That GTO is over 10 grand currently. So technically its disqualified. Just throwing that out there.

Well i agree it used to be that the old saying of "There's no replacement for Displacement" was held very near and dear to many owners hearts. But now we are at the point in engine technology where we can get 600+ hp from either a supercharged 6.2L engine, or a twin turbo V6 (Talking about the Z06 and New Ford GT). …

I agree with post statements. Americans do love their (our) power and its not the only thing to consider when buying a car. But that being said....there's no reason not to have as much power as you can while still being as efficient as necessary for the application. Power is used for more than just raw speed. And…

Yea after i made my first post I was made aware of the VVT technology they are using on these motors so I'm confident that this engine will have at least the same, if not more, power than the old 4.0L it is replacing. And hopefully be a little more efficient too. It will be interesting to see how it compares with…

I work for a diesel engine company, i'm well aware of different cycles of engines, but sometimes wikipedia just has the easiest way to describe some things! But thank you for noticing. I wasn't, and am not, going to deny that i definitely copy and pasted from wikipedia.

I wasn't saying it was new technology for toyota. They use it in hybrids quite frequently and the reason for doing so is because an Atkinson cycle engine has very poor low end torque performance, but that doesn't really matter when you strap in in series with an electric motor like most hybrid systems. But it was…

Agreed. That is why i am very excited to see the diesel variants of the colorado and canyon trucks. Being the owner of a 3/4 ton diesel truck i'm not looking for a midsize truck that can tow as much as my truck can, nor does it have to have as much power. I think there should be a good balance between power and…

VVT can adjust the relationship that the valves have to the crankshaft or pistons. So instead of having the intake valves open all the way (in an Otto Cycle) sucking in as much fuel and air as possible to make the most power, in an Atkinson cycle the engine uses a different looking crank shaft to only allow the…

The Atkinson cycle engine is a type of internal combustion engine invented by James Atkinson in 1882. The Atkinson cycle is designed to provide efficiency at the expense of power density, and is used in some modern hybrid electric applications. Also called the Barta engine.

Well seeing that in 2010 Audi came out with a S4 that was 100% different from the old S4 except for the name, its hard to say that everyone bought an unreliable car. Thats literally the definition of judging a book by its cover.

I love my S4. Yes i opted for the manual. I drove both the manual and the DCT one and while the DCT was awesome i knew I had always wanted the manual so that was worth searching for one for me. But I use it as my DD and its remarkably comfortable, plenty fast, has that "sleeper" status, and isn't terrible on fuel. …

I'm not familiar with these....do you have a link?

Well thats not a plastic bed liner. Its a Line-X coating which makes a steel bed far more dent resistant. Secondly even if i had an aluminum bed I would do a coating as well. They are pretty popular and not many trucks now a days don't have some sort of bed protection. Hell the big 3 are even offering their…

There are plenty of owners with over 100K miles on the engine. Plus its not just an S4 engine. Its in A6's, I think A8's, SQ5's etc. They've definitely done some mileage and in a lot larger of a test field as well.

Not sure if you can still buy the car....but I found this.

But it has such a glorious sound......

Very true! Its all about marketing anyways and making it look awesome. Which they succeeded at for sure.

Not a very constructive test....

I agree that the majority of people now a days buy vehicles (not just trucks) based solely on numbers. I contribute the death of the manual transmission in sports cars to this. When a manual used to be a better transmission than any automatic on the market and proved to be quicker around a track people bought…

Ok maybe not just as capable but could definitely hang with a Unimog.