Because at half of that 60mph they are producing a lot of downforce? With 200hp and ~500lb, you are certainly traction limited, even with AWD. Converting to metric because it’s easier, we have 150kW, 227kg, and let’s calculate at 30mph/13.4m/s where FSAE wings give some downforce (see recent competition results and…

Go west! I’ve seen a few here in Colorado Springs in the ~10 months (mostly winter) that I’ve lived here.

Toyota is aggressively moving to local (i.e. American) suppliers, not just for trucks, but cars too. Lots of U.S.-sourced parts.

Exactly.

Because of the irony. Tacos and Tundras are built in Texas, by Americans.

Along with the issues others mentioned (less spread, usually less mechanically efficient), there’s also a packaging limitation for FR layouts (where will the belt go?) as well as torque limitation — metal-belt CVTs use friction to transmit torque. Works okay for <200ft-lb, but >400ft-lb isn’t really achievable. Plus,…

“supper alloy turbine wheel” mmmmm

The urea-injected vehicles (later models) are still affected by Dieselgate, but your second sentence most certainly still holds true.

“one question on Chief Executive Officer Mike Flewitt’s mind is how to make an electric engine vibrate” Pretty sure that one’s been solved... can’t quite put my finger on it though...

BMW 3.0 CS in Florida. Guy runs a tire shop or something, wants a ridiculous amount of money for it, but hasn’t touched it in YEARS.

It’s actually going to be tuned pretty well... you may be surprised

FJ62 is serving winter duty right now, I drive the turbo e30 daily in the less snowy/salty months :)

I recently moved to Colorado Springs. I didn’t know Toyota even sold as many Land Cruisers as I’ve seen around here, of all generations. I myself have an FJ62 now. Something in the water, I suppose. Think of them as *much* more reliable Land Rovers/Range Rovers. Very capable, very comfortable (not that mine is…

*mandatory annual driver’s tests at all ages

Mane is correct. No braps with this one :(

I’m over 300k miles... it needs a lot of love, and it’s slow as hell at 6000ft elevation where I live... but I love it more every day. Also, so much space inside for a truck that isn’t enormous.

“...fraud investigators searched the company’s factories last week looking for evidence of diesel cheating.”

He was talking about the motorcycle.

AWD Sienna drifts wonderfully in the snow :)

Hey I have one of those! (almost):