The root cause of the problem was communication. Everyone was afraid to tell ‘ol Winterkorn his plan was fucked for fear of retribution. Instead of playing musical chairs they should open up the lines of communication between management and engineering (and marketing, and....). We of course know the answer as to why…

You mean the GTO that, from the factory, might keep up with a V6 Accord from 2012.

Oh bohoo, BMW lost it’s way, cars don’t have character, Jeeps don’t have frames. Fuck off. The current automotive era is awesome; you’re living in the time of the most powerful production vehicles since Daimler hooked a motor to a wheel...

That Rheem frunace is straight 80’s dope...

I just realized I need a 4 rotor in my life.

If you’re seriously in the market for a full size SUV it would be worth the wait to see what Ford rolls out for the ‘17 Expedition and Navi. Supposedly both are to transition to the F150 platform which means aluminum body and 10-speed transmission (and possibly alternate engines like the 2.7EB). Ford has done a decent…

A proper truck chassis? Like the overloaded unibody Jeep in your picture?

Actually it will have a big impact. Towing capacity is one thing, but so is GVWR which is typically the limit you’re going to run into with a maxed out 1/2ton truck. Remember that trailers have between 10% and 20% of their tongue weight supported by the truck. If you reduce the available payload capacity by 300lbs…

decision has been made to resend the required Hoosier Right Rear Tire

Kinja sucks apparently so I can’t star your comment so I’m going old school. +1 internet points for you.

That’s incorrect in almost all cases regarding street cars. The main purpose of a roll/sway bar is to decrease chassis roll in cornering, but they also have a big impact on chassis balance (understeer/oversteer). Installing a larger rear bar only is used to reduce understeer; it’s cheap and has a huge impact on…

Don’t get me wrong, this motor is really cool and I won’t argue with the results, but it’s still using a lot of off the shelf Chevy LS parts. Those exhaust manifold are definitely OEM and the heads (4 of them) are likely ported OEM units as well. To me this is a 2x LS3(or 7 or whatever) with a custom made block, crank…

I’m missing the connection as well. Is “salt shaker” a euphamism for something other than a salt shaker?

I don’t think this guy understands what debauchery means. Hint: it’s not “dopey dudes” shooting each other with guns.

GM pulls 290lb.ft. out of 2.0t and Ford gets 375lb.ft. out of a 2.7.

“Yes, they all have more horsepower than the new CX-5, but not by much”

The power output is underwhelming. 227hp on 87? 250hp on premium out of a 2.5? I applaud Mazda for rolling out an improved engine, but they could have done a lot better.

That info isn’t available yet, but I’d suspect they have an uprated transaxle. Possibly the new 9-speed as others have mentioned.

The 3.0 is a punched put version of the 2.7 which is in the F150.

The LS rides on the N platform. Toyota and Lexus have a bunch of variants on that chassis. Hardly “bespoke”.