1.they are never really between gears... As the clutches lock down the ratio drifts from 1.xxxxx/1 to a solid 1/1 ratio. And you do that 3-5 times...

Head gaskets oddly are a bigger issue in the n/a cars... the turbos have many larger problems way before the HG lets go lol.

I like both worlds man... I've had a 425 hp subaru track car and am building a 1600hp-2400hp big block ford... different type of track car... they're both fun... I'm just saying if you think corners are more difficult than hooking and steering a 1000hp car... you've never been in a 1000hp car. that's all i'm saying.

they still do.

That's crank hp... same can be done with cobb for the WRX now and the STIs will have 310ish to the wheels...

It was a joke... as in don't charge me for a crappy infotainment system when i just want a car i can drive the crap out of.

You people are fucking morons... i'm not comparing the whole car... just the fact that we both know its going to have some carry over parts from its C chassis bretheren like the infotainment system.

My thought is this.

"too much horsepower is never enough"

Someone said they've seen the euro pricing and it comes out to 40k USD iirc.

lol what i'm saying is the intangible crap that everyone else stepped up their game on.. ford really hasn't. People are comparing this to the golf R. Sadly (i'm a ford guy) but the golf R has a better interior than any ford i can think of off the top of my head... Now would i want to own it for long periods of…

C chassis and more than likely going to have the same interior stuff other than fancy seats steering wheel, gauge cluster and shifter..

its not the protocol it's self... i've never had any issues with that (hell my jeep had more issues with it than my work escape did) but my jeep with 35" mud tires picks up less tire noise than my escape on the factory highway tires over the mic.

I still don't see the focus RS being a huge hit with a 40k price tag... not in the US at least...

I want a focus RS but it will have to be way better than my loaded escape to pull it off. I mean the infotainment system is meh... and the mic for phone calls picks up WAY too much ambient noise. I don't know we will…

I want that awd turbo soul they teased and killed a few years back...

why does this rubicon have street tires on it rather than the mud tires it came with?

Ooooohh 400hp in a 2500lb car...

Pussies.

like the guys on motorcycles with helmets flip flops t-shirt and shorts...

hah notice the left front wheel lifting ?