@WOT: The losses from the mechanical torque to electrical energy and electrical energy back to mechanical toruqe conversions are incredibly minimal compared to the efficiency gains possible from only running the gasoline engine at one operating condition.

@DaddyRocket: Regenerative braking is a great way to get back energy that would otherwise just be converted to waste heat.

@zeeboid: No, that sounds profitable.

@zeeboid: That's because Saab is an interesting brand, made cool cars in the past, make at least one cool car now, and have the potential to make cool cars in the future.

@cobrajoe: Perhaps they realized that the Hummer brand and all of the IP it has is a bunch of worthless crap?

@rev_junkie: CSIT? I think you mean CTIS (central tire inflation system), and you can only get that on an H1, because of the portal gear reduction boxes at the wheel hubs, which allow you to pass a rotating air junction through them to the wheels.

@zeeboid: I know that I enjoy propping up automotive brands that don't make any sense OR any money.

@Van Sarockin, rogue trebuchet: Saab has lots of marketable brand history and general consumer goodwill. All Hummer has is the image it gets from AM General and the HMMWV, which is currently getting replaced by the armed forces.

I just want to know if all the people who think that Toyota deserves to die for making "biege" cars also thought that GM deserved to die for making 30 years of shit.

Goodbye and good riddance, ugly poseur-mobiles.

Just another Corvette-driving douchebag.

So, $1.6 million, and the best you can come up with is a run down GM's lineup? I don't wanna say fanboy, but...fanboy.

@SantaRita: Not a lot of torque required in a moto, so you can have an extremely short stroke so it can rev to high hell, and power delivery is a function of RPM. If you could somehow rev this engine up to 14,000 RPM, it'd probably make about double the power.

@rigidjunkie: There's way too much technology in these engines for a H-D anyways.

@duurtlang: Balance shafts and a large flywheel. It'll be fine.

@Brian: Now if they could just manage to turn a profit.

@Elhigh: Crushes the commie robots to the tune of a bronze medal? But, I guess if you're a GM fan, you're used to rooting for 3rd place.

"Suck it, Europe!" because GM can build a slower, cheaper car? Yeah, this is another real win for the General.

I want to know how they were able to increase power AND driveability so dramatically by ditching the VTGs. I wonder if it's just because the aftermarket hasn't caught up to VTG technology yet.

@AclockWorkApple, now with %25 more FREE!: Cost is a legitemate point. Simplicity is a point too. When you only have 1 cam, it's impossible for the cam timing to get fucked up relative to another camshaft.