Read up on the new Honda Accord hybrid...this appears to be nearly the same layout, scaled up to hypercar standards. The engine acts as a generator when needed, and is also connected to the drive wheels via a fixed gear / clutch set up.

I see what you did there.

Wait 12-16 more years and bring one over? Stupid laws...

GTI...psh. At 36k aren't you a few hundred bucks away from a Golf R?

My 1998 Pontiac Grand Am SE (read - no options except a V6) had this, as has pretty much every GM car in the last nearly 20 years. It's one thing they definitely got right in my opinion. I am amazed when I see people driving around in their 201x luxury cars and SUVs at night with no lights on. The rain…

Maybe he was also doing 70 in a 60 under icy conditions.

The correct answer is - "That Sunday driver has no business on a race track."

I don't either, but it obviously depends heavily on where you live. Here in Phoenix some of the city streets are as wide and fast as highways back east, and traffic congestion outside of rush hour is nonexistent. Everything is also so spread out that a "short drive away" is anything under 20 miles. So, I have no…

Exactly, I couldn't remember the name of the of it so I probably used way too many words to get to the same conclusion.

EPA is indeed correct. An alternative way to look at it is to measure by actual consumption rather than the inverse thereof (measure gallons consumed over x distance rather than distance per x gallons). This is actually what the EPA is doing in the equation above, but to explain using athought's example:

Fuji also makes giant Roombas! They even know how to use elevators.

350 hp/l from an n/a engine in the '60's! And with a redline that makes and F1 engine look like an American V8. That is some cool stuff. I don't care if the engine is the size of my fist.

Wait, did someone say a 500+ hp minivan?

Which is exactly why I said "it is all in how you define it." Either way, I think calling a fixed gear transmission the weirdest thing out there is a stretch. That's like calling a fixed gear bike weirder than this guy -

I suppose it is all in how you define the transmission. By your definition all single-speed electric cars also have transmissions, but you never hear anyone talk about them. The one thing every other transmission in this list has is multiple fixed ratios or a variable ones (CVT). Yes, technically this car has a set…

You mean the complete lack of a transmission? It's quite simple really...the engine has a single fixed ratio and is de-coupled from the wheels (via that little clutch) at low speeds. So below xx mph it's always electric powered, with the engine coming on as needed to generate electricity. It's similar to the Volt…

Sure it does, you just no longer have the ability to *not* pay for it. That said, I do prefer mine. And a point can be made that cars of today are much harder to see out of in general, partially due to some of the other questionable regulations being debated today.

Until you hit someone head on, rocket through your windshield and theirs, and play cranial marbles with the folks in the other car.

I disagree on the Mustang...once the masses approve of a turbo-4 being an adequate base engine, a turbo-6 will slot in nicely between the base and the most-likely-supercharged (insert historic Mustang badge here) model.

Hey look, someone took a Wrangler, turned the grill sideways and painted it yellow. I'm not complaining.