The motor is made for Confederate by S&S Cycle. From the spec list: Air/oil-cooled triple-camshaft ohv pushrod dry-sump 56.25º V-twin four-stroke, with one-piece forged crankshaft, two valves per cylinder, toothed belt camshaft drive, and machined 6061 aluminum billet crankcases.

True, but that was in an inflationary era; westegg.com/inflation reveals that that sticker price would be $149k now, confirming one’s recollection or hunch that the top end of the Mercedes line has, unapologetically, never been for the common purse.

Yes, I think everyone thought that the slow pace of development was mostly about limitations in funding and research, and instead it’s just hard.

This is a Gauchemobile. It’s like what socially clueless people think is cool - like having a KITT replica.

Read The Windup Girl by Paolo Bacigalupi! It’s an interesting read, a future where energy is stored in springs wound by engineered Mastodons.

Keyword spammers are the fucking worst. What do they expect happens?

I’m down for hilarious steam punk future cars.

Electric cars are the future of the past. The future of the future is wind-up cars, powered by giant clock springs built into the undercarriage of the car. Instead of taking several hours to charge your battery, it takes a matter of minutes to wind the spring with a large electric motor.

Amen.

Every single journalist needs to stop it with the buzzword bs, including Ford.

You sound absolutely ridiculous.

Don’t sugarcoat it. Tell us how you really feel.

yaaaaaaaaaasssssssss

Every Mercedes ever made has all parts available direct from Mercedes. Now, you wear trash bags and shake a can outside of the train station after paying for a pump on that leveling system, but the part is still on the shelf in Germany.

Maybe I’m looking for a Ford Square Bird...

CP for being an asshole.

Never give up on your dreams!

Love where the seller didn’t bother fixing the carpet after he dumped coolant all over the interior and let it set.