They did that later, and it was somehow even worse:

Styling-wise, I actually liked the Reatta when it came out. I think they even had the first touch screen control panel in a production car.

It’s a “predicted reliability score.” It is a guesstimate based on other products from the manufacturer. It’s as close as one car get under the circumstances. It’s hardly stupid and it is hardly definitive hence the word “predicted.”

Oh, good grief. The kid will go back to sleep. It is not everyday you get to hear an engine like this. Live a little and enjoy it. And yes, I am a dad too.

You’re awfully proud of being a dick to your neighbors.

Some cars, yeah. Especially older ones. But even the factory manual in my ’05 Acura says “do not idle the car to warm it up, it is designed to be driven off immediately.”

The only reason I remember this car:

Comments like this are a waste of space. Less whiny comments, please!

no

...my recent beef...

At least they agreed to a court ordered buyback, so now I fly an X-Wing.

Unless of course, and this is ground breaking... we don’t actually see the engines but we see engine exhausts. It can still have two ion engines then!

To be fair the original TIE Advanced model from Lucasfilms has 4 ion engines:

Unfortunately it’s powered by diesel and has 3 open recalls on it.

the ‘TIE’ in TIE fighter stands for “Twin Ion Engine”. That design has between 1 and 5 engines, I can’t really tell. Therefore it cannot be a TIE fighter.

The circle-hexagon thing in the middle of the rear of TIEs are solar ionization reactors, not engines, and it’s a constant mistake made by SW fan artists. Their engines are the pair tiny red dots to either side. TIE = twin ion engine. Nonetheless it is great art.

They probably realized how idiotic their blocked off exhaust tip finishers looked.

Audi typically reserve the 4.0T V8 for the S6/7

Definitely not a dubious benefit, greatly enhances the stability and agility of the car. Also not a ton of added complexity.

That’s like asking why we need both the A4 and the A6