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« G f thorn Outlook. Wod Juno 17 1982 Cars of future will be light it, weight loaded with electronic* n u m S io fe .^ T g n g ,echno,° 8 y J"d increasing number of external influences, no one can say exactly how that new ta r you buy in the year 2fMM> w ill look fa lf £ rc ‘ k 7 ,nC !nd,ca,lons- however, in projections o f how the „ n. g , U,h ' n 'hC 10 yCars W 'hupe up m design m e i X i s T f"thr '£ n’f en a,\ A composite picture comes from "embers of the Society of Automotive Engineers, a nonprofit, technical organization with nearly 40.IMM) individual members in 79 countries, the Automotive Information Council, the Motor Vehicle Manufacturers Association and. yes. the automakers themselves Many of the-concepts tor these vehicles of the future already are on the drawing boards The final decades o f the 2(llh century should ta lly different ways ol translat ing com bustion into pow er. Through the end o f this century, it is probable that the engines lam iltar to us today w ill con tinue to be our predominant power plants V-K reign ends C learly, the reign ol the V-K engine as king of the highway is over and. it it survives in any form at all. it w ill be in the form ot the S 6-4 sanation introduced on some 19X1 Cadillacs ’¡ " ‘*5 * nd ^ a,lcn8 'n8 'he people whose job it is to The main reason for these 'he car you II choose to dnve a score or more years from changes is the tetieral regulation that requires each car company Because of the massive amount of initial engineering design to achieve an average o f 27.5 work, testing, and retooling that is necessary (all of which require miles pet gallon across its full arge capital expenditure), the lead lime to bring a new vehicle Io the line of I9H S m odel year cars driving public is measured in years This compares with the 19 Brave new w orld miles per gallon requirement i .u . changes, design today is pnmar for 1979 cars Many of the new breed ot ,|y influenced by t.mr external S till, manufacturers are op ferce’ enviiw w new . timistic they w ill beat the 1985 k l T ™ i * " ' . ' ' ha.p" " ’ « » " < » " « :•. governm ent standard by at leas, three miles 9 7 4 ' ° * b" ards * * as regulation per gallon Because these forces w ill I he cost o f revam ping in is new serie» o f car». continue to dominate the future facilities and products over the rhic h include the Ford hucort design ot passenger cars, the in nest live years to produce such a n i . 7 <1’ry ' ler \ vars tmvative automotive engineer fleet average amounts to $60 nd the G M X c a n . are the au w ill leas! the way and the stylist billion, making fuel efficiency »motive engineer * response to will have to conform the- No I goal for the domestic * realities of a new world If is Much engineering emphasis automakers V T ,, ,h“* ” C° “ ,n C U C M o f ,s curTCntly being placed on ,lr to m o rro w s engines are 3 billion to bring these cars to velopm g new powerplants likely to be 25 to 5(1 percent ' ^ ”5*. . * * * ' 'hat w ill not only use less smaller than today s standard W hile consumer preferences fu e l, but d iffe re n t types of powerplants and w ill use super * * sires once dictated moM fu el- and dnvctraim with radi chargers and turbo chargers to fuel-efficient boost their modest output More sophistication The future may place more emohasts on diesel engines and more sophisticated electroni cally-con tro lled gasoline en gines Some turbines and elec tric cars also may debut, such as the ele ctric vehicle G eneral Motors is talking about intro ducing in 1985. ba tte rie s, lo w e r fa b ricatin g costs tor plates and separators, more efficient motor designs, better speed controls and an in e x p e n s iv e , r e lia b le way to monitor the supply o f energy remaining in the storage bat tenes But G M still is seeking a good supply of nickel powder and bet ter lightweight plastics for its JUNE TIRE SPECIALS WE TAKE THE DOUBT OUT OF BUYING TIRES! 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