Dangerous to start up a newly turboe'd car without tuning for the boost?

I agree. There is a certain price people will pay for exclusivity at any performance level and part of the Porsche price is that fewer people have them. There are other non-performance price adjusters as well such as country of origin, materials used, and marketing budget as a percentage of total model revenue. All of…

Devil's advocate, would you say a 60k Corvette is 3x the car of a 300HP V6 Mustang? At the other end of the spectrum a Porsche 911T is considered a budget supercar compared to the likes of Ferrari/Lamborghini/McLaren. Performance has an exponential relationship to price.

Thus securing the "Angry Birds" extra destruction bonus embedded in his contract.

Meanwhile, Maldonado uses his own F1 car to tow Grosjean's car to the track due to team budget restrictions.

So we should move to Greenland to be warmer?? We're onto your Nordic tricks!

Haha indeed.

Funny, the Brits I've spoken with seem to pronounce think with an "f." Also, words like Leicestershire seem to lose a couple letters when it comes to pronouncing them.

Nicely done.

Tried to get my buddy to buy a bi-turbo that was for sale for 14k. Would have been great until it exploded... He purchased a Nissan Maxima and is no longer my friend.

His license plate meant Drag Strip, duh.

Have you SEEN the movies you're in?!

Still better than their college football uniforms.

A bit of apples and oranges. The EJ257 is a dinosaur of an engine and wasn't efficient even for its time. I would argue that the fact that BMW has switched from an NA V8 to a twin turbo six in the M3/4 despite drawbacks is an indicator of the efficiencies that forced induction offers. I won't dispute that both NA and…

Perhaps I should have been more specific when describing CO2 under the umbrella of emissions. What you are saying makes sense.

All very good points. Initially I was under the impression that all of the teams were resisting the idea of switching to a turbo 6 but it may have only been Ferrari given their road car bread and butter has typically been a high revving NA engine. I'm sure companies like Renault will love the opportunity to race test…

I won't profess to be an expert on the subject but I would wager that the CO2 emitted from the 2014 F1 cars will be lower than 2013 for a multitude of reasons, including the smaller displacement FI setup. If I'm wrong I'll be happy to return here to award you one internet star in 4 months time.

Smaller displacement + turbo typically equals better fuel economy versus larger v8. Additionally they mention fuel flow rate which if restricted enough leads to an increase in fuel economy.

The only thing that is cost effective is the maximum of 5 engines per season per car. The real reason for turbos is to cater to governments concerned with emissions. Who knows maybe we'll see a Ferrari turbo-six road car in the next couple years.

Purchased a 2005 STi for 19.5k 3 years ago with 32k miles on it. Now it has 50k and I reckon I could sell it tomorrow for the same price. There is value to a warranty but Subarus tend to be very reliable when treated right.