Not really, even bland design takes thousands of hours. Hell, We spend thousands of hours of design and FEA time on things that will never be seen by the customer.

Fender back the Malibu is a very good looking car, but the front fascia just doesn’t work.

Nope the designer is salary. he gets paid the same regardless of hours worked.

So I do have one gripe:

If you believe that a customer will replicate the 9.59 time in the Demon, Mr. Hennessey has something to sell to you.

I can find absolutely nothing that the PCM in the crate is emissions legal, which begs the question, if the PCM is emissions legal, why then is it in the crate and not in the car from the factory?

or we can be blindly optimistic about a market that has seen 4 consecutive months of contraction...

Short of making the whole thing out unobtainum and unicorn tears there is nothing that could put the LX platform on the same level as Alpha in terms of road handling, build quality, or road handling.

Tesla Stock holders are also idiots.

The ECU can be sold if it is used off road, for racing only. it’s the loop hole behind all performance modifications.

No, it’s not a preconcieved notion, its a proven goddamned fact. FCA builds hot fucking trash cars. In each and every segment they are ranked behind Ford and GM. Their corporate tech center is a sinking ship. They cannot retain engineers who are leaving in droves for the competition because they treat their employees…

I mean if you live your life a quarter mile at at time, the Demon is totally the car for you, but if you care about build quality, durability, road handling, comfort, the GT350 or Camaro ZL1 1LE are a better choice.

You must be an engineer at one of the big 3.

Nah, when you work with the big 3 as much I do, all you see is a rotating door of unqualified engineers moved to a new position before they develop any real skill or experience. Even the “experts” within GM are a joke, I can think of at least 3 BFO’s that are just plain poor engineers that have either not stayed…

Then why in the official press release (below) does it state that a separate “Performance Power Train Control Module” comes in the crate?

Road handling, ride quality, build quality, durability... Take your pick and besides straight line acceleration, an FCA product doesn’t come close to its nearest competitors.

Rather the software and sensors behind it. The Big 3 cant develop and design anything, their engineers lack the skill and specialization. You rotate jobs every year pushing your mess onto another engineer. The only people who have a clue who are suppliers, who are the lowest bidders, but at least have some specialists…

Say there was an optional Nitrous kit for these cars, but you had to install it from a crate yourself. Would you still consider that production just because it has a Mopar PN?

Something being technically illegal still means that it’s illegal whether you are charged or not. If you’re street racing, and they want to impound your car and check it for violations they could and you’re going to pay. This is like saying well the “optional NOS kit” that i had to install myself means it’s still a…

On the drag strip, the Demon is faster, In all other areas the ZL-1 or even a GT350 is a better car. The Demon is a drag car and not much else.