“Regardless, the 10-speed created an even more gradual transition between gears to that would allow the engine to be more efficient, smooth, even faster”

We had these for our work vans for awhile.  I would not buy one at any price.  Super buzzy on the highway, terrible acceleration with any weight in the back (and it is a van there is always weight in the back), and always in the shop for something-usually to do with the cooling system.  ND.

True but the Cougar has a grill over the taillights for some reason and that makes it cooler

Late 60's Mercury Cougar with those sweet sequential turn signals that are now commonplace on mustangs:

That could be because Chevy lumps the sales of the Bolt and the Bolt EUV together as one model, even though they are separate models in my opinion. Of course your sales are going to increase when you introduce a new model and lump the sales together with a separate model.  GM does the same thing with the…

“(or 7.3 if you go for the 720S Spider with its power-retractable hardtop).”

The Bolt was doomed from the moment they recalled every one of them due to a fire causing defect in 2021. When I googled Bolt the first dropdown was “Bolt Recall”. I’m not going to say that it is fair because I’m sure it is a decent car, but public perception on a relatively new model with no cache is everything. It…

As a former owner of a C4 100cs, these are amazing cars.  They were very ahead of their time in that competitors were just putting larger V8's while Audi stuck to what they knew, making an I5 turbo engine and AWD- although Audi later went V8 as well.  I miss mine and would love to have this in my stable if I could.

Honestly sounds kind of nice.  All the hard work is already done and maybe you get to pick out your spot.

Was there froth around the mouth and nostrils? Apparently that’s the tell-tale

I think you described most people. When the range of EV’s was super limited the argument was always “well the average commute is X so you don’t need that much range”. People who own plug in hybrid’s could feasibly do most of their driving on full electric and really only use the ICE when going on long trips. IMO plug…

I’m down to write a script for a cruise ship based mystery.  What’s Daniel Craig up to these days?  This has Knives Out all over it.

I don’t know what it takes to be a large sedan, I’m guessing it’s an F150 now.

2023 Honda Accord:

That 2.0T certainly has more on the table.  Some people think they turn down the power through 1st and 2nd to save the powertrain.  I certainly know they can get over 300hp out of it if they wanted.  I really think with a beefed up trans and wider tires they could handle an Si Type R.

Kind of competitors in that they are both large sedans, Honda Accord and Dodge Charger:

It is Tesla, there will definitely be more flogging.

I’m getting around 29 mpg in my ‘13 Mazda CX-5 FWD grand touring 2.5L with 50 more horsepower than this engine and more weight. 28-32 mpg is pathetic.

Yes, there is a place for automation and it is one where there is low risk of failure and harsh conditions that would not be easy for human labor.  Anything where there is existing power, or water lines, or anything that is super variable.  If the task is just dig a new hole in the ground that has been x-rayed and…

Nash Metropolitan: