this isn’t an environmental issue. Mercedes Benz realized 10s of thousands of EDM (euro market) models were being brought to America and sold as grey-market cars and wanted to stop having their US dealers suffer from lost sales. The 25 year ban is NOT environmentally-related as the EPA would like to make you think…
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A CVT with higher-torque applications and the best software. That’s the ultimate answer. Until then, I would say we just continue to approach infinite gears until stuff starts breaking.
Most jalops have the opposite problem. We get rid of newer, more expensive, reliable cars, for older, cheaper cars that need more attention.
Impossibru!
My 1998 Subaru Outback had this... minus the smartphone thing, obviously. Dunno why it isn’t standard on ALL cars.
It was about time.
We have less tracks than before, but plenty of them still to go racing at. Also we have an event almost every weekend to get your speed fix. What the article failed to mention is that this piece of trash did not have a valid license, it was revoked for previous reckless driving offenses. Hence the murder charge I…
I present you: the swiss Monteverdi Safari, which was based on the International Harvester Scout..a few hundred of them were built between 1976 and 1982