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TOKYO (Reuters) - Nissan Motor Co. said on Monday it would launch a diesel version of its X-Trail sport utility vehicle in Japan next year, a move that could revive the all-but-dead diesel passenger car segment in the world's third-biggest auto market. Japan's No. 3 automaker is developing high-performance catalysts and advanced engine management technologies on a diesel engine co-developed with partner Renault SA to further clean exhaust emissions. The engine will be designed to meet new emissions standards in Japan, Nissan said in a statement. Markets drop as worries grow HONG KONG (Reuters) - Asian stock markets slumped on Monday after downbeat U.S. economic data, including the influential non-farm payrolls report, added to wariness about further fallout from the U.S.
1972 Buick Electra from North America - Comments
New water pump. The distributor is on the front of the engine and gets wet when it rains, causing hard starting and raw gasoline in the exhaust, I have split open two mufflers. Sounds like a howitzer going off and a 455 on open pipes is impressive. .
Spain wields weapons on rodent plague
What's a country to do with a millions-strong plague of crop-munching rodents? Ideas abound for Spain's Castille-Leon region to quell its infestation: Burn them. Drown them. Choke them with engine exhaust. Squish them with a rolling pin attached to a plow. .
Spain Wields Weapons on Rodent Plague
What's a country to do with a millions-strong plague of crop-munching rodents? Ideas abound for Spain's Castille-Leon region to quell its infestation: Burn them. Drown them. Choke them with engine exhaust. Squish them with a rolling pin attached to a plow. Then there's this high-tech doozy from a government veterinarian: Zap these mouse-like animals called voles with earsplitting ultrasound, using a cross between the Pied Piper ploy and a military pincer movement to herd them together for a collective death blow with water or fire. The government of Castille-Leon, a northern region that is one of Spain's agricultural heartlands, began burning harvested farmland last week to try to wipe out an invasion that had been brewing for months but has now mushroomed into an agricultural nightmare.
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