The MkIV Golf is one of the worst cars on the US market. How that made it on here but the Civic didn't is beyond me.

They want to keep the entry level price point low. The V6 is a nice engine and probably pairs better with the automatic than the ecoboost. Plus, it can take the kind of beating that these things will see in rental car fleets.

It will still be a damn fast car. Even with the HP loss and economy gearing, it should still run low 14s.

It looks better proportioned in person.

The BOSS tweaks are entirely to support the higher redline. This engine has 20ft.lb more than the BOSS engine — remember that the BOSS lost 10ft.lbs due to the intake redesign.

Fucking poor people.

The insurance on a Mustang is pretty much independent of the engine option. At least for me, the insurance was the same regardless of having a 3.7 or a 5.0.

Their engineers came out and said flatly that the Coyote does not benefit at all from DI. It would offer no power boost, would just cause headaches for the aftermarket, and increase the likelihood of warranty repairs — high-pressure fuel pumps aren't terribly reliable yet.

Well, it would need 80 more ft.lbs to call it that...

We'll have to see about those MPG claims once it's released though. The V6 and V8 get nearly identical real world mileage in the current car.

I agree, except your last point needs a bit of a correction. About half of accidents involve a single car, but over 2/3rds of fatal accidents involve only a single car.

The base GT is only faster in the quarter mile. Around a track, you'll need to add the several thousand dollar performance package to compete with a Z. You're looking at $32k minimum for a comparable GT. Which is more expensive.

The old Smart actually did quite well technically in the crash safety tests. It had less cabin intrusion and interior movement than the Corolla and it distributed the force of the impact more equally to the occupants, whereas the Corolla exerted double the force to the right side of the occupants body.

I always buy new cars. This is because I tend to buy enthusiasts' cars, and these depreciate much less quickly in the beginning of their life than more traditional cars. They also tend to be more sought after private party than through a dealership. People can come by and see that it's been kept in a nice garage…

Civics, hands down. I grew up wrenching on these because they were dirt cheap and had amazing handling. I know that RWD has become a fad again, and nobody can accept that there are FWD that can handle better than a RWD car. But it is hard to beat a Civic. They can be made to run road courses, autoxes or drag…

The rotary engine has another unique quality: it's extremely well-suited to hydrogen power. Mazda explains that achieving ideal combustion with hydrogen as a fuel is extremely hard in normal piston engines because the fuel is extremely flammable and requires less energy to ignite than gasoline.

It probably has a much lower redline due to the ignition properties of hydrogen.

It's great to think about what type of cars are safest for teens to own. But accelerating the skill of drivers is incredibly important. Most kids don't reach anything close to the limits of their car while driving with their parents. As a result, they don't have the necessary experience to handle a more extreme…

Then why did they offer two engine options, a 215HP one and a 306HP one? Why did they price them at ~22k and ~29k respectively? Why it is the exact same size as the Mustang? The 2010 'Stang was ~$22k for a 215HP v6 and ~$29k for a 315HP V8.

I don't think they intended that though. In 2010, the GC matched the Mustang's specs exactly: the same size, the same price, the same power. I guess they didnt' expect Ford to up the ante so soon.