It’s for tax reasons, in some european markets the power output determines the car’s tax bracket, in others it’s the engine displacement or CO2 emissions.

I drove a turbo 08 a while back and even with the stupid gearbox it was a riot to drive.

I like to think of it as an evil gawker overlord screaming in writer’s ears... “That title isn’t smelling like clicks to me, change it! NOW!”

Boom! /thread

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I hope you get the 508, i my view it’s one of the best looking cars on sale today, especially in wagon form..

I see where you are coming from, but you have to at least agree there is a not insignificant chance that the self-leveling hidraulic suspension will need expensive work done. To quote Clarkson “If i were given one i would defend it to the hills, but would i buy one? with money? no.”

A luxury citroen with 128k miles? dude, you must be crazy...

I see one every other day and i can promise the doubtful that the pictures don’t do it justice. It’s absolutely majestic, a true rolling work of art.

Can anyone tell my why the Kotaku embeded videos always run like crap(framerate wise) compared to say... the exact same video on youtube?

Once you see it...

I think a wide angle rearview camera (with a helmet HUD for viewing) would be better and simpler than this, but hey! More safety features are always a good thing.

Thank you for that, its precisely what i had in mind!

Trying too keep that engine running in those sorts of conditions(canyon carving, a go-kart for the road, a toy) would drive you mad. A bike engine comes with it’s own gearbox, so with a well sorted system you could just toss the whole thing at the first sign of trouble and just get a new bike engine, they are cheap…

I think you put it pretty well in the article

A motobike engine would make this the perfect b-road screamer. Time to start looking for that inevitable kawasaki h2 wreak...

Gotta admire a well crafted insult.

I think the real question here is how does “multistrada” roll off the tongue? How superior does it make you feel to the jap riff raff? How compelled do you feel to wedge the words“ducati multistrada” into every sentence imaginable? That is the real ducati test...

But then, sending the rider down a ditch by giving him more bike than he can handle is a surefire way to turn a “feel good” story into a PR nightmare. If i where sitting in a (green) desk at Kawasaki, i’d stick to a 600.