VQ wins 10-best for 9 yrs
01-10-2003, 08:04 PM
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VQ wins 10-best for 9 yrs
as stated by Ward's Auto World..
"Although almost all mainstream automotive engines are designed for a long production run, precious few ever enjoy benchmark status, even when they’re the newest engine in the market. Nissan’s VQ, meanwhile, continues as a benchmark nine years after its launch.
It’s a remarkable feat, readers, one that bears re-emphasis: the very first VQ available in the U.S., a 3L DOHC V-6, was a winner in Ward's first 10 Best Engines competition in 1995. In the eight subsequent years that include this 2003 win, Nissan has won a Best Engines spot every time.
We like to believe it was divine insight nine years ago when we identified the original 3L VQ as something special – but in truth, it was hard NOT to know that engine was special.
Nissan engineers got it right – incredibly, resolutely right – from the very beginning, the day they signed off on the final design for what was to become the best V-6 engine the auto industry’s ever seen.
Today, although Nissan has dropped the original 3L in favor of the brawnier 3.5L VQ, the engine family’s unique qualities remain: an acute attention to detail, starting with microfinished internals and a goal to seriously reduce reciprocating mass.
At its launch, the 3L VQ weighed an astounding 108 lbs. (49 kg) less than the iron-block 3L V-6 it replaced – some 20 lbs. (9 kg) was shaved from the upper engine alone – and the design reduced friction losses by 20%.
The VQ has been improved several times since that groundbreaking original, to the point that Nissan’s 3.5L VQ still is the V-6 the competition wishes it had created.
Although we’re convinced a noticeable portion of the original 3L engine’s supernatural smoothness and NVH has been sacrificed in the ’02-model boring and stroking to 3.5L, the VQ remains a convincing combination of power, broad torque delivery and refinement.
We’re still flabbergasted at how easy it was for pragmatic Nissan engineers – convinced that the sweet 3L VQ wasn’t enough for the power-hungry U.S. market – to abandon their much-acclaimed baby and punch it out to 3.5L.
The "new" 3.5L VQ is incredibly versatile, currently being used in seven different horsepower ratings and four torque specifications. The company uses it in no less than nine distinct vehicles – everything from the all-new Murano SUV to the muscular 350Z, with three upscale Infiniti-badged models to boot."
Although almost all mainstream automotive engines are designed for a long production run, precious few ever enjoy benchmark status, even when they’re the newest engine in the market. Nissan’s VQ, meanwhile, continues as a benchmark nine years after its launch.
It’s a remarkable feat, readers, one that bears re-emphasis: the very first VQ available in the U.S., a 3L DOHC V-6, was a winner in Ward's first 10 Best Engines competition in 1995. In the eight subsequent years that include this 2003 win, Nissan has won a Best Engines spot every time.
We like to believe it was divine insight nine years ago when we identified the original 3L VQ as something special – but in truth, it was hard NOT to know that engine was special.
Nissan engineers got it right – incredibly, resolutely right – from the very beginning, the day they signed off on the final design for what was to become the best V-6 engine the auto industry’s ever seen.
Today, although Nissan has dropped the original 3L in favor of the brawnier 3.5L VQ, the engine family’s unique qualities remain: an acute attention to detail, starting with microfinished internals and a goal to seriously reduce reciprocating mass.
At its launch, the 3L VQ weighed an astounding 108 lbs. (49 kg) less than the iron-block 3L V-6 it replaced – some 20 lbs. (9 kg) was shaved from the upper engine alone – and the design reduced friction losses by 20%.
The VQ has been improved several times since that groundbreaking original, to the point that Nissan’s 3.5L VQ still is the V-6 the competition wishes it had created.
Although we’re convinced a noticeable portion of the original 3L engine’s supernatural smoothness and NVH has been sacrificed in the ’02-model boring and stroking to 3.5L, the VQ remains a convincing combination of power, broad torque delivery and refinement.
We’re still flabbergasted at how easy it was for pragmatic Nissan engineers – convinced that the sweet 3L VQ wasn’t enough for the power-hungry U.S. market – to abandon their much-acclaimed baby and punch it out to 3.5L.
The "new" 3.5L VQ is incredibly versatile, currently being used in seven different horsepower ratings and four torque specifications. The company uses it in no less than nine distinct vehicles – everything from the all-new Murano SUV to the muscular 350Z, with three upscale Infiniti-badged models to boot.
