I drive an STI. But most buyers (even WRX buyers) aren’t savvy on the difference between a TMIC and FMIC. 

The Ascent only makes 10hp less than the WRX. It’s really not that different. 

I doubt it. As my post above notes, it’s cheaper from an assembly/packaging perspective. You just drop the whole assembled engine at once rather than having to connect intercooler plumbing on a chassis-mounted unit. They don’t actually need a scoop for the TMIC (cars like the Ascent use a TMIC fed under the hood).…

BMW’s sales growth basically matched the automotive market growth generally. This monstrosity wasn’t a significant part of it. 

Hood scoops are mostly for top-mount intercoolers. The top-mount makes some functional sense for something like a rally car where a low-slung front mount intercooler is likely to be damaged. Rally racing was the first racing series where street-like vehicles embraced turbocharging and a lot of the earlier turbo cars…

I’m talking replacing only the bulbs in just the tail lights. You don’t really have to worry about “good light projection” for a tail light. You do need an LED-specific lens in headlights.

Engage with what I wrote, not with what you imagine I wrote. I already said I categorically will not purchase a Tesla because of Musk. He can go straight to hell. I don’t need or want his approval.

It’s about $8,000 overpriced. Other companies sell LED headlight conversion kits with lenses (i.e. Holly retrobight) for around $400 a pair. Maybe be charitable and say the custom housings for the rear could fairly add $1,000. But LED-specific lenses aren’t really that necessary for tail lights. You could just as…

I’d rather just have a new V60 Polestar with a full warranty. 

Weird talk coming from a car enthusiast site comment. I do drive on the track, but HPDE is not racing. It’s just driving fast in a safe and sanctioned forum.

Find me a compact sedan EV (no lift kits, no plastic cladding, no SUV-style hatch back) that runs the 1/4 mile in under 12 seconds and costs less than $50k (post tax credits). I’ll wait... 

Curious how much this was rated for or what the expected use case was. Seems like a fairly light duty truck for hauling things that truly need a crane.

In many ways they are still market leaders in the EV space (at least setting aside the Cybertruck). There’s still nothing quite like the Model 3 Performance anywhere else in the market. I can see why someone would want to buy a Tesla setting aside the CEO. 

Minor quibble, but it wasn’t just soldiers who participated in the Nazi crimes. Much of the Holocaust was carried out by local police forces, and plenty of people who weren’t in uniform did things like turn in neighbors for being Jewish/gay/communist/or other class targeted for extermination.

I don’t think it’s asking too much to say you should evaluate any 50 year old car in good condition rather than a barely running rust bucket. Any car that is 20+ years old will only be a joy to drive if it has been well-maintained. I wouldn’t say “most of them” are poorly maintained any more than most vintage cars…

Hybrids don’t solve the problem, in fact in many ways they compound it. Alfa needs to have a bit of romance to it. The old school twin cam engines and wailing Busso v6 had that. The Giulia Quad tried to revive it. But what does a plug-in hybrid do other than save you gas on your daily commute? That’s great for a…

I’m a Millenial who owns two classic Alfas. I’d argue anybody who says they were “garbage cars” hasn’t actually driven a good example condition example from their heyday (really Mid 1960s-early 1970s). They are truly lovely to drive in a way that modern cars can’t replicate. Not saying I’d want to daily drive mine,…

People keep citing this article, but I’d argue it really isn’t at all representative of Alfa Romeo today. There is no question that the early production 2017 Giulia Quads had significant issues. They were first production examples of a clean sheet design with what was almost essentially a new manufacturer (Alfa having…

The EV charging network is getting better and better, and companies that actually pay attention to things like charging (Lucid, Porsche, Hyundai) are offering cars that will only slow down the “pee in a cup” crowd on road trips.

This isn’t an F1 gearbox 360 with 90% worn clutches and a stack of deferred maintenance and other assorted hidden issues passed off to some unsuspecting rube wide-eyed about the prospect of owning a Ferrari. This is basically a barn find restoration job. Nobody is buying a car like this unaware that it needs basically…