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GM reveals new, highly modular Ecotec engine family

GM introduced its new modular family of Ecotec engines on Wednesday at its powertrain headquarters in Pontiac, Mich. The new, reduced-in-size three- and four-cylinder mills will replace three of GM's current engine families, eventually making their way into five of the company's brands. The Ecotec family will eventually spawn 11 engines in total, ranging in displacement from 1.0 liter to 1.5 liters.

Infiniti IPL (Infiniti Performance Line) G Coupe revealed

The Infiniti Performance Line G Coupe - more warm than hot In May we were reporting that Infiniti were teasing a pair of ‘New’ cars which they said would be making an appearence at Pebble Beach this year. One of those new cars was to be a performance model, the other mainstream. And we’d completely forgotten about these new Infinitis – we can’t find anything Infiniti has done to remind us since May – but here we are with Pebble upon us and we get a new Infiniti.

New Mercedes-Benz SL to use aluminum to cut weight

The next Mercedes-Benz SL coupes will get more power, less weight and a few neat tricks, including features named Magic Vision Control and FrontBass. We'll get our first look at the new car at the Detroit auto show in January. A few journalists were invited to take a sneak peak at the car during the Los Angeles auto show, but pictures and video weren't allowed.