Although almost all mainstream automotive engines are designed for a long production run, precious few ever enjoy benchmark status, even when they’re the newest engine in the market. Nissan’s VQ, meanwhile, continues as a benchmark nine years after its launch.
It’s a remarkable feat, readers, one that bears re-emphasis: the very first VQ available in the U.S., a 3L DOHC V-6, was a winner in Ward's first 10 Best Engines competition in 1995. In the eight subsequent years that include this 2003 win, Nissan has won a Best Engines spot every time.
We like to believe it was divine insight nine years ago when we identified the original 3L VQ as something special – but in truth, it was hard NOT to know that engine was special.
Nissan engineers got it right – incredibly, resolutely right – from the very beginning, the day they signed off on the final design for what was to become the best V-6 engine the auto industry’s ever seen.
Today, although Nissan has dropped the original 3L in favor of the brawnier 3.5L VQ, the engine family’s unique qualities remain: an acute attention to detail, starting with microfinished internals and a goal to seriously reduce reciprocating mass.
At its launch, the 3L VQ weighed an astounding 108 lbs. (49 kg) less than the iron-block 3L V-6 it replaced – some 20 lbs. (9 kg) was shaved from the upper engine alone – and the design reduced friction losses by 20%.
The VQ has been improved several times since that groundbreaking original, to the point that Nissan’s 3.5L VQ still is the V-6 the competition wishes it had created.
Although we’re convinced a noticeable portion of the original 3L engine’s supernatural smoothness and NVH has been sacrificed in the ’02-model boring and stroking to 3.5L, the VQ remains a convincing combination of power, broad torque delivery and refinement.
We’re still flabbergasted at how easy it was for pragmatic Nissan engineers – convinced that the sweet 3L VQ wasn’t enough for the power-hungry U.S. market – to abandon their much-acclaimed baby and punch it out to 3.5L.
The "new" 3.5L VQ is incredibly versatile, currently being used in seven different horsepower ratings and four torque specifications. The company uses it in no less than nine distinct vehicles – everything from the all-new Murano SUV to the muscular 350Z, with three upscale Infiniti-badged models to boot.
http://subscribers.wardsauto.com/Mic...1004&siteid=26
"Although almost all mainstream automotive engines are designed for a long production run, precious few ever enjoy benchmark status, even when they’re the newest engine in the market. Nissan’s VQ, meanwhile, continues as a benchmark nine years after its launch.
It’s a remarkable feat, readers, one that bears re-emphasis: the very first VQ available in the U.S., a 3L DOHC V-6, was a winner in Ward's first 10 Best Engines competition in 1995. In the eight subsequent years that include this 2003 win, Nissan has won a Best Engines spot every time.
We like to believe it was divine insight nine years ago when we identified the original 3L VQ as something special – but in truth, it was hard NOT to know that engine was special.
Nissan engineers got it right – incredibly, resolutely right – from the very beginning, the day they signed off on the final design for what was to become the best V-6 engine the auto industry’s ever seen.
Today, although Nissan has dropped the original 3L in favor of the brawnier 3.5L VQ, the engine family’s unique qualities remain: an acute attention to detail, starting with microfinished internals and a goal to seriously reduce reciprocating mass.
At its launch, the 3L VQ weighed an astounding 108 lbs. (49 kg) less than the iron-block 3L V-6 it replaced – some 20 lbs. (9 kg) was shaved from the upper engine alone – and the design reduced friction losses by 20%.
The VQ has been improved several times since that groundbreaking original, to the point that Nissan’s 3.5L VQ still is the V-6 the competition wishes it had created.
Although we’re convinced a noticeable portion of the original 3L engine’s supernatural smoothness and NVH has been sacrificed in the ’02-model boring and stroking to 3.5L, the VQ remains a convincing combination of power, broad torque delivery and refinement.
We’re still flabbergasted at how easy it was for pragmatic Nissan engineers – convinced that the sweet 3L VQ wasn’t enough for the power-hungry U.S. market – to abandon their much-acclaimed baby and punch it out to 3.5L.
The "new" 3.5L VQ is incredibly versatile, currently being used in seven different horsepower ratings and four torque specifications. The company uses it in no less than nine distinct vehicles – everything from the all-new Murano SUV to the muscular 350Z, with three upscale Infiniti-badged models to boot."
