My sister just bought a hatch version and really likes it. Yes, its an economical little car, but it is fairly roomy and pretty inexpensive. She got the CVT and I have not driven a CVT car since the old Subaru Justy. Not my favorite trannie, but it does respond to a heavy foot fairly well. The seat is actually pretty…

Definitely more functional for me Collin!

The compression ratio is similarly high, but both cycles achieve a very different goal. The Atkinson cycle allows less fill time in the cylinder thus having a smaller quantity of the air fuel mixture. The effective compression ratio is less than the stated ratio due to this. The extra efficiency comes from the…

The Atkinson cycle closes the intake valve early to lessen the cylinder fill, and then uses the extra compression ratio "Headroom" to allow more room for the power, or expansion cycle- thus extracting more useful work for the same amount of fuel.

Some of us go with the cueball look. lol

I think not. Convertibles are for those who enjoy their car and like their motorcycles too.

I think not. Convertibles are for those who enjoy their car and like their motorcycles too.

I agree, ridiculous!

GM will pay some large fine to the feds, just like Toyota did to make the unintended acceleration issue go away. Will the victims and their families get anything? The answer lies in what the victims of the alleged Toyota defect received imho.

Precedent in that tie rod ends for some Chevy Impalas were not covered due to being "Previous" GM.

GM will get a slap on the wrist and pay fines to the federal goobermint I suspect.

Still looking for the Easter bunny and the Corvair I suspect.

I have worked on pre 1965 and older Corvairs and the suspension was really a change in design, a virtual redesign imho. It surely made a huge difference in handling. I agree in that it should have been used a great deal more than it was. But of course road handling was not a high priority for most at the time. None…

This is WAY too cool. What a great job Alexander Zinin did. I am very impressed. Why no production version?

Mark, cannot get the link to work. Can you relist it please?

Chevy fixed the Corvair in 65 with a complete redesign of the rear suspension. It was not just one accident, but many, including one that paralyzed the child of a GM exec that prompted the redesign. GM was aware of the defect and listed inflation pressures to compensate for the snap oversteer. Only problem was…

Mercedes is cooking up a convertible version of this car. Talk about ending the game, slam dunking the ball and cooking the goose. I wonder if Lincoln will just quietly turn out the lights and go home to mama Ford to die quietly in bed. Too bad, for their four door Lincoln Continentals OWNED this market until the 1967…

Anybody think that GM will get any more than a few mere sanctions from this? A few million dollar fine and the news cycle will move on.

CLEAN UP IN AISLE ONE! How strong are these winds at Birmingham typically? Some of the corrections are pretty violent at that, lots of turbulence it seems.