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That dashboard looks awful.

Lesson #1 in computer security: do not trust inputs from other sources.

I was thinking a 301 Turbo from an 80 Trans Am.... you know, the “lightweight” Pontiac V8.

As someone that owns Chevy and GMC trucks, I 100% agree. The entire GMC line has been a badge engineered lineup since at least the 80's.

It’s almost as if police chases at high speeds through urban areas are dangerous as hell, regardless of what is being driven by either the police or the person the police are chasing.

Noooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo

They also blew up their 2014 C7 Corvette.

if it still needs $230M to finish, then it’s technically $30M over budget.

I think you’ve missed the point.

Can we give an honorable mention to the slant 6? I always thought they sounded like crap and could never understand why people were like “inline sixes are so smoooooooth” when the only I6 I ever had heard was the leaning tower of power*.

You missed the point.

You don’t want this. You think you do, but you don’t.

wouldn’t driving TO Hawaii put you in the ocean, whereas driving THROUGH Hawaii is more likely to put you in a volcano?

My theory:

The Jenner version was named after Caitlyn Jenner, who was known as Bruce Jenner back then. The idea was to have 3 designs of various levels of, uh, let’s say “macho-ness.” Back then, Bruce Jenner was an Olympian, Ahhnold was known as Mr Olympia, and Rambo was, Rambo.

*excludes other GM products

car and driver, 1985 corvette

I agree - I don’t see a whole lot of actual engineering here.

I’m not saying he built it with supplies from Home Depot... but that was a previous sponsor of his...

Big, fast pickups are dumb, and I daily an non-Denali 6.2L Sierra (that’s the 403hp 2010 version)