The GT can return good mileage if you drive with economy in mind. My 07 GT would easily knock down 30 mpg on the highway and IIRC driven with economy in mind on the street I could get 15-17 mpg through a combination of start/stop at idle and 2nd gear starts plus short shifting so that I could hang the throttle open…

Well FCA was ahead of the curve when it killed sedans with Dodge which by thier admission are doing better than Ford and GM. Even when the carpocolypse comes down the people who actually have money ( you know boomers and generation persona non grata not broke ass millenials and gen Z ) are still brodozer and mini…

Im surprised they didnt go with a hybrid fuel injection setup. Both for emissions, power and durability reasons.

Iron is perfectly acceptable as a block material. It all depends on what the application calls for.

Oddly enough I know more men that can cook than women! 

Yeah I imagine the C8 will be an international car as well and even though a lot of people dig a big cube pushrod engine you still have intenders that go in for <air quote > hi-tech </air quote> powertrains. 

The glory years of the 2.73:1 ring & pinion will again be on us! And yes that was a thing with Ford back in the 80's and 90's with a four speed autotragic at least. IIRC 3.27 was the manual ring & pinion or maybe a bit less. 

Huh, I have a buddy that was stationed in Germany, his biggest complaint was the Germans were a bit sneaky with speed enforcement conversely stationed in Italy he said the enforcement zones are well marked and the prevailing attitude is “you know where they are at so if your dumb enough to speed in a marked zone you…

People can appreciate capitalism when its a healthy functioning system however there is nothing enviable about it now.

The mid engine Corvette should be getting a TT DOHC engine per the leaked engineering photos. 

“but modern DCTs are better than manuals in just about every way besides appeasing luddites. “

Not heresy at all.

heh!

GM has a seriously petrified boner for Ford.

This! Full size trucks are cartoonishly large these days!

Also if I may ask what’s the actual word on installing tires too wide for a set of rims - a lot of shit for brains love the “bulge” and ignore approved rim width ranges (and conversely the dick heads that love to stretch tires too narrow on a rim to wide).

Yeah only 305 fronts and 315 rears. I don't think the S550 body can accommodate anything wider without running into problems... well problems real engineers care about and not the hacks at  ROLLDEMFENDERLIPS tuner hut. 

2.75" dia exhaust pipe throughout. Same as the GT350

Naw - McLeod offered a clutch rated for 1000 hp and it had all the pedal pressure of a early 90's Honda Accord. I used to own a 2009 GT500 which had the clutch ripped right out of the FR500C racecars (was a 9.5 or 8.5“ DD unit IIRC but double disc none the less) after I cooked it in stop and go traffic (they really…

That’s why Ford put a DCT in there just in case you get a psycho that shifts mid corner.