Last month Toyota made an important announcement for the US market - they plan to spend $749m to expand their business across five States - creating 600 new jobs along the way. In Alabama, they will expand their engine assembly plant base in Huntsville, adding the majority of jobs there. This, along with extra funding for parts manufacturing in Tennessee and Missouri will be … [Read more...]
Lexus V8
As I have written about many successful engines during the last few months, I thought I would continue the theme with one on the Lexus V8. I wasn’t that intrigued by these engines until I read an article about drag racers dumping their Chrysler Hemi’s in favour of a lightweight Lexus V8! Lexus have produced two versions of their V8. The first, codenamed 1UZ-FE, was a 4 litre … [Read more...]