So we'll end up with lots and lots of turbo charged vehicles. Do you know what kind of economy engines get when running 30psi boost? Also, how do you classify miller cycle engines?

Dude, in texas trucks, full size suv's and duallies make up like 80% of the vehicles on the road. Even if shitty drivers preferred chevy aveos over any other vehicle 2-1 most of them would still be in trucks, suvs and duallies. Come one, isn't math mandatory in schools?

In the defense of stupid rules. An 88 year fold fstick McGee is going to drive his bus size RV twice a year, logging maybe 1,000 miles. A professional truck driver is going to log more than that in a week. It's not just the skill, its also the frequency.

Assuming the strategy group is composed of 5 teams, they are getting $82m each, as compared to the small teams 52m-64m. That gap is not that large, which is why they are resorting to odd wording of "lets compare one of ours to all of yours"

So, slower than a Veyron? I didn't expect that.

"Listen very carefully, everyone: two-tone paint jobs look terrible. Your car should be only one color."

What would be the point of making it FWD? There is no packaging advantage, there is no economy advantage, there is a small bad weather advantage which is canceled by the good weather disadvantage. I just don't understand what the point would be.

Right, that's a pretty common story among manufacturers. Which is why ducati uses a 90 deg, twin cylinder engines with a single crank pin that show a perfect primary balance. Manufacturers that want a shorter engine for packaging sake balance out their engines with offset cranks. Harley went ahead with the worst of…

High strung sportbikes are in a pretty competitive market. The 4 japanese bikes are usually so close you can't see the difference. The italians can charge a bit more, but they are not too far off anymore. Meanwhile, Harley can take a dog turd, slap and HD label on it, and charge almost 20k. So that's what they do. Why…

Because most manufacturers make some effort to balance their engines. Harley uses a radial 5 cylinder with 3 of the cylinders chopped off. Just look at the bank angle, in what way does that make any sense?

Its a very nice bike, but the power figure seems rather low. Not in any realistic sense mind you, its clearly a mind melting sort of power there, but liter bikes have been pushing close to 200hp with a sub 400lbs dry weight for close to a decade. I always thought race bikes were in the 260-280 range weighing around…

The more of these I see, the more I suspect that the danger to pilots presented by lasers is somewhat overrated. Does anyone know of a crash/near crash caused by handheld laser?

So how long before those are used on US troops?

My e90 had a comfort access option, a capacitive sensor in the handle that allowed for unlocking without having to get out the keys. This system would always go nuts when I was washing it, as it thought water or brushes were touches (Even if it didn't registered actual touches half the time)

Well sure, but can a reasonably fit person get a buggy up there?

If they are going to grow cars in arbitrary boxes, they might as well make the boxes more interesting. Next year, cars should be powered by a 49 degree V7, follow a trike configuration with one front and two back wheels, and only the front wheel can be driven. There, that should be interesting to watch.

What other manufacturer sat on a deadly recall for over a decade, knowing that people already died? For bonus points what other manufacturer has recalled more cars than they made over a 6 year period? Sorry dude, looks like GM is in a league of its own.

Why the trellis frame, when you can get more from a hydroformed unit? Is it just for looks?

Dude, GM made a safety system that didn't function as designed. That is not in question. Now people can argue all they want about who was responsible for those deaths, and it will never change the fact that GM designed and built a bad safety system, knew about it, and did nothing to fix the problem for a decade. So…

The ignition switches were broken by alcohol?