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Tomorrow’s world: future petrol engine tech news

By Tim Pollard Motor Industry 28 September 2009 14:15 Petrol engines are changing dramatically. You’ll have heard of the phrase 'downsizing' and most major manufacturers are shrinking their regular gasoline engines to trim emissions and fuel consumption – while employing new tech to keep up the horsepower and torque outputs. This is the holy grail for engineers: maintain the power and performance of the existing big capacity engines we’ve become wedded to, but in a smaller, more economical package.

Cunningham Corvette battle heads to courts

UPDATED: The battle over ownership of one of the 1960 Chevrolet Corvettes raced at that year's 24 Hours of Le Mans by Briggs Cunningham has moved to the courts in Pennsylvania. The filings—in Cumberland County Court and U.S. District Court in Harrisburg—provide several details about the discovery and ownership of the long-lost car, including the sale price: $75,000.

2011 Range Rover Revealed UPDATE: +2011 Range Rover Video

The 2011 Range Rover It’s not exactly a surprise after we ran a story a few weeks back revealing that the Range Rover was getting a nip and tuck for 2011 and a new TDV8 – a 4.4 litre one. And that’s exactly what Land Rover has revealed tonight. The 4.4 litre TDV8 gets parallel sequential turbocharging to produce 309bhp and 516lb/ft of torque.