That’s because today’s turbo 4's and 6 cylinder cars are outperforming the “cheap V8s” from the 1960s “Golden Era” of cheap speed all the way up to the 1990s and early 2000s V8s. Today’s V8 cars are approaching and exceeding supercar levels of power AND performance of supercars from the 90s and early 2000s.

I can’t speak from personal experience, but I believe your last statement is true to some extent. I know of friends in Michigan who have arrangements with their local tire shops where the shop stores their off-season tires. When they make their appointment to switch tires the shop can arrange to have their tires…

I would imagine that Michigan winter weather is more consistently cold than in Kentucky. We definitely get a lot more rain than snow in the winter and usually hover around 45-50°F. Most of the time when we do get snow it is accompanied by a layer of ice. Having AWD really does help keep the car more stable than FWD or…

In the same way that summer tires lose effectiveness in cooler weather, snow tires lose effectiveness in warmer weather. Where I live the typical winter temperatures hover in the too warm for winter tires (~45°F) range, however it’s not uncommon to get several bad snow storm events or freezes over the course of the…

It’s probably tuned more for emissions and a broader torque curve than your 24 year old Honda.

Generally speaking, the EU is not very friendly towards manufacturing companies which makes it very difficult to make a profit. I work for a European based company, and even though there are more people working in Europe than the US the US side of the company keeps the European side of the company afloat.

Thinking which one looks better inside and out is completely subjective, and I can easily see why people would think both ways. I just wanted to state that the digital gauges, magnaride, and active exhaust are not segment firsts. The Camaro had active exhaust on the SS and ZL1 models starting the 2012 MY. That…

You are talking about features that Camaro has had for a few years now...

GM advertised the same features with the 10 speed in the ZL1.

Do you have anymore pictures of what appears to be a Factory Five GTM?

This makes me ask if electric cars going more mainstream actually save amateur racing. It seems that many race tracks in this country are being shut down because the cities eventually grew up and around the tracks, neighbors complained, and the track got shut down or heavily restricted on noise. Could electric cars be…

It’s probably cooling the intercooler fluid which is used to cool the intake air. You can “pre-chill” the water to allow for cooler intake temps coming off the line. You won’t be running the A/C during the run so the intake temps will start to creep back up as you finish the run.

Actually I believe that the cooling is directed to the intercooler. Supercharging (or turbocharging) heats up air as it is compressed due to the laws of physics. Intercoolers are utilized to cool that air back down to make it more dense when it enters the engine which ultimately allows for the supercharger to push…

The same can be said for any kind of racing out there. You can build almost any chassis to be capable for any kind of track event. However, there are factory cars also built for those types of events as well. People don’t complain when Subaru builds the STI or Ford builds the Raptor. Why do people complain when Dodge…

The Challenger is a large car. I bet it can fit a LOT of groceries in the trunk.

You need to consider the chassis as well. Current car chassis are designed around having combustion engines, transmissions, exhaust tunnels, fuel tanks, radiators, etc. Tesla chassis are designed from the ground up for batteries and electric motors which allows for much more efficient packaging, operation, andw eight…

So let me get this strait. The Bolt is not sold in every state yet and is slated by the manufacturer as being on track in terms of sales and production. However, it is claimed as being an utter failure by the press before it even finishes its rollout. This is similar to automotive journalists calling the Chevy SS a…

They get the information from state registration records.

You do realize that every corporation uses lobbyists to some extent. Lobbying is completely legal, and a business could be sued by the shareholders for not trying to protect itself if it refuses to lobby for or against government action. Lobbying is also used to educate the politicians who are drafting and passing…

I actually passed one of those on I-65 South last weekend. Coming up from the back it looked like a Heavy/Super Duty truck due to the bed, but then I did a double take as I passed it.