Except I didn’t mention either the F20C or the B18C5.

“And you’re right”

Toyota GT86 makes 200-205hp from 2.0...

You are being goofy now. Trying to discount the plethora of engines that broke 90hp per liter over the last 25 years.

That’s not true though. Take for example a turbo car that has peak torque early, say 200 lb ft at 3000 RPM. It continues to make a bit of torque to red line, but drops off a bit from 200, say down to 161 lb ft at 6500 rpm. 161 x 6500 rpm / 5252 = 200hp

Right, but seeing all the data would be better and you can completely drop torque from the equation. HP at various points would be okay too (1500 RPM, 2500 RPM, 3500 RPM, etc) . Torque is only a useful number when taken into to consideration with RPM, which is exactly what HP is, applied torque.

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To be fair though, they did raise the redline to 7500 RPM (up from 6800 rpm) to get there though. The real feat here, is that Mazda has retained decent fuel economy while doing it, and has had to contend with tougher emissions restrictions.

The B18C1 in the Integra GS-R made 170hp from 1.8l in 1994

The B18C1 in the Integra GS-R made 170hp from 1.8l in 1994

TIL the Mazda2 is still kicking around as the Toyota Yaris on our shores! If you want a manual you will be relegated to the Sedan in L or LE trim....

On your A6/Q7 comparison, you are missing the fact that the lowest level of A6 All-road is a 3.0T “Premium Plus” trim. If you adjust for that fact:

As is mentioned in the article, the Mazda lags in that regard with other crossovers having closer to 40 with the seats up. However, it is 100% true that CUVs in general are not effectively more useful than their 5 door hatchback stablemates. If American’s didn’t dislike wagons so much we could easily be writing about…

Not to poke fun at you in particular, because I am guilty of being excited about it too, but 180hp out of 2.0 is such a sad “accomplishment” in 2020.

Thank you! People talk about torque all wrong imo. Peak Torque is a fairly meaningless figure. All cars should just come with HP curve graphs instead of Peak Tq and Peak HP figures. 

I agree, Mazda hit it out of the park on the Mazda3, Mazda6, CX-5, and ND Miata a few years back, but appear to have nowhere to go but down from there.

I doubt diesel goes anywhere until it stops being the primary source of fuel for Semi trucks. 

Galar. 

#COTD but, everybody knows that Subaru doesn’t give any FUCKS how much you want an STI edition. 

So how long can Mayor Pete dodge the facts put together by Michael and TYT? Forever? If someone confronted him with it on stage at a debate, would he give a straight answer?