What do you think they could get out of the Ascent engine? I think they need at least 300-320hp in the next WRX to remain relevant. The Ascent puts out 260hp. Do you think they could reliably get another 50 hp out of that engine? Honest question.
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Agreed, and this is coming from someone for whom if they see one more friggin’ gray car, he’s going to scream. I think the gray softens the overstyledness of the car.
Totally agree. I love rear haunches. I love decklid lip spoilers. But as an overall car, they were trying too hard to jam too many styling elements into one package. If they just softened the elements we like in the rear (and the weeping taillight design is way too much), made the side swoops much less aggressive, and…
In the end, I’m not sure what the purpose of this whole exercise has been if it’s just a Z4, certainly after all the hype?
Not fishing for negative (or positive) responses, but I feel this should have been caught before this went out... ‘Finishing Tournament’?
I wouldn’t be so sure
I’m a bit torn. I’ve always loved the innovation, but in my opinion, it stopped being racing a long time ago and more about pit strategy and some gimmickry.
This may be true about manuals, but it doesn’t change the validity of what I wrote.
For the health of the sport, maybe they should start thinking twice about the openness of the rear aero rules. I wonder how many fans would trade less innovative cars for better racing?
Not a huge fan of this car or its ilk, but this is a great color.
This seems to make sense, but why are they able to pass with the DRS engaged? It seems the disrupted air doesn’t adversely impact them then?
Americans (outside of this community) may claim they like sports cars, but they really don’t. They like looking good in something that goes fast, but requires minimum effort/input from them and if you can quote some impressive numbers, all the better.
This is probably my 54th attempt on this site to get an answer to the question as to why Indy Car (and CART before it) have been able to figure out how to have fast, open wheel racing on road circuits with lots of passing for decades, and yet all this time later, F1 is still trying to crack the code. The only thing…
They have that. Indy Car and before that, CART have had for decades. They can figure out how to have fast, open wheel racing with lots of passing and F1 hasn’t been able to crack this code ever. And I’ve never been able to understand it other than to observe many F1 circuits are simply too narrow. Check out CART races…
Top Gear in its prime, right here.
Well put, my lad.
Overall, I like it. In the sea of CUV boringness we all complain about, we shouldn’t be complaining about this car.
Looks like a Chrysler 300 had sex with a late 90s Infiniti.
In Kyrgyzstan, highway is destination wedding!
More than ten bucks says you’re increasingly antagonistic on this site for the sake of it.