honestly, a cross over I would consider buying. This is the first one to look good in my opinion, it looks like the first gen murano/fx35 with refinement in all the right areas. The powertrain still scares the shit out of me long term, but other than that, color me interested.
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Yes, but do you think Mclaren would have a successful road car program, ofsetting that massive red zone in the balance sheet, if it weren’t for Mr Dennis as chairman and CEO? Now I can see if they were still only a race team giving him the boot, running in the teens and deep into the red, when it all comes down to it…
honestly, i wish it was a documentary, like Rush. Keep the hollywood fabricated story out of it.
True, just look at the fall out of RB and Renault, a lot of their struggles while using the renault powerplant has been pointed to packaging issues.
I cannot imagine that much, compared to the lucrative other businesses Dennis has cemented. There’s an old adage that eludes to something along the lines of “if ferrari sucks in F1, the road cars are excellent, if they’re dominant, the road cars suffer”
Right, but as an investor, isn’t the end goal to make money? constructors championships pay out decent purses, but road cars and the tech side have to generate more revenue right?
What a shame, and clearly the investors are misguided and short sighted. While the core business of Mclaren has always been racing, I feel like they’re greatly overlooking the successes Dennis has had with the company in recent years, outside of the race team. Look at the cars released and their excellent sales…
I can only imagine what the maintenence schedule is going to be for one of these. Ferrari derrived 2.9l twin turbo, sounds like a recipe for 5k major service intervals. People get all huffy and puffy about the e46m3 needing valve adjustments every 25k mi or so, i can only imagine what this thing is going to need the…
55km would be outside of that prohibition, i’m semi familiar with Transport Canada’s regulations, while more restrictive than FAA part 107, the rules are essentially the same, stay under 400ft AGL, 5NM away from airports, respect all airspace regulations, etc. I remain skeptical it actually was a drone until further…
Curious, was the altitude reported MSL or AGL (mean sea level or Above ground level?) if AGL, its possible the operator was on a mountain top operating legally, however given my little knowledge of toronto, I do not believe there is anything high enough within 55km that would keep the operator legal.
Yes, they’re good up to about 10,000 ft MSL depending on density altitude before the props run out of efficient lift.
THANKS TRUMP.
E46 m3 is the best option.
Secondly, what implication does this have for Tesla, who makes a lot of their money with carbon credits? If there is no incentive to reduce output or offset carbon output from the fleet of vehicles, what point is there to MFG’s to purchase said credits?
Does it really matter? Even if he removes the federal requirements, California, America’s largest auto purchaser will still be enforcing CARB standards, and you can bet that if Trump relaxes federal requirements, CARB will enact to uphold them. I suppose we could see manufacturers make “california specials” again, but…
id like to know how the wolf ( hyena? ) is FWD but the dog is rwd? the land/sea animals are tough, because they’re better performers in water and typically rear powered in water.
damnit, why are all the good ones taken!
Step to the side Sabine, I think I have a new automotive love. I assume she is Sam’s daughter?
You do know MFG’s run the engines to full throttle prior to shipping correct?