In its new incarnation, Mini is a subsidiary brand of BMW, and just as Volkswagen Group, Basic Motors and Toyota do, BMW shares parts. The Mini hatchback generally known as the Cooper shares its inline three-cylinder engine with several BMW and Mini cousins, together with the BMW X2 (an «SUV» which is little greater than a hatchback on stilts) the BMW 118i (a small station wagon/hatchback variant of the 1 sequence) and the Mini Clubman, which is a bigger, more versatile Mini.

Buick swept out all its outdated automobiles so it could begin with a clean slate for 1959. Not solely have been the sharply finned cars all-new (as were all GM automobiles), however so had been all of the Buick’s nameplates. Out went the Special, Century, Super, and Roadmaster; in came — respectively — LeSabre, Invicta, Electra, and Electra 225.

Coal gasification is sometimes called «clear coal» because it can be utilized to generate electricity with out belching toxins and carbon dioxide into the ambiance. But it’s still primarily based on a nonrenewable fossil gasoline. And it nonetheless requires mining operations that scar the Earth and depart behind toxic wastes of their own. Wood gasification — or biomass gasification, to be extra technically appropriate — could present a viable different. Biomass is considered a renewable vitality source as a result of it’s made from organic supplies, such as trees, crops and even rubbish.

The 1974 Chevrolet Monte Carlo, стенды для проверки турбин Turbolaber Chevrolet’s scorching-selling private-luxury coupe, gained a brand new eggcrate-patterned grille and larger parking lights as a part of refined front and rear styling. General size grew by three inches. Hottest Monte of the year was the «S,» which now served as the base model. The posh, vinyl-topped Landau additionally remained in the marketplace, but these had been the one two choices.