fknlo posted:

Next STI to have 400hp

"The price will undercut $50,000."

Yikes.

bull3964 posted:

So, who's betting that the administration will refuse to pay them citing the lack of need in August and GM will have just spent millions retooling and producing for nothing?

KillHour posted:

1: All Corvettes have removable roofs - coupe versions don't exist.

2: The big complaint I'm hearing is about the quality control on the stitching. https://carbuzz.com/news/new-chevrolet-corvette-has-embarrassing-quality-issue

Steely Dad posted:

I wonder how the pandemic is going to affect the new car market. I mean, negatively, of course, but which classes of new cars will be hit worst? Which’ll be more constrained in the next year or two, supply or demand?

I have fantasies of deals on ND2s and fears of there never being an ND3 or NE.

Murgos posted:

Define a test 'family' of cars from a manufacturer that use a similar engine, transmission and etc.. and let the manufacturer supply some cars from each of those drive train perturbations weighted to sales expectation. For certification distribute a weighted average number of each perturbation randomly among the population and record their real world performance (this doesn't need to be free, it could be subsidized, i.e. at cost, with the understanding that the user must maintain the test records and reporting or pay full sticker price). Along with this empirical testing the manufacturer should supply analysis for the expected behavior over time and at end of life and show that it stays within the expected boundaries.

You can provide a preliminary auth to proceed to sale and discrepancies list to be resolved prior to high rate production after a week or two with the understanding that the testing continues over time and any additional findings for lifetime performance will need to be remedied at the manufacturers cost. Additionally any models used for analysis need to be updated to be in family with the observed results with the analysis resubmitted for lifetime performance approval.

As major drive train design changes are made to that family new vehicles can be added to the 'family test'. Continue to weight the distribution of cars in the family testing to be in line with the number of cars projected to be sold for the coming year and in the operational fleet. Minor changes may be certified though analysis with the vetted statistical models.

The onus is on the manufacturer to provide a car that meets requirements over it's life but the testing is not onerously expensive or prolonged. There is a strong incentive to provide accurate analysis upfront so as to avoid rework of already delivered units.

Wheeee posted:

of course you can, the entire reason that regressive taxes like consumption and income taxes exist is that the government isn't allowed to tax capital

the mistake is in assuming that "the people" have power

Minnesota Mixup posted:

There will never be a tax on trucks because the manufacturers will never let their senators pass it.

drgitlin posted:

There's the Eclipse Cross, which was so horribly mediocre and old-feeling that I told Mitsubishi I wasn't going to write the review after driving one for a week because it would feel too much like punching down.

Charles posted:

Gazoo Racing hot-hatch Corolla coming?
https://www.caranddriver.com/news/a32434970/toyota-gr-hot-hatch-usa-confirmed/
I like the Corolla hatch but I looked at it at an autoshow and they didn't mold the spare into the trunk floor or give it run-flat tires, so it takes up so much valuable space. Otherwise I'd consider it as my next car.

Mr. Apollo posted:

Anyone else see the leaked 2021 S Class photos?

Hikaki posted:

I had an NA with an aftermarket single din head unit that blinded me at night and couldn't change brightness so I had to cover it up with a cloth at all times. It had an aux input so I had to plug in my phone every time I got in and look at it when I wanted to change songs or answer a call.

I now have an ND with a screen that auto-dims when I switch on the headlights. All my music is on a USB stick that auto-plays when I start the car. My phone connects wirelessly and I can answer it without taking my hands off the wheel.

Modern cars are dope.

KillHour posted:

No because performance SUVs are dumb. I forgot Lamborghini made that stupid thing.

got off on a technicality posted:

I did read that Hertz has been run more riskily than Avis and Enterprise in recent years and it is now coming back to bite them. Can't help but think we have too many car rental brands anyway...

KYOON GRIFFEY JR posted:

the acura one is really sad. ford still makes some fun cars at least. acura makes uhhhhh uhh buh the NSX? i guess?

Minto Took posted:

The RSX ruled. The ILX sucks and is nothing but a tarted up Civic.

dissss posted:

Isn't that exactly what the RSX was too?

dissss posted:

The was a Civic Type R back then (market dependent)

Also the ILX has the 2.4 which wasn't in the Civic.

Huge_Midget posted:

I seriously do not understand why Acura has not gotten their hands on the CTR and took a hot iron to all of the drat creases and lines that makes it look like a goddamn Gundam and turn it into something that doesn’t look like a meth addict’s half finished origami project. Take a car that is by all accounts a very very nice sports compact and make it palatable for the late thirties owner that has a professional career and doesn’t want a car that screams boy racer.

bull3964 posted:

I don't care about the ride of the rubber band 20s, I just care that they'll you would probably pop a tire before the first oil change (nearly every single long term review had that happen.)

KillHour posted:

Oh, you're a broke-brained Gen Xer. Got it.

Mr. Apollo posted:

So now that Acura is trying to fix itself it seems like Infiniti decided to take over their old role.

https://www.autonews.com/automakers-suppliers/nissan-plots-infiniti-reboot-cap-revival (Emphasis mine)


I remember when the new G35 was introduced and the Infiniti execs made this big show about pledging never to take their eyes off BMW as a competitor and how they aspired to be the "Japanese BMW" and they would only ever make RWD products going forward. Then, I guess they decided to become the Japanese Mercedes. Now they want to become mid 2000s Acura.

TheMadMilkman posted:

I’m Utah failure to have a front plate isn’t a primary offense, so you can’t be pulled over for just that.

They’re trying to change that, apparently.

KYOON GRIFFEY JR posted:

Same in MA but in the end it's gonna go to plate based.

KillHour posted:

These images look like they were stretched horizontally.

CornHolio posted:

To be fair though, I remember as a kid thinking those lights were loving sweet

sunaurus posted:

The BMW grille is like one of those pictures where it can look like 2 different things depending on how your brain works, and once you notice the second thing, you can't see the first thing anymore. It just looks normal to me now (after seeing it lots and lots of times at this point) - I don't remember at all why it was super ugly to me the first time I saw it.

Powershift posted:

dissss posted:

BMW has been doing that for at least ten years now

Charles posted:

I don't think they make the GTR in a convertible.

fknlo posted:

The proportions on that are so hosed up looking.

Russian Bear posted:

It's a visual trick to make the arch look like it sticks out further than it actually does.

Russian Bear posted:

Why didn't they just put the gear selector on the column?

Chris Knight posted:

great

https://twitter.com/briannawu/status/1278457444805627906

Charles posted:

They already were doing that for the iPhone connection I think.

stevobob posted:

I mean, poo poo like that will get hacked, absolutely, unless legislature comes down saying you can't do poo poo to your own paid-off, out-of-warranty car.

bird with big dick posted:

I want an SVT'd up Bronco insanely badly but I've already got an F-150 that it's going to be hard to get rid of because it's enormous and we use it several times a year for roadtrips of 5 people that would in no way would be suitable usage of a 2 door Bronco (which is the only one I'd consider but I'm sure it wouldn't work with the 4 door either).

I'd have to replace the F-150 with the Bronco and then replace my daily driver with a minivan or something.

sunaurus posted:

How is this real?



That's an S-CLASS interior. Does anybody actually think that that looks luxurious or classy in any way?

Wheeee posted:

underfeeding my kids on a vegan diet so they stay compact enough to fit in the back seat of my Porsche and i get to keep it

Suspicious Package posted:

Oh yeah, another minor detail about the Bronco manual. You can’t get it with the Sasquatch package.

https://jalopnik.com/a-2021-ford-bronco-sasquatch-stick-shift-will-be-like-b-1844394812