There are no cars commercially available that are true steer by wire. Many people are confused becaues there are many cars with throttle by wire and / or electric power steering, but there is always a mechanical linkage attached to some sort of steering gear. Stability control, however, may be able to affect steering…

Trying to figure out why you're talking about 5 - are you comparing two vehicles, an ICE vehicle and an electric vehicle with a battery that weighs as much as the ICE vehicle's gas?

in regard to 2 - if you're talking energy density, sure, but the ICE is 15-20% efficient steady state while the electric motor is ~98% efficient. Add in driveline efficiency (most electric have limited to no gearboxes) and regeneration, and you suddenly need a lot more than 1 gallon of gas to match a 660 lb battery.

There was nothing specially in your article that suggested political bias except for the intense dislike of the technology, which is usually associated with a bias. People who drive supercars subsidize the development of composite vehicle technology, people who buy Cayennes subsidize Porsche Carrera GT2/3's. There's…

Most of what you're saying sounds circumstantial at best. Way to point out one of the stupidest hybrids on the market (CRZ) and compare it against one of the most frugal gas cars. Yeah - I'll agree and say electric cars don't work in the mid-west, but there are an awful lot of people living in and within 10 miles of…

Or even a '90s Roadmaster / Caprice wagon. Mine had a solid rear axle in addition to body on frame construction. From what I can tell, the Expedition has had IRS since 2003.

This isn't a very good rule, but it seems like recently - when a car has a sedan and a wagon or hatch variant - the hatchback is usually a good bit shorter than the sedan, while the wagon is about the same length as the sedan.

Hrmm, while it's not normally an issue to lower a car with an independent rear suspension - I thought cars with live-axles like the Mustang have the entire differential assembly move with the suspension. If the vehicle is designed to run the u-joints with no angle when sitting flat at the stock suspension height, even…

That is standard procedure for any double turn lane in Houston (in fact, all drivers will simply turn into the farthest lane possible, regardless of whatever is presently occupying that lane, in any scenario).

I'd be in for a new Saab for 4 figures. Also, total production on the 9-4x was 147 units? Eh, even the uber-rare factor isn't worth putting up with a non-warrantied Sweedish car with absolutely no parts support.

You'd think that with over 500 hp out of a twin turbo v8, the Alpina B6 would be faster than a 10 year old S54 M Roadster with 'only' 6 cylinders and no turbines.

For my lady, only one car will do. I do kinda wish she didn't have a thing for the most expensive American cars from the '50s, though.

I'd pay that much for a similar condition 323i with euro bumpers, but a stock m10 / 4 speed with diving boards isn't worth that kind of money.

What's not exciting about a ~700cc automatic "crossover" that costs 2k more than an S1000rr?

I too have 'practiced' emergency engine off scenarious at highway speeds. The steering would have been fine if I hadn't turned the key all the way off, locking the steering wheel. At least I now know the difference between the kill position and key out position. On a side note, anyone know if push-button ignition cars…

If you assume that road degredation is closely linked to the load on that road (as is done in this article) - it would make sense that country roads, especially those that would not be used to commercial vehicles, would hold up a lot better than urban roads, or roads around heavily used highways.

I commute on a 200cc bike with 17 hp, 0-60 time is in the 13 second range. It may be biased a bit more toward low speed acceleration than this thing, but that performance is plenty sufficient to out-accelerate most commuters at a stop light and maneuver my way around sluggish traffic. Top speed is 70, though - which…

The Miata SNC thing isn't a big issue, my '90 has 195k miles without issue. You just have to torque the crank bolt properly when doing a timing belt change.

Understood, but using the picture of a production Toyota as well as describing the numbness and efficiency gains certainly led me to believe you were confusing one for the other. I don't think steering by wire will actually see production until self-driving cars see production as they're fairly intertwined…