The bill allocates $2 billion to incentivize semiconductor production specifically for the parts industry and automakers, who need it the most, especially for Michigan, home to GM, Ford and Stellantis, and a network of OEMs that provide parts to those automakers.

I’m not just talking about power modulation, but also suspension geometry and tuning. On a 200hp stock truck you can get away with whatever leaf springs and generic one-size-fits-all shocks that you want. But when you want to put down big power, everything is critical. You’re not hitting sub-4 second 0-60 with…

At these power levels, the suspension setup and traction control make a much bigger difference. I feel like the TRX has those absolutely nailed down, but it is still to be seen if Ford got it right in the Raptor R.

I have seen lots of these out in the wild and I am a bit underwhelmed by how tame and ordinary they look aside from the most expensive trims with the wider tires and fenders.

F-150 = 299k

I addressed the content of the article we’re commenting on. There’s a different article talking about the full list, you probably should have commented on that one if you wanted to talk about that list.

What? Of the top 10 most American made trucks in this list, 8 are in union-made plants.

Rumor on the forums is that it was a bad batch of valves. They’re tracking actual engine production dates and there seems to be some correlation there. Most of the engines that have gone seem to go before 5000 miles, so it’s not a small, lingering problem.

The Wrangler comment was kind of surprising, because a while back I decided that a city center is actually the BEST use case of a Wrangler. The two-door is shorter than a Focus ST and has a better turning radius. It’s got thick sidewalls and that “Trail-Rated” suspension to soak up any curb, pothole, or bicyclist in…

Closed captioning on the video was hilarious.

engineering team

It never seizes to amaze me

All this is to say that gasoline particulate filters are generally a pretty comprehensive solution: they’re inexpensive; they can limit nitrous oxide

Weirdly, I’ve driven bolt of these versions in anger. At one autocross I swapped cars with a friend that has a Saturn Ion Redline, the supercharged version. The steering was simultaneously some of the heaviest I’ve ever driven, and also the most numb. Combine that with the lack of LSD, and I had absolutely no concept…

Was a wish.com AI used to do the voice-to-text?

Is alphabet soup that much worse than the Subaru SunEarth?

Fixed it.

I bet the Bronco is actually worse. As was mentioned elsewhere, this list depends on the dealer actually listing the real price with ADM, which many many dealers don’t do. They’ll list MSRP and when you show up you get slapped with ADM.

It was odd seeing the ghost of Doug Demuro dredged up from 2016 to drive a few extra clicks.

Is it really 950kg?? That’s like 2100lbs. A track prepped Miata is like...2000-2200lbs. And the R8 is 20" longer and 10" wider than a Miata.