I’ll miss the F-type.  It’s maintained its beauty and they shoved a supercharged V8 in it.  There were also several years it was available in manual.  I may pick up a used one with the supercharged V6 and the manual sometime down the road.

I just don’t see why a tech would want to work for Alfa. You would most likely be the only one certified for them and therefore be the sole source of repair. With the long leads for specialty order parts and even regular parts you would just have your bay filled with cars that you can’t fix. Also, if there’s not a lot…

Audi hasn’t made a stick shift car since 2019. BMW’s are becoming harder to find. Porsche and Cadillac are about it.

Having no mid tier engine between 280hp and 505hp seems like a miss. Like adding 80% power to the base spec is a pretty big gap. Overall I love these cars though and I wish Alfa the best but they are going to need more of a range to compete against Mercedes, BMW, and Audi which offer a model/trim for whatever you want.

It’s a good thing having a learners permit immediately forces you to obey all laws and not just continue running stop signs or driving recklessly.  I’ve never heard of anyone with a drivers license or permit operating a golf cart without following precisely the letter of the law. /S

An SL should never have a four cylinder.  Full stop.  That’s it.  Having your flagship car sound like marbles rolling around in a shopvac is not good for the brand.

I guess it depends what you mean by “balanced” from C&D:

Jumping in before someone else posts the AMC Eagle. The first full-time 4x4 car and the first American made car with 4x4. Possibly the first crossover vehicle if you want to call it that.  Could be had with the straight 6 and a manual.  What a beast.

We had a 2015 Hatchback 3 with the 2.0 and a 6 speed manual. Incredible car for a daily driver.  In almost any driving style the car would get over 35 mpg.  I usually got close to 40mpg.  Great handling, easy to use UI for audio, and plenty of room for stuff in the rear.  The only knock I can give it is it only made…

I think they were thinking about insurance fraud because this is too stupid to be anything else.

The weight of something at ground level is not the same when you put that thing 11' in the air. Yes you would pour concrete footings, or that you have to cut a huge hole in the asphalt, but it can only be in an area clear of utilities, comms, etc. you then need to remove the soil and asphalt that you cored and put it…

Have you seen how are government spends and uses their credit?  It’s not just individuals or corporations.

How long will it take for an iphone/android hack to start it without a key so those Kia boys can get more views on their tiktoks before crashing it.

I’m sure they will too, starting at $70k+

EV’s will start to have mass adoption when they can meet parity with their gas counterparts- 215hp/258 lb-ft., 5,093lbs., 233 miles range, starts at $56,225.  This ain’t that.

I think there’s a lot logistical stuff that is getting glossed over with this article.  The soil/pavement/substructure needs to be able to handle a large structure being placed on top, the area needs to not have high wind loads that would shear off the panels, there is inherently some risk of liability any time you…

DeMuro has a cease and desist letter drafted.

“cars running on e-fuels must be 100% carbon neutral”- if only they held battery manufacturing and electricity production to the same standard.

We had all kinds of lifts, 2 post electric lifts, single post hydraulic lifts, and an alignment rack which had built in lift points. Some cars you had to set up differently depending on what lift you were on. One of the biggest issues regardless of lift type was new people forgetting to switch off the air suspension…

The brakes are kind of debatable. While you won’t have to change them as often due to regenerative braking, when you do change them they may cost more as they have to stop a much larger vehicle and don’t have the cost savings of large production models.