Rotaries are also smart as a range extender because they are very small for their power output, you want a small/light engine for range extension purposes. They can also be extremely efficient at specific RPMs, something that doesn’t happen when it has to drive the wheels since the RPM varies a lot when doing that,…

Not sure what trim of Elantra I had, but from what I recall it had essentially no arm rest/center console to speak of. It also had really weird throttle mapping, like 10% of the pedal gave you 100% of the beans. It made me think when I first got in that maybe it wasn’t slow as hell, but then you floor it (rental car,…

A lot of people don’t understand it and haven’t put any research into it, but their doctor who spent exactly 20 minutes on nutrition during med school told them it’s bad so it must be bad.

I get that companies have rental-spec cars for a reason, but I don’t think they understand the damage those cars do to the brand.

From a technology perspective, yes. For this application though that transmission would only be usable on the C8 Corvette, so they’d have to make all the R&D back on 1 model that already won’t sell in huge volumes. They did that already with the DCT, they’re not developing 2 bespoke transmissions for 1 model of car.

It’s weird, I have boomer parents and went on a lot of road trips so I’ve listened to far more music from the late 60s through early 80s than anyone my age should be subjected to. I once got laid because I knew the lyrics to a Janis Joplin song so it wasn’t entirely pointless.

Yeah but that probably doesn’t have awful chrome rims or a tint job that looks like it was done by someone’s blind cousin during an eclipse.

I owned a VW DSG (Dieselgate TDI) and yes, it was a little jerky at low speeds. DCTs don’t really slip their clutches the way someone driving a manual would in those situations, it’s more of an on/off thing.

Has there ever been a band with a larger gap between their first and second best songs?

I believe we’ve got the green light to bash the Supra whenever we’d like but you might want to run that by management.

Don’t forget red stitching, nothing says “sporty” like red stitching.

It’s a render so David knows to use his imagination to fill in the bits to his liking, kind of like what teenagers did with lingerie mags before the internet existed.

Capitalism has done more to bring people out of poverty than any other system we’ve ever come up with, but morons like this guy will get on their high horse about how evil it is because they haven’t been taught history.

If it’s like most sporty models of otherwise non-sporty cars, probably won’t get driven like a GTI.

This place is referred to as “Manasshole” by the locals for a good reason.

Ah, more regulation is sure to fix this.

I’m a simple man, I see NoFX and I click the star.

That was kind of what I touched on with the concepts, those would’ve been unique to Caddy and might’ve changed their course. But as I note, they’re cowards so they can’t pull the trigger.

I expect you to die, Mr. Buick.