It’s not AWD :-(

I have a strong feeling this motor will not be supercharged. They’ve gone to turbos.

I know more about this than you realize.

At most. I bet it’ll be using the Grand Cherokee driveline or something very similar.

People don’t realise how hard that design is being pushed at 707. It’s going to need serious internal upgrades to make more power under warranty.

Their customer base is not interested. Have you seen their ads?

I sure hope they upgraded the connecting rod bolts. Warranty birdies tell me things.

Some great angles in here. I change my wallpaper based on which OEM I’m visiting that day. It’s nice to keep it current, people notice little things like that.

I took a girl out in my W115 Mercedes Diesel. Waxed the hell out if it, the car was super clean. Her only comments were “It’s slow” and “Does it normally sound like that”.

Girls are not into 40 year old German diesel, who knew?

‘79 seals back fine and 2017 manically NVH driven seals back fine are very different things.

It’s a great system for time time period. It was not worth enginerring a brand new state of the art ECU when you can modify an existing proven design, such is the German way. I’ve owned several. They are not problematic engines. They’ll leak like anything but they’re not the disaster people make them out to be.

Which…

No, that means it made more power than advertised from the factory. Drivetrain losses are going to remain nearly identical across the life of a vehicle.

By definition the Ducati Multistrada 950 is excess.

Have you actually had a chance to study both in person?

Direct injection gives you much better anti lag control. It’s still not kind to the turbo but with modern diesel inspired materials they’ll survive longer than you realize.

Really?

The Miata has clean tight curves, the Fiat was clearly designed after the fact, it’s a bit blobby without the classic clean Italian lines.

In person it’s an easy call.

It’s called Michigan. Now factor in living in Metro Detroit.

Insurance is ridiculous here but I don’t know how you came up with that 5k figure.

You need to factor in insurance, that drops it to around $1,050 a month. That puts you in the 80-90k range. Also you need to remember those leases ask for substantial money down (7-10k) so you need to adjust your pricing accordingly to compare.

This plan is not for people like you.

If you’re an executive salesman you’re driving 25k miles a year, picking up upper managment and entertaining them. You save $150 a month on insurance $20-40 a month in tires, maybe another $20 in oil changes and with free detailing that could save you up to $200-400 a month.

Even…

We’re still talking about cars, right?