The EB actually makes more power than the 5.0 at low RPM (<2000 RPM). A lot more power actually.

No, most automatics can skip gears. Even the totally hydraulic/mechanical automatics of the 60s and 70s could skip gears.

Working on any vehicle is “simple” if you remove everything that’s in your way first. To me, a simple vehicle is one that doesn’t require you to disassembly other components to do relatively routine tasks.

I like XJ Cherokees well enough, enough that I even helped a buddy swap a Lexus 1UZ V8 into one. But I gotta be honest. I really don’t understand the unconditional love some people give these things, because honestly, they’re horrendous garbage in almost every possible way except for the suspension. They’re not built…

Not to knock Koenigsegg, but do you honestly trurly believe they’re 10 years ahead of everyone else? There are projects going on inside GM, Ford, Toyota, Chrysler, Honda and everyone else that would boggle your mind. All kinds of insane prototypes you can’t even begin to comprehend. There’s stuff going on inside the…

73 HP from a 1.8L turbo diesel really isn’t that bad for 1990.

Now you just gotta do the Lexus 1UZ V8 swap like we did to my buddy’s XJ!

One of the most annoying things to me about video game flame throwers is the sound.

They almost always sound like little wimpy blow-torches or something. Real flame throwers have a distinctive and deep sound, with a very loud and deep “thump” as the stream of fuel lights.

FCA has been developing Hybrid technologies for years. They have patents going back 10+ years. They also litteraly announced their hybrid minivan two weeks ago...

...and they’ll be fine, just like they were the past 8 quarters.

So far down the chain, what? They’re the 4th largest automaker by sales in the U.S - and not by much either. Toyota is at 2.5m units, and Ford at 2.6. FCA is also growing faster than Toyota, Ford or GM. They are far ahead of the next closest which is Honda at 1.6m. Chrysler is not hemorrhaging money, either.

A DS with a broken hinge is about $15

The PS2 had a relatively slow disk drive. The X360 has a high-speed drive, and on ANY disk drive, if you change the orientation or move it too much, the disc will smash into either the laser, or the tray.

“Completely” doesn’t mean efficiently, or cleanly - at all. Chrysler has the “SRT Track Experience” that any SRT owner can go to, where they drive their car on a track. Chrysler also guarentees the Hellcat can do lap after lap without overheating on a track.

A non issue? Efficiently? What? You have no idea what it takes to make a modern engine pass emissions standards. High-horsepower engines are almost exceedingly dirty thanks to the rich air/fuel mixture they require, and combustion chamber designs optimized for power making rather than clean burning. They also tend to…

The handling package is the SRT package. Bigger brakes, different springs, shocks and anti-roll bars.

Oh yeah? Making a 707HP engine that meets all emissions and durability standards while being backed by a 60,000 mile warranty doesn’t take sophisticated engineering? Most those “sub-20-year-old’s 700HP” cars are lucky to see 10,000 miles before a major melt down.

Yes the Hellcat is heavy, but it really doesn’t handle badly, especially given its weight. Pretty much every review says it’s fine when the road gets twisty. It’s not a track-day super star, but it was never meant to be one.

Where all these comparisons fall apart is the fact that the Hellcat is a production car, with a warranty. If I blow up my strung-out 700HP Cobra because of a bad tune, I’m the one paying $8k for a new motor. If I blow up my Hellcat, the dealer puts a new engine in on FCA’s dime. That 5yr/60k warranty is worth a lot,…

That’s exactly what it seems like to me. Just a direct-drive single-speed “automatic” with a locking torque converter.