I'm going to start with cost, because this is the single most common misconception about the entire shipping process. Here's the problem: if I, in Philadelphia, ship a rather large package to you, in Washington, D.C. — a distance of roughly 222 miles — this will be something like fifty bucks. If I ship a motorcycle to…

Sure. But that last point speaks to how Akerson still has no clue about the fundamentals of the car business. In the case of infotainment, automakers like to control /all the things/. They're not fond of giving up anything to anybody in the pursuit of marketing, branding, and the perception that they're offering…

You must have failed physics huh? Torque will multiply through gears but power will not. 1000 hp through 4.00 gears will still be 1000 hp (minus drag) but torque will be 4 times higher at the output than the input.

Actually it's closer to 8000 lb-ft in first gear. Torque figures are usually quoted at the crank, transmissions and axles are torque multiplication devices.

Yup, with a 2.26 1st gear ratio and a 3.55 axle ratio this Viper has a 1st gear drive ratio of 8:1. So, with 973 lb-ft at the crank it's sending nearly 8000 lb-ft to the wheels.

This car has bodywork that extends to the outside of the wheel at all 4 corners and at the sidepods to prevent the cars from overlapping wheels and launching into the air. This is a fairly unique requirement as far as open-wheel racing goes but Indy has many races at 200 mph speedways which tends to bunch cars up at…

My point still stands that GM should have been less focused on losing money making "lifestyle" vehicles and more focused on improving their core products.

Yes it's a monstrosity. It's big, heavy, and slow without offering any of the utility typically found in a vehicle with those characteristics. For perspective, it is 800 pounds heavier than the 2015 Colorado with less payload capacity and a half-ton less towing capacity. It's also slower to 60 than the current…

Again with the pulling shit out of your ass. The Maloo trim makes 420 hp, same as the Chevy SS with which it shares a platform. It also costs as much as a Corvette and represents a very small fraction of sales. There was an LSA powered Maloo GTS but they only made 250 of them. The Omega, which is the work truck…

extremely front heavy cars designed to slip their ass out on pavement

Always reminds me of this guy.

The Charger's fuel tank weighs a touch over 100 pounds fully loaded. The Tesla's fuel tank weighs 1000 pounds all the time, not counting all of the battery armor.

I drove an el camino for years in the D.C. area and it was fine in 1-2" of snow on all seasons. With sandbags and winter tires it would have been fine in the snow.

They made this monstrosity for four years and gave it 400 rwd horsepower. They should have just made an el camino.

UGH. Modern corporations - Making America weak.

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I just built a GT4 with metallic paint, black painted wheels, full leather, lightweight bucket seats, bi-xenons, and sport chrono. That's it and the delivered price is $95,350. Get rid of the cosmetic items and leather and it's $92,865 with just performance options. PCCBs would put that right at $100k with just…

The business case usually demands an easy mode transmission to stay viable. Look at what's happening to the Viper. The PDK appeals to casual buyers and people who's left leg doesn't work as well as they would like it to. It would be awesome for racing too, I imagine a GT4 cup will be started up at some point.

Rear-engine base model 350 hp Carrera vs mid-engine hardcore 385 hp GT4 Cayman. Either is $84,000. For most readers of this site who can afford it that would be a very easy choice.

The GT3 is made to go as fast as possible at all costs in any conditions. The GT4 seems to be focused more on rewarding driver skill.