
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.
Harley (nyse: HDI - news - people) was introducing the V-Rod, a sexy anodized-aluminum dragster with an all-new engine, chassis and suspension.
SpaceX was quick to make the point that the ability to carry on despite an engine failure demonstrates a big advantage of multi-engined rockets like the Falcon (Space Shuttles and Saturn V moon rockets could both do something similar).
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