Clearly with that hp/l it is the most technically advanced engine in the world. Ferrari could learn a thing or seven.

Exactly correct, but since high torque at low rpm also translates into higher horsepower at low rpm, the Buick engine could have twice the horsepower at the same low rpms. Which means that you do not need to thrash engines to enjoy it.

Bueller, not hp/l tells you nothing to do with the tuning, unless it is the same engine, then it is simpler just to say one has more horsepower.

Since Hp/l is not meaning full for any engine, saying that it is not as meaningful is redundant.

The real reason is that Le Mans costs close to one tenth what a top flight F1 program cost. Think of the billions that Honda and Toyota spent in F1 with very little to show for it. For significantly less Audi gets to dominate Le Mans and gets to market diesel engines, which make up a large part of their sales in…

Mark my words, the hybrid system will power the front wheels. Hence the wide front wheels. Also, will include bonus Quattro branding that Audi will kill for.

@Turbo60640: The difference is that Chicago is prepared for snow, Seattle is not. I have never experienced ice this bad in Chicago and Chicago does not have the hills.

@SpdstrME07001: Most ABS systems look not only at the difference in wheel speeds, but it also looks at the rate of change of the wheel speed. This gets around locking all four wheels and thinking that the car has stopped. This works fine at 60mph, but it does not work well below 10mph.

@SinDonor2: I am from the midwest and spent from the ages of 16 to 24 driving in the snow. I worked from home yesterday, not because I could not drive in the conditions. I made it about 1/3 of the way through my commute and turned around, simply because of the other drivers. Watch the videos, you are at the mercy…

@Ryan Hoekenga: Well it is same orange that Lamborghini used, so it should.

@Chaparral: Also another great book by the co-author of this book is "Chevrolet Racing: 14 Years of Raucous Silence! 1957-1970" This details the years of Cheverolet R&D when they went around the GM's ban on racing and be the most advanced racing technology institution at the time (really the data acquisition,…

One more great annecdote from the book.

@Van Sarockin, rogue trebuchet: You can also have a frame made from fine Corinthian leather. It has some advantages, such as being able to use fine Corinthian leather as much as possible.

@RäcinG73™: Fan for air cooling.

@sharkd: I think it was probably more common back in Donohue's era, than it is now. Then you had other engineers like Jim Hall and kindof in Jack Brabham (I do not remember if he ever got his formal degree) and probably a bunch of other lower level drivers. This was probably due to so many engineers making their own…

One of my favorite stories from the book is the Porsche engineers not believing that the McLarens used a monocoque. They thought the space frame was hidden under the aluminum panels.

@hobocline: Yes, in fact it is even colder, sometimes lower than -65F. This test is to simulate an airline landing a plane in extreme cold and letting it cold soak. Then turning it back on and doing other things that happen on the ground.

@boot shrew: Your cell phone probably has more computing power than the saturn V, the command module, and the lunar lander combined. Except that you can not ride your cell phone to the moon, although gizmodo may have missed that feature during the tear down of the new iphone.

@MikeofLA: The concept behind idrive was good. These cars have so many features that it is a great way to reduce the amount buttons and other controls.

@Shift5G: It is just a ridiculous amount of steps to change simple things, not that the steps are difficult to figure out. It made lots of sense for things like changing how long lights stay on after the key is removed and other things that are not normal everyday controls. But really, why could they not leave…