Had one of these traded in when I worked at a dealer. I had to explain to the used car manager it wasn’t a Z06. He was about to waste quite a bit of money all because the owner put a Z06 badge and wheels on an FRC.

Road and Track has a nice article on it. http://www.roadandtrack.com/motorsports/news/a31697/cadillac-dpi-v-r-exclusive-photos/

5th gear: Forcing a phone to be locked when connected to an in car system would cause more harm than good. People would simply stop connecting their phone to the cars systems.

Racing is not necessarily about going fast, but about crossing the finish line first. In this case the finish line is the championship and Hamilton did whatever he needed to try and win.

From what I’ve seen, only if they tried it twice (not sure how that would happen). The first time it’s just holding calls, but if they try it again, obviously something isn’t right.

I completely agree with you. The Ram branding is horrible. I think the grill is the difference between being the best looking truck on the market and the Ford being the best looking truck.

So the Detroit suburbs get another abandoned stadium! More place to park extra cars.

Safe guess is q4 2016. Q3 at the earliest. The hard part is getting the all new Giulia here, and now that that’s done the Stelvio shouldn’t be far behind.

It’s really not. The middle seats DO NOT fold into the floor. The 3rd row still folds as normal. Check your notifications and stop spreading incorrect information please.

I’ve heard about $5k. When I worked at a Mercedes dealer, the first edition S-coupe we sold actually hit a deer and needed a new headlamp. It didn’t take as long to get one as I was expecting.

So an S650... I’m assuming it’s the S65 engine but in a more luxurious tune. That and those awesome wheels are about the only interesting things here.

But you can still buy a Pacifica with none of the bells and whistles and it still comes in cheaper than any other minivan on the market.

Keep in mind everything you mentioned about why you want the cheaper car is optional. The Pacifica has a more advanced chassis and power train, with far better safety and security than the relatively ancient Grand Caravan design. That alone is why it’s worth the premium base price.

2nd Gear:

Sergio says “you’re welcome”

I really like Mazda’s solution. It’s both a touch screen and a controller. So for tasks like entering so address you can he the screen, but for just changing a radio station, the controller works great.

So we’re no better than any other country.

Have you seen a Hellcat engine outside the vehicle? The engine is absolutely massive. The 6.4 is pretty comparably sized to the 5.7 btw.

So Sergio will be 2 years removed as CEO from FCA by the time those cars come to market. Al he’s focused on right now is keeping the Jeep and Ram cash flowing and opening the tap on Alfa. That way in 2 years when he retires, FCA can be sold to a Chinese automaker looking to get into the American market and Sergio…

The bulging hood on a 300 would certainly be something. Up next: John Varvatos Hellcat.