UNSOLICITED FEEDBACK - SUPER CHARGERS IN AUTOWEEK (June 10, 2013)

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<p style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt" class="MsoNormal"><span style="line-height: 115%; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; FONT-SIZE: 10pt">Catchy title. This article could go many different ways. I&#8217;ll make my point.</span></p>
<p style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt" class="MsoNormal"><span style="line-height: 115%; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; FONT-SIZE: 10pt">Often I wonder about the categories of &#8220;This and That of the Year&#8221; or the &#8220;Best Of&#8221; that magazines write about.</span></p>
<p style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt" class="MsoNormal"><span style="line-height: 115%; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; FONT-SIZE: 10pt">So, when I read the article &#8220;Super Chargers&#8221; from Autoweek, I called some folks at Cummins to get the behind-the-scenes story.</span></p>
<p style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt" class="MsoNormal"><span style="line-height: 115%; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; FONT-SIZE: 10pt">They were as surprised as you and I.&nbsp; There was no collaboration.</span></p>
<p style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt" class="MsoNormal"><span style="line-height: 115%; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; FONT-SIZE: 10pt">In the article, the Autoweek folks spotlighted four engines that &#8220;simply rock harder than others.&#8221; Their choices:<br/><br/></span><span style="line-height: 115%; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; FONT-SIZE: 10pt"><em>- 2014 Mercedes CLA45 AMG: 2.0-liter, turbo, 355hp/332tq.<br/><br/></em></span><span style="line-height: 115%; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; FONT-SIZE: 10pt"><em>- 2013 Bugatti Veyron 16.4 Grand Sport Vitesse: 8.0-liter, quad turbo, 1200hp/1106tq.<br/><br/></em></span><em><span style="line-height: 115%; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; FONT-SIZE: 10pt">- 2014 Chevrolet 67 Corvette Stingray: 6.2-liter, naturally aspirated, 450hp/450tq.<br/><br/></span><span style="line-height: 115%; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; FONT-SIZE: 10pt">- 2013 Ram 3500: 6.7-liter, turbo, 385hp/850tq.</span></em></p><span style="line-height: 115%; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; FONT-SIZE: 10pt">
<p style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt" class="MsoNormal"><br/>Wow. Impressive company. Comments from Autoweek:<br/><br/></p></span>
<p style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt" class="MsoNormal"><em>- 2014 Mercedes &#8211; A specific output of 178hp per liter.<br/><br/></em><em><span style="line-height: 115%; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; FONT-SIZE: 10pt">- 2013 Bugatti &#8211; Awesomely, breathtakingly, wondrously ridiculous. What can be said about an engine that would drain the fuel tank in eight minutes if you could run it at full throttle that long? Zero-60mph in 2.5 seconds.<br/><br/></span><span style="line-height: 115%; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; FONT-SIZE: 10pt">- 2014 Corvette &#8211; Another winning spin on the small block formula.</span></em></p>
<p style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt" class="MsoNormal"><span style="line-height: 115%; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; FONT-SIZE: 10pt"><br/>Finally, the Ram&#8217;s Cummins Turbo Diesel &#8211; Why we love it: What exactly does &#8220;best-in-class horsepower and torque&#8221; mean? How does a 30,000-pound towing capacity sound? Or a 6,580-pound payload? <span style="mso-spacerun: yes">&nbsp;</span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes">&nbsp;</span>Thanks to this workhorse of a motor, the Ram heavy duty out-pulls and out-carries every other pickup truck out there.</span></p></font>
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[HHhuntitall]

Whoa... just stumbled on this.... What the actual hell? Did they supercharge something? No, wait, they don't do that.... they just drive it for free and and write a stupendously positive article... nice. Nothing like some literary genius telling us what to like. Again. Did someone leave the TV on?