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Suzuki has finally launched the V-Strom 800DE in India, after the bike was earlier displayed at the Bharat Mobility Expo alongside the GSX-8S in January 2024. The Suzuki V-Strom 800DE replaces the now-discontinued Suzuki V-Strom 650XT and becomes the third big bike in the Japanese manufacturer’s current lineup in India, after the Hayabusa and Katana.
There’s an admirable belligerence about the Audi RS3. It hasn’t been made a crime just yet, after all, to put a big engine into something relatively small and create an amusingly alternative driver’s car in the process, much as a great many of Europe’s CO2-based taxation regimes would already suggest it ought to be.
Suzuki has finally launched the V-Strom 800DE in India, after the bike was earlier displayed at the Bharat Mobility Expo alongside the GSX-8S in January 2024. The Suzuki V-Strom 800DE replaces the now-discontinued Suzuki V-Strom 650XT and becomes the third big bike in the Japanese manufacturer’s current line-up in India, after the Hayabusa and the Katana.
Suzuki Motorcycle India today launched the much-awaited Suzuki V-Strom 800DE at an introductory starting price of Rs 10.30 lakh (ex-showroom). The motorcycle is being offered in three colour options — Champion Yellow, Glass Matte Mechanical Grey and Glass Sparkle Black.
Mercedes-AMG just widened some eyes by dropping a four-cylinder engine into the AMG GT. It's the same engine that powers the SL43 AMG, only with a few extra ponies. Prior to its new four-pot, the AMG GT was exclusively powered by snarly, violent V8s, the sort of engines that fit its muscular design. Now, though, there's an entry-level version with a coarse, gravely 2.0-liter four-cylinder that seems unusual in the six-figure sports car, even if it does benefit from some of AMG's Formula 1-derived turbo wizardry. That led us to wonder what other sort of unusual engine/car pairings there have been over the years, for better or worse.
When people talk about rod bearing failure, the first thing that comes to mind is the instant, catastrophic destruction that occurs within an engine without warning. But sometimes bearing failure can happen over time, to the point where an engine can run for thousands of miles before it eventually blows up. That's exactly what happened to this Volvo engine.
Even though the fabled Nissan GT-R saw styling updates for the 2024 model year, there is some speculation about Godzilla’s future. Well, there’s at least going to be a 2025 model year for Nissan’s flagship sports coupe, though right now it’s only official in Japan. The ’25 GT-R expands some of the upgrades previously found on Nismo Special Edition cars, throws some special badges around, and adds a new interior color. Still responsible for powering the R35 GT-R is Nissan’s VR38DETT. In base trim, this 3.8-liter V6 sends 565 hp and 467 lb-ft of torque through a six-speed automatic transmission in the United States. That figure jumps to 600 hp and 481 lb-ft of
Bugatti will unleash the first production V-16 engine since the pre-war era, it claims, powering a hypercar set for imminent unveiling. Besides being an impressive number of cylinders, though, a V-16 is functionally just two straight-eights joined at the crank.