Although almost all mainstream automotive engines are designed for a long production run, precious few ever enjoy benchmark status, even when they’re the newest engine in the market. Nissan’s VQ, meanwhile, continues as a benchmark nine years after its launch.
It’s a remarkable feat, readers, one that bears re-emphasis: the very first VQ available in the U.S., a 3L DOHC V-6, was a winner in Ward's first 10 Best Engines competition in 1995. In the eight subsequent years that include this 2003 win, Nissan has won a Best Engines spot every time.
We like to believe it was divine insight nine years ago when we identified the original 3L VQ as something special – but in truth, it was hard NOT to know that engine was special.
Nissan engineers got it right – incredibly, resolutely right – from the very beginning, the day they signed off on the final design for what was to become the best V-6 engine the auto industry’s ever seen.
Today, although Nissan has dropped the original 3L in favor of the brawnier 3.5L VQ, the engine family’s unique qualities remain: an acute attention to detail, starting with microfinished internals and a goal to seriously reduce reciprocating mass.
At its launch, the 3L VQ weighed an astounding 108 lbs. (49 kg) less than the iron-block 3L V-6 it replaced – some 20 lbs. (9 kg) was shaved from the upper engine alone – and the design reduced friction losses by 20%.
The VQ has been improved several times since that groundbreaking original, to the point that Nissan’s 3.5L VQ still is the V-6 the competition wishes it had created.
Although we’re convinced a noticeable portion of the original 3L engine’s supernatural smoothness and NVH has been sacrificed in the ’02-model boring and stroking to 3.5L, the VQ remains a convincing combination of power, broad torque delivery and refinement.
We’re still flabbergasted at how easy it was for pragmatic Nissan engineers – convinced that the sweet 3L VQ wasn’t enough for the power-hungry U.S. market – to abandon their much-acclaimed baby and punch it out to 3.5L.
The "new" 3.5L VQ is incredibly versatile, currently being used in seven different horsepower ratings and four torque specifications. The company uses it in no less than nine distinct vehicles – everything from the all-new Murano SUV to the muscular 350Z, with three upscale Infiniti-badged models to boot.
Although almost all mainstream automotive engines are designed for a long production run, precious few ever enjoy benchmark status, even when they’re the newest engine in the market. Nissan’s VQ, meanwhile, continues as a benchmark nine years after its launch.
It’s a remarkable feat, readers, one that bears re-emphasis: the very first VQ available in the U.S., a 3L DOHC V-6, was a winner in Ward's first 10 Best Engines competition in 1995. In the eight subsequent years that include this 2003 win, Nissan has won a Best Engines spot every time.
We like to believe it was divine insight nine years ago when we identified the original 3L VQ as something special – but in truth, it was hard NOT to know that engine was special.
Nissan engineers got it right – incredibly, resolutely right – from the very beginning, the day they signed off on the final design for what was to become the best V-6 engine the auto industry’s ever seen.
Today, although Nissan has dropped the original 3L in favor of the brawnier 3.5L VQ, the engine family’s unique qualities remain: an acute attention to detail, starting with microfinished internals and a goal to seriously reduce reciprocating mass.
At its launch, the 3L VQ weighed an astounding 108 lbs. (49 kg) less than the iron-block 3L V-6 it replaced – some 20 lbs. (9 kg) was shaved from the upper engine alone – and the design reduced friction losses by 20%.
The VQ has been improved several times since that groundbreaking original, to the point that Nissan’s 3.5L VQ still is the V-6 the competition wishes it had created.
Although we’re convinced a noticeable portion of the original 3L engine’s supernatural smoothness and NVH has been sacrificed in the ’02-model boring and stroking to 3.5L, the VQ remains a convincing combination of power, broad torque delivery and refinement.
We’re still flabbergasted at how easy it was for pragmatic Nissan engineers – convinced that the sweet 3L VQ wasn’t enough for the power-hungry U.S. market – to abandon their much-acclaimed baby and punch it out to 3.5L.
The "new" 3.5L VQ is incredibly versatile, currently being used in seven different horsepower ratings and four torque specifications. The company uses it in no less than nine distinct vehicles – everything from the all-new Murano SUV to the muscular 350Z, with three upscale Infiniti-badged models to boot.
http://subscribers.wardsauto.com/Mic...1004&siteid=26
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