Yea between this and whole ships getting Norovirus I think I’ll skip cruises forever.

“though the Brothers claim the engine has been tuned to make “over 662 RWHP” — meaning an increase of at least one horsepower from the factory 662.”

Didn’t Ford dump a shit ton of money into QC? Where did all that go? Bronco roofs were leaking right at the start of production, Bronco Sports and Escapes had leaking fuel systems, cars were lighting themself on fire, and now we have back up cameras that fail.

True, they don’t want the tap of government money to get turned off. Always a good idea to diversify your portfolio- especially if your portfolio mainly consists of a finite resource.  Having the government subsidize you diversifying?  Even better.

Lol Nissan has become it’s own customer. I’ll offer them a high interest 10 year note on a Versa which they can use to deliver pizzas to get out of this debt.

Republicans are working so hard to dismantle what Richard Milhous Nixon worked so hard to create. Soon the EPA and OSHA will be in shambles.

You know what CEO’s and by proxy, stockbrokers enjoy? Stability. Having laws, mandates, and policies stay consistent allows you to more accurately predict cash layouts for large projects. Doing a complete 180 every 4 years makes it really hard to figure out where to spend money on long term investments.  You don’t…

I dunno the S38 can be really cool, the 2JZ is just an easy swap to get 150 more hp. I like when people tune up the S38 to 11.

This does sound like a James Bond villain plot.  I blame SPECTRE.

I just miss when ze Germans made stick wagons. A friend of ours had a 2000 something 528i wagon with a manual and basket weave rims and it was gorgeous.  RIP manual wagons.

What Acura really needs more of are hybrid models.  Lexus, Volvo, Mercedes, BMW, etc. all have tons of hybrid models to choose from.  At this point I’m not sure if Acura has any.

That was more for my basis of comparison as to why I’m going to keep my 5th gen 4Runner over this. Who knows maybe my kids kids will trade it in for this when the 4Runner gives up the ghost 50 years from now.

Well the DOHC is pretty much the only fail point because as stated the engine design/block is pretty solid. The fuel injectors have 50% higher pressure, there are cam phasers, and hydraulic lifters. Generally speaking those are good things but they also create question marks for reliability vs. the tried and true SOHC…

Is the DOHC V6 good? I really don’t know much about the reliability other than it kept the timing belt (not chain) with the 100k service interval. The 1GR (4.0 V6) in the 5th Gen 4Runner puts out less horsepower (270hp) but more torque (278lb.-ft.) and has a timing chain.

Seems pretty nice. The 4Runner still has that back rear window that goes down and D-rings on the floor for tie down points- which this does not have. Curious to see what the fuel economy looks like. I’ve also got concerns about the long term reliability of Honda’s DOHC V6 as the previous generation just had a massive…

Rust damage in the frame= automatic ND.  Add the wiring issues on top of that and we got a double ND.

The Charger SRT-8 would’ve been such a great car with the Challenger 6-speed.  I’m not even sure they’ve developed a manual trans in any model for the I6.  It would be also great in the Wrangler.

Absolutely.  The whole brand has been built around the HEMI for the last 20 years or so.  That is not an easy customer base to shift to EV’s.

It seemed absolutely crazy to me when they cancelled the beloved 300, Challenger, and Charger with no ICE replacement to directly follow. Stellantis put so much money into advertising the HEMI as a staple of their company and then abandoned their customers with nothing to replace it. The Daytona I6TT should’ve rolled…

That’s the great irony in all this.  He negotiated the USMCA deal which replaced NAFTA.  He literally has to repeal and replace his own trade deal to levy tariffs.  It would require congressional approval to dismantle the USMCA which he could probably get but then what?