The video was entitled “Why does a Defender cost $70,000?”; its value has next to nothing to do with its off-road capabilities. Several commenters suggested that its off-road capabilities are why it costs $70,000 but they’re wrong; I can get a Wrangler off Craigslist with the same capabilities for like $8K.

I do seem to recall something along those lines, yes. The new ones are a bit strange as they continue to stiffen the frame (industry trends) and I think it moves the bends into new places, etc...

Beater? It’s my only functional car!

Yup. You all owe 50fridge a god damned apology.

Weren’t you guys bitching about how it’s only 50 lbs lighter than the M4 and way less powerful so “boo this car!” like, 2 months ago?

Lot of people say it was shitty, but I could find ways to have fun in a Smart Roadster.

It’s actually variable geometry nozzles - think almost every diesel in the past 10-15 years, the 997 Turbo, or the Shelby CSX VNT.

I think you are 100% correct, its the ideal power train. Flexible, compact, powerful, a true flex fuel engine.

I wanted to see if a DIY bose magnetic suspension was feasible, so I poked around to see how much power solenoids would need to draw to keep a car off the ground. I’m not sure how the power requirements of solenoids scale up, but I figured you’d need at least a few kilowatts per strut to keep the car level (as well as…

Electrical generation could resurrect both the automotive turbine engine and the Wankel.

Small turbine hooked to a generator would be awesome to have an extended range electric vehicle. That would work well in industrial applications as you have room for a bigger turbine motor.

All of them ( ._.)

In about 20 years I’m going to corner the market on C4 Cactus imports.

I think everyone realizes Volvo has been making forced induction cars for a while. Relax there, turbo. Also, they’re only bringing 200 to the states, so i don’t think anyone gives a shit whether they’re reliable or not.

I was hoping bernie would buy one with other peoples money, so my illegal alien friends and I could get half of it.

This is a Rankings list on Gawker Media, so am I supposed to become unreasonably angry and threaten your co-workers?

WHERE IS MY CACTUS?!

I’ll give it a pass seeings it sounds beyond saving. Good luck with the project.

I graduated from Auburn, flew against you guys in SAFECON. All kidding aside, I had a bunch of friends at Riddle.

I go there! Glad to see our relatively unknown school getting some publicity. I was actually involved in the club for a little while. Our two previous cars for EcoCar were a Malibu and a Chevy Captiva sport. Slightly less Jalop.