As others have stated if you frequently need to go through dealer financing to get the best deal and even certain rebates if you use the manufacturers financing arm. Usually they only lock you into a couple of months of payments before you can pay the loan off. If you have the cash, get the loan for the rebates/deal,…

This guy needs an attorney ASAP. If the dealer is jerking him around and Subaru Canada is boning him then he needs to investigate legal recourse.

I stopped reading at spider pig. A+ for the Simpsons reference!

You and me both. My grandfather used to fly a B55, so I'm partial to Baron's. The PT6A upgrade is a thing of beauty.

Add to the list for the 4.6 Panoz, MG, Koenigsegg, Rover, Qvale. Also note that production versions have included, 2,3,& 4 valve variants, 4.6, 5.0, 5.2, 5.4, 5.8, and 6.8 (V10) displacements. The 4.6 has also been installed in transverse applications (Continental).

Yes, bigger vehicles use more gas, but not proportion to their weight. A long haul truck will get about 6mpg with a total weight of 60,000 to 80,000 pounds. It weights 10-15 times as much as an F-150, but only uses 3-4 times as much fuel.

I think it vents from the intercoolers (per Autoweek and C&D). The wastegate gasses would be WAY to hot to be passing anywhere near the vicinity of the plastic taillights.

The definitive argument is one of economics, not technical ability. It can be built, but nobody would buy one. If you think there's a market then put your money on the table and have one (or 10 or 100) built and see if you can sell them. That should answer your question.

It's not that it can't be done, it's just doesn't make sense. Superbike engines (1,000cc I4's) show that the displacement per cylinder can easily be accomplished an make good power. But you have to ask yourself; what application would benefit from a tiny V8 that couldn't be handled by a 2.0 I4 that could be…

I voted NP just because I always thought these cars were cool. One let down though is a carb and distributor, blech... I don't doubt the 800hp claim, but the first thing I think I'd do is a get a fuel injected engine with COP ignition in that thing (i.e. an LS motor with a blower). I'd rather drive my cars than work…

LS motors have been swapped into pretty much anything RWD and many vehicles that are not RWD. A Honda Civic and Subaru WRX come to mind. Also despite the common misconception, the all aluminum V8 engines are very(!) light, adding little to no weight to the donor vehicle (and actually shedding pounds in some cases).

What's the optimal ratio of hookers to coke for the typical driver of this car? 3 hookers and 1 kilo? 3 kilos and 1 hooker? Inquiring minds want to know.

Re: Reverse You guys need to read between the lines. Aluminum vehicles are expensive. Margins on trucks are much higher than they are on cars. Thus you can afford to make trucks from aluminum, but it cost to much in a car like the Fusion with much thinner profit margins. Also price elasticity, a $1-2k bump on a truck…

That's 3-wheel motion, but on a trike. So that'd be more like two-wheel motion?

You could also go the OEM route. The tailgate is the same as any other F150; you could simply take the Raptor specific part off and replace it with a standard logo.

All transportation will go electric says the man who is building a gigantic battery factory...

Given the opportunity I think Senna would drive anything with wheels.

60º V6's have ideal balance, but the tight bank angle makes fitting big ports and and manifold runners between the V a tight fit. It's likely they opened up the V angle to allow more room for the intake ports and more direct intake path. This is a concern with high output motors. Typical passenger car engines need to…

It's supposed to compete with the yet to be released Tesla Model 3 (was "E" for a time). It will be smaller and less expensive than the S.

The last Raptor was was not supercharged, it was a 6.2l SOHC 2-valve per cylinder engine. Output was was actually 8 more HP than GM was getting out it's L92 truck engine or 19 less than the Ls3 (both 6.2l V8's). In other words par for the course.