The evolution of higher-performance engines in the United States led the industry away from long, straight engine cylinder layouts to compact six- and eight-cylinder V-type layouts for larger cars (with horsepower ratings up to about 350).
Last year manufacturing, for long the engine room of the economy, contracted by 12%, compared with growth of 15% in 2000.
Sales of private car sales, for so long the engine of the economy, have fallen in every month since April.
Labor costs remain high in Italy, and the nation's small- and medium-size industries, long the engine of Italy's economy, are having particular trouble.
Industrialisation, long the engine of economic development, is becoming less able to support catch-up growth, he suggested, thanks to the falling labour-intensity of manufacturing, Chinese competition, and a rising mercantilist tide across the rich world.
Germany, the EU's largest economy and long the engine for the euro zone's sustained health, saw growth slow from 0.8% in the first quarter to a 0.1% contraction in the second.
Campaigners have long claimed engine emissions figures under laboratory tests are far exceeded in real-life conditions, and experts have said thousands of premature deaths could be averted by ensuring cars meet their legal limits.
The American consumer -- long the engine of growth for the economy -- may finally be sagging under the weight of too much debt, while paychecks shrink and few people can tap the equity in their homes as ready spigots of cash.
The U.S., long an engine of global consumer demand for imported goods, is the world's leading producer of digital platforms and content.
The investigators now seem to be convinced that this signal was in response to an interruption in the aircraft's power supply.Having flown for so long, the engines would have run out of fuel and it is the engines that drive the aircraft's main electrical generators.
