I guess that’s a fair assessment, but that seems pretty far-fetched over the contract length.

I tend to agree, but RB didn’t get Max by soldering on with an old talent.

Do you think anyone was looking at Max as the next top driver when Red Bull promoted him? Sure, people could see he had talent, but Red Bull took a risk and it paid off.

I’d argue you’re just delaying the inevitable, why wouldn’t you want to get your next top driver ready for the new regulations?

I’m having trouble understanding why they’d pay so much money for Hamilton when he’s clearly not the future. You either start pushing Russell as your guy, or find a young driver to start grooming, maybe both?

That’s a silly take. If you’re trying to get automakers to reduce actual vehicle emissions, why wouldn’t you do so in a way that produces good results in the real world? If the goal of having a g/km CO2 rating is to help the environment, you had better well make sure the test is representative. What’s the point of the…

...in trade for dependency on foreign precious metals?

If we’re all being honest, the Prius Prime is the sort of car everyone should be buying and every manufacturer should be making. I’d prefer it were a true series hybrid, but even as it is this is the car that makes sense for 95+% of people.

I do emissions testing.

This, right here, is why the way we test emissions is dumb.

Surprised the Honda Fit hasn’t been mentioned, but it’s the obvious answer.

Surprised the Honda Fit hasn’t been mentioned, but it’s the obvious answer.

Mine was putting good seats and a nice steering wheel in my project car. You can build a badass engine, put a killer suspension on it, have brakes that could stop the earth...but if it’s not nice to sit in and steer you’ll never enjoy driving it.

Yea, if someone wants to pay that kinda cash, more power to the seller.

I’m still struggling with paying MSRP for a 4-cyl FWD Acura at $55k. You’d have to be batshit to pay over MSRP.

Aside from your hardcore combustion engineers, the design skillset is extremely similar. You’ve got bearings, heat management, stiffness, NVH. It’s really not that different.

Win.

High revving NA V8s are pretty out of the ordinary these days. Ford is just bringing it to the masses, kudos to them.

I mean, a 7500 rpm V8 that is knocking on 100 hp/l, is smooth and refined, etc is pretty damn exotic as far as affordable performance cars go.

Part of the problem is that NHTSA has to justify themselves to a certain extent. What’s the point of the regulatory body if they aren’t updating the regulations?