Dodge Dart Rallye 1.4T. 160hp, and nearly 3300lbs! (3277lbs) to be exact, for the MT. That's about ~20lbs / hp. This is supposed to be their small, sporty car. It's a tub (and spec'd how you'd want to live with it, well north of $20k). The 2.0L NA makes even less and only weighs marginally less.
I've got a bottle of this squirreled away, bottle-conditioning for the last six months!
What seems to have happened was a Troxler 3440 Nuclear Density Gauge fell off the back of a truck travelling on I-81 somewhere between mile markers 17 and 24. That means it could be in West Virginia... or maybe Pennsylvania. The people who lost it aren't entirely sure.
I'm overflowing with sympathy. Stories about Chinese car wealth (or UAE car wealth, for that matter) always make me roll my eyes.
- Absolutely no smoking. I smoke occasionally, and I do it away from my ride. My car smells pretty much like the day I bought it, minus copious cancer-causing VOCs. I want to keep it that way.
It looks like these idiots got off easier than V8 Miata Fire Kid. Actually, Jalopnik should have an entire tag devoted to "How the heck did these idiots walk away from that?!" when in, near, or working on their rides.
Absolutely awful. But, fools get their just deserts. Save the racing for the track, and if that isn't enough, abandoned areas/lots away from any non-participants. Really unfortunate, but let it be a powerful lesson to anyone who thinks a highway or the like is the place to show off.
Amen to this. The Swedes, the Finns, the Germans, etc are all crazy-stringent with their requirements for licensing to operate any motor vehicle. And with good reason. Even if you're only driving around a subcompact, you're still responsible for managing a 2500+ lbs brick of alloys and steel that can and will maim…
Classic Alonso "Whats'amattayou?!" hands. Did he just get cut off by a Marussia?
Hey look, it's Joushima! :D When I finally get around to getting an S2000 next year, I think I'm going to feel like that for the first couple of weeks, as I tend to rest my hand on the shifter.
It's kind of a funny story in a way, like how the TV reporters and the parents treat the manual like some zany, anachronistic novelty. One of them even compares the car to the Model T, which is not correct at all. The fact that this is a news story at all is pretty ridiculous.
In before a slew of generally racist comm—-oh, wait. Too late. Though it's good that justice is served, I hate to break it to GM, but pretty much everyone has a leg up on them in terms of hybrid tech and regenerative braking. GM? They just have a leg up. The people freaking out the most about this (on here and…
I can certify that TGUK has indeed made my excrement resemble that which precedes finding a pot of gold.
Oh, man. That's rich. Like his A/F ratio, it looks like.
At least he'll have a nickname for the car when it's done...Flamin' Miata!
The Aveo is about as appealing as a vacation to a knitter's convention. Actually, I think I'd rather spend the pricetag of an Aveo on that. I don't even know how to knit...
The engine remains a 2.0-liter turbo four, but power has been bumped to 210 horsepower (220 with the performance pack) and 258 pound-feet of torque, and the car has a whole host of electronic goodies to keep those front wheels from going to crazy. The car is bigger than the MK6 but also lighter. Reviewers say…
It's just as well she didn't win; most people are unable to drive Ferraris without grossly underestimating their capabilities...
Ah, if only....
Thank you, Zac. Nailed it.