It was likely the physical limitations of the platform. According to the web, Chrysler used the largest variant of Fiat’s Compact Wide platform. I suspect that the 200, though styled nicely, suffered from the sort of packaging compromises that made the last-gen Taurus such a cramped car.

I’m pretty sure the Juke’s system relied on electrical couplers that would direct torque to the rear in the event of slippage. There were two couplers, so you got torque vectoring, to a degree. A CVT is a handy way to control how that torque is apportioned, and I believe that without slippage the car is nominally FWD.…

In today’s dollars, the MkIV Supra was between $65K-$80K, depending on the year of production. It’s important not to focus too much on the power. Today’s 2-liter Supra is quicker to 60 than the MkIV, and for sure handles better.

Audi claimed the RS3 did 0-60 in 4.1 in 2017 and 3.9 in 2019. The car mags shattered that... 0-60 in 3.3 from C-D, 3.6 from Motor Trend. It could well be the same for this car.

Yeah, that’s a great question. I’m not sure Stellantis wants this sort of talk from a relatively minor business arm. Then again, having a brand do this that has no bearing on Stellantis’ U.S. business is probably not a terrible idea to generate enthusiasm for the kind of lower-cost BEV products Citroen is peddling.

Again, metric measurements had nothing to do with the demise of TRX... it was, as you pointed out, the fact that you had to use a specific, and eventually quite expensive, wheel-and-tire set.

Yes, I agree. And I also agree that a high seating position will likely trump some aerodynamic considerations... there’s a middle ground.

I also think he’s way off base, but he’s the CEO of Citroen, a brand that currently is supposed to be antiestablishment. He’s not naive, it’s a calculated incendiary comment. It’s also Euro-centric, or maybe global-minus-the-U.S. where Citroen does not do business and doesn’t care about our SUV market.

I didn’t see anything to suggest you can’t simply just keep refueling the rotary and thus continue charging the battery, a la i3, but given California’s rules I’m thinking the gas tank for the rotary will be very small.

Your stage 4 also costs a lot more than this one did. SQR sells a few “mild” tunes for Saab H-engines, maxing out at stage 4 with downpipe, IC upgrade and of course the remap.

The torque steer probably much better with the steering rack/subframe brace, even with the added power. I’ve driven Viggens with and without and it’s night and day. The Opel body was certainly not designed for this sort of power.

The wheels look like 18s. Correct should be 225/40/17 or 225/45/17. The original wheels were very soft so I’m not surprised they are gone.

Subframe brace and engine tune are standard fare in Viggenland. In fact, you would not want it without the subframe brace, particularly with the kind of power offered by the B235R. This looks like it has the sort of upgrades I would want to see in a Viggen, and these days you’ll be hard-pressed to find one without…

Fortunately for regulators there’s only one to worry about.

There was one of these street parked in SoHo for many years in the late aughts. The giveaway was the diplomat plates.

Lidar does not deal well with rain, snow, fog, dust, etc. While they operate on the same principal, radar and lidar offer very different functional outcomes. Tesla absolutely ditched lidar because of cost. A 64- or 128-channel lidar is quite pricey but the real issue is developing a system that can efficiently make…

The Crosstour will always be ahead of its time because the time when that level of ugly is acceptable will never arrive.

Not sure about the new Prius but the current one has about 10 cu ft advantage in rear cargo space, 27 vs 17. That’s quite a bit. The wheelbase is also 3" shorter on the Corolla—pretty much puts it in a different size class.

Just about the limit probably. The Prius C was less powerful than the Prius, as well as lighter and smaller, and yet couldn’t match the larger car’s efficiency.

There’s another reason to be skeptical of that claim. I’ve been shopping around for used i3s for some time now and the depreciation we once saw on limited-range EVs is mostly gone. In fact, some of them have gone up considerably in price since covid.