If you want a reliable bang-for-the-buck engine swapped into an NC Miata, you want to use a Ford Fusion 2.5L 4-banger:

I think M539's entire nightmare with his Quattroporte has turned me off Maserati’s forever lol.

“...recently enjoyed a spate of minor but wildly expensive maintenance work.”

Again I come back to the Hornet example. (God I hate that commercial with the tattooed brat behind the wheel of that 4-banger box.) With the Hornets stacking deep on the lots, you’d think they’d sell ‘em cheap. But apparently not—just let them rot on the lots.

I’m right there with both of you. I am really interested in the Charger BEV, but the pricing is pretty far up there from what I was expecting. I know that Launch Editions are fully loaded, and the power level of the R/T exceeds that of my 6.4L 300C.

Yeah, this is an interesting one. The car is complete so I’d feel bad about chopping it up for a partout. But it’s also a non-runner with clear paint and interior issues so bring it back to a nice example is difficult. $2400 is probably about right. It could very well be that it just needs a battery and a fuel pump or…

I was excited for this car a year ago and was seriously considering buying one. The combination of announcing the almost 3 ton curb weight a few months ago, the cringy announcement video that seemed to lean into ‘anti-woke’ rhetoric in a very weird way, and now the crazy prices has been a gut check. It looks good, and…

whatever pricing is out there for the Charger are LAUNCH EDITIONS which are fully loaded and include Stage 1 & 2 Direct Connection upgrades.

2024 Charger RT is set up as a 2023 Charger Scat Pack

2023 Scat Pack Starts at $51925
Daytona Package +$5885
Nav & Travel Group +995
Tech Group +895
Total 59.700

2023 is RWD only so add…

Since the 4-door has exactly the same profile as the 2-door, it’s a completely great looking sedan. But a price in the 40s where they do the right thing and go for maximum sales instead of much fewer big margins? Don’t hold your breath.

Same. I still want the EV over the I6, but if I can get a 4 door with the I6 for 40ish grand, it’s going to be pretty compelling. Here’s hoping.

I’m just trying to figure out how much Disney would charge me for them to build me these sounds for EVs

I'd hate to do it to a car this complete, but a heartless profiteer could get their money parting it out. 

You and I are on the same sheet of music—Dodge could well be shooting themselves in the foot with their pricing. It’ll be interesting seeing where the 6-banger ICE-V Chargers stack up from a pricing standpoint next year when they’re released.

They will. This car will fail and fail HARD- At first. 2 years in, though, I’d be willing to bet they will scramble to offer some real performance at a fair price. High output I6 or a new V8 coming in around the 50 grand mark I’d say...That’s gonna be the move. It’s still an absolutely awesome design for a car.

I’m assuming when car companies price their products, they’re going for the maximum money that they can extort from customers while they still won’t balk and walk. Fair statement? Course you’d expect Dodge to squeeze First Edition buyers—those men who just have to have one right now—and due to its strong homage to the…

I gotta say, I am completely deflated at this news.

My choice could also be considered one of the best, since its ancestor helped win World War 2—the M151A2 Jeep from when I was stationed in Germany as NATO headcount:

I was there at Dodge Speed Week held in Vegas last year when the Charger concept was slowly driven around the grandstands making its artificial noises. As I understand it, that version was 2.0 since 1.0 was laughed at so much by Dodge boys that they quickly bailed on it and came up with 2.0. On one hand, the faked…

Some cars are too far gone and too ordinary to make themselves worth the trouble to restore—this Vette is one of them. If I was a C4 nut with several ramshackle C4s littering my property, I could see adding another parts car to the mix making it worthwhile to get it hauled there.  But not me--ND.

Repubs scamming voters--what else is new?  Did the Sun rise in the East this morning?  I know: equally “shocking”.