Well the powerstroke has more torque, there’s no arguing that. It’s got a bigger combustion chamber and is designed to be an upgrade engine. The 2.7 Ecoboost is the base engine right? It was designed for less torque. So probably less boost, less compression, etc. The Powerstroke was probably specifically designed for…

California has the largest agricultural output of the whole country. I agree that population shouldn’t be the only deciding factor, but being that CA has the most people and the most farms, wouldn’t it be natural that they negotiate for a larger share of the Colorado River water?

How does California have improper sway over water right? Why are you looking at it from a state perspective? Every single person in CA is just as important as every other person in Southwestern states. The Colorado River even supplies water to Mexico.

California is relatively lax on enforcement, though. Cars now don’t have to get tested until they are 8 years old. Also, it’s so easy to find a “friendly” garage to pass you that enforcement really is a joke. Such a small minority of people modify their cars, though, that it probably isn’t worth it. Simply making it…

However, the 370Z is really just a reskinned 350Z. The RX-8 is a new platform.

It doesn’t take much to adapt a transmission like the one in the GT4 to work in something like the C8. The manufacturer of that transmission could definitely do it. Also, the Porsche PDK can be adapted to a mid-engine car. It just has to be flipped around. Also, a DCT is very similar to a manual with more parts. So…

I like how you just pulled that $8k-$10k number out of your ass. I don’t know what it is with all the automatic apologists these days. You have no idea how much it would cost to put in a manual. As a consumer and a manual enthusiast, you should be arguing FOR a manual transmission. Not caving to the weak arguments the…

Looks are subjective. I think the C8 looks flashy (too flashy for my tastes) while the Cayman is more understated. Purely subjective and they are too different to really compare.

No dentist would be caught dead in a Cayman/Boxster. 911 or bust.

It will assuredly be better made than the C8. But most of the people who buy Corvettes don’t care about build quality. They care more about raw power and the Chevy small block.

There’s no way the C7 transaxle would fit in the C8. They would have to repackage the whole transmission and differential.

A RWD Maxima with an available manual transmission would be awesome. Just don’t put in the pretentious “trying too hard but not quite succeeding” interior of the Q50 and strip it down. Of course, nobody would buy it, but we’d love talking about it.

Oh no, they’re using the lingo that their target audience and their writers use. The horror. I’m right on the cusp of technically being a Millennial and I don’t really consider myself one. I hope I never become such an old man, though, that I criticize my younger generation’s word choice.

Except Duterte is an asshole so it’s completely OK to hate him more than the smugglers anyway.

Might have left his digital pressure gauge at home.

Forgetting KIA’s grille design similarities, there is a very good reason that BMW is changing its kidney grilles for its EVs. The move from ICE to EV cars (whether it be batteries or hydrogen fuel cells) is a pretty significant one. It signals a massive change in how production cars have worked for the past century.

She knew that no one would riot about teleportation.

While I agree that scissor and butterfly doors are generally stupid on a sanely priced car, they do provide some function. Generally they’re on cars with large sports car doors so having them open UP provides you with more clearance on the sides. If anything, a $60k Corvette will be more likely to be parked in a…

Actually, crash testing is only done for a certain number of standard deviations from the average person size. So people over 6'3" or 6'4" and people under about 5' tall aren’t tested for in crash tests. Those heights aren’t exact, but you get the idea. So even if adjusted properly, cars are simply not made for those…

That looks exactly like a turn of the century Audi to me.