Remember that 6.7 liter turbocharged diesel burning V8 mammoth of an engine codenamed ‘Scorpian’ that we told you about last week? Well, it seems that a few more details regarding the hardware have surfaced and from the looks of them, I like what I hear.

Those details state that the engine will be capable of a full 400 horsepower and an impress 725 pounds-per-feet of torque. What’s even better, the car will include “out of the box” compatiblitywith B20 biodiesel.

Fast and environtmentally friendly? Sign me up.

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It was recently announced that Chrysler will be releasing an updated version of their 2010 Dodge Caliber onto the European marketing at some point in the near future.

This updated diesel burning engine will be capable of 163 hp and 236 pounds-per-foot of torque along with a 40.6 mpg rating. Chrysler says the new Common-rail diesel engine will give the car 16% more power and  3% more torque while improving 5% better gas mileage and reducing  CO2 emissions by 3% which make up for the above mentioned numbers.

Of course this is just a brief overview of what will be in the new Dodge Caliber. You can read about the rest of the features in the press release after the break.

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Now here is something amazing — What you see above is a 32 valve DOHC V8 engine fashioned completely out of legos. What’s even more impressive is the fact that it’s 100% functional.

Now, there’s not much more that I can say so you’re just going to have to watch the video because this thing is absolutely ridiculous.

Like what you see? Well if you have over 300 hours of patience you can build it yourself using these instructions and this part list.

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The BMW Z4 isn’t a slow car by any means, considering it has a full 306HP stock, but that doesn’t mean there isn’t room for improvement. BMW has yet to announce any tuning kits for the car and has kept generally quiet about whatever they have cookin’ in their labs.

Luckily, a tuning firm by the name of Manhart Racing has managed to give Z4 owners exactly what they are looking for, a boost of 244HP. They have managed this by dropping a reworked V10 engine, found in BMW models such as the M5 and M6, into the Z4 effectively giving it a huge boost. All of this additional power will give the Z4 a 0 – 62 mph sprint of just 3.9 seconds in addition to getting the 150MPh electronic speed limiter removed.

Couple all of this with an M5 6-speed manual transmission and differential and you have yourself the baddest BMW Z4 on the road.

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I don’t know who declared today to be diesel engine day but after seeing Nissan’s and Renault’s new 3.0L V6 diesel engine we get to take a look at the new diesel engine Volvo has prepared for the S80

The new 5-cylinder diesel engine will replace the current D5 diesel. The engine in the picture is a 2.4L engine which has twin sequential turbochargers to supplement it, ceramic glow-plugs and piezoelectric fuel injectors. It will get you 205 hp and 310 lb-ft of torque. That’s what you were going to ask weren’t you. The engine meets the Euro 5 emissions rules with 164g of CO2 per kilometer and it will go 45.6 per gallon. The engine will arrive in a few months in the UK so don’t buy any new S80 yet.

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How do you like that big baby in the video here. It’s so pretty you’ll want to hang it somewhere inside your house and talk to it when you’re feeling lonely. Or you can get ready for that Nissan Maxima which will arrive sometime in 2010.

The 3.0L diesel V6 has been conceived by Nissan and Renault with both companies paying 50% of that development cost. The engine will feature all the latest diesel features like the 23,000 psi common rail injection system, EGR and a custom filter to eliminate soot. The engine will get you 235 hp and 331 lb-ft of torque if you were wondering about its potential.

Despite sharing the costs, Nissan will get about 75% of the total production. The engines will be used in Europe for the Infiniti FX and G series while Renault will install its engines in the new Laguna coupe.

via Autoblog

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Wait just a second guys! Is this a bad joke? Is this where we have come to? Are we really going to see Mercedes cars with BMW parts inside? We like various models from both German car makers but we’d also like to have them create their own original cars. With no interaction from each other. After all they are rivals!

Klaus Draeger, BMW’s head of development is in advanced talks with Mercedes-Benz about licensing engines and possibly transmission too. BMW’s new V-12 engine might arrive under the hood of the S-Class and the Maybach, besides the regular place it should find itself in: the BMW 7 Series and the Rolls-Royce sedan.

What do you think? What are we going to see next? Bugs and Daffy signing a friendship agreement?

via Autocar

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