Abandoned History: General Motors' High Technology Engine, and Other CAFE Foibles (Part II)
In our last edition of Abandoned History, we covered the years leading up to the release of the Cadillac High Technology V8. Used almost exclusively in 1981, the disastrous V8-6-4 had a primitive engine management system that could deactivate either two or four cylinders on Cadillac's traditional V8. And while the idea was sound, the technology and engineering behind it were not. Cadillac was left in a bind, and needed a replacement engine immediately. But the engine of choice was not finis...
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