This totally flies in the face of their lame ass justifications for not offering manuals.

You realize that Audi’s been selling transverse engines with haldex (MQB) marketed as “true Quattro” for like 6 years, right?

As a guy who has been working in aerospace - rotorcraft specifically - for over a decade patenting dozens of inventions, its always intriguing how old and thoroughly understood (and rightfully discarded) concepts periodically gets dredged up in to the layman’s public consciousness to be digested by folks who are all li…

Then you also need a way to counteract the torque produced by spinning the rotor in that manner (with a tail rotor or other method), so you’re back to essentially being a giant helicopter again.

BMW:

I want 2D wheels on my car now.

Hey I never said I wouldn’t get change.

Yes that appears to be the case. Which sort of makes my point.

IF they had offered a proper manual, id have sold a kidney for one of these.

As it sits, I don’t give one single ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

Holy fuck that is an abomination.

Hooydonk

Name checks out.

3 letters: CVT

Just from watching...I don’t really know what it sounds like from the outside yet.

ahem

The fact he gets called Ashley Vinateri in that clip is the kicker.

Pun intended.

Nah. Sport, by definition, means an activity requiring skill or physical prowess. Antiquated or not, manuals are right up that alley.

No car marketed with the word “Sport” in its name should have a sole transmission option of a CVT.

Corvette becomes it own brand spawning Urus-esque SUV, X6-esque CUV, and CLS-esque sedan in 3...2....1....