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Sab669 posted:SavageGeese's hour long video when the car first launched goes into great detail about how much the car had been iterated upon. This, it's still basically FM platform but a lot of updates. Regardless, it'sa solid platform, no one has ever been able to tell me what they'd drastically change about it, apart from "make it newer!".
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Prelude concept looks incredible, and whatever the Cruise Origin (in the image gallery) looks hilarious https://www.autocar.co.uk/car-news/new-cars/honda-prelude-concept
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Kinda "New Prius" vibes from the hood. But I do like it.
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The Nissan prototype looks to be designed by an eight year old with a name to match. HYPER FORCE!
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SlowBloke posted:The Nissan prototype looks to be designed by an eight year old with a name to match. HYPER FORCE! Yeah and it owns 
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https://www.caranddriver.com/news/a45630885/mazda-iconic-sp-concept-details/ rotary, electric, and hydrogen. yeah sure okay
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Japanese government keeps throwing millions at hydrogen since like 2017 to promote research. Another I've read speculation that they're pushing hydrogen because as an island nation they're heavily dependent on imports, and you can make pretty much unlimited hydrogen from just nuclear and sea water, whereas oil and lithium have to be imported Hadlock fucked around with this message at 19:53 on Oct 25, 2023 |
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pik_d posted:Yeah and it owns I take this back, I saw the front and it's fuckin horrible
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pik_d posted:I take this back, I saw the front and it's fuckin horrible Also wtf is up with those wheels? Why does every ev have awful looking wheels? Aero?
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The GTR designers have been playing WAY too much Cyberpunk
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the future: integra, prelude, and a rotary mazda are all being sold
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new gtr literally a Giant Piece of poo poo I'm sorry to say
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It's never going to be built but it also looks like poo poo, yes.
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Toyota's FT-Se looks dope
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no lube so what posted:Toyota's FT-Se looks dope Why did they name a car after the major London stock exchange index
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Toyota Footsie
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The new Copen Vision being 'normal sized' is interesting, especially since they mention MX5/Miat sized and you take a look at the windscreen... Toyota own shares in Mazda and are the second largest investor outside of some huge Japanese bank. If the Copen is parts sharing underneath then it could be a very fun car to drive. https://twitter.com/autocar/status/1717141482832806014?t=h-9Gezo9A2Z5X8f1PCO9gA&s=19
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aeNeCactorg&t=99s
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Hadlock posted:Japanese government keeps throwing millions at hydrogen since like 2017 to promote research. Another i've mostly heard of fossil fuel interests pushing hydrogen (since it's currently mostly ff sourced and it's marginally more in their wheelhouse than renewables) It would be really cool if hydrogen was the next big thing but it just seems so much less practical than electric at all stages in the supply chain
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Head Bee Guy posted:https://www.caranddriver.com/news/a45630885/mazda-iconic-sp-concept-details/ Well they have to carry on the unreliable rotary tradition somehow
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Applebees Appetizer posted:Well they have to carry on the unreliable rotary tradition somehow Rotaries are fine it's just user error 
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If they release a car that’s anything close to that I will put in an order that day. Fun, secondary cars should have a bit of whimsy. And by whimsy I mean being the first owner with an extended warranty and a dealer in towing distance.
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Nodoze posted:Rotaries are fine it's just user error I worked at the parts counter of a Mazda dealership when the RX8 was available and ordering engines was a pastime activity 
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Applebees Appetizer posted:I worked at the parts counter of a Mazda dealership when the RX8 was available and ordering engines was a pastime activity I should have clarified that doesn't apply to the renesis
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Pr0kjayhawk posted:If they release a car that’s anything close to that I will put in an order that day. Fun, secondary cars should have a bit of whimsy. And by whimsy I mean being the first owner with an extended warranty and a dealer in towing distance. Where are you going to find a hydrogen station? There's only like 14 in the nation.
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That's not uncommon. Only part of the light bar fully illuminates for the Charger/Challenger under braking and the same is true for some older cars like the 4th gen Accord Coupe and the 2nd and 3rd gen Legacy.
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It probably makes the brake light illumination more apparent, honestly. Of all of the choices made for that catastrophe of a vehicle this one is pretty benign.
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I do think the slits on the end turning into full cubes ultimately makes it obvious when the car is / isn't braking, but I still think the bar's "logic" should be flipped. I'm gonna have to keep an eye out next time I'm behind a Challenger because I'm having a hard time picturing how it currently operates
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the running light is the perimiter of the light area, and then the corners illuminate with braking. you can kind of see it in this ebay listing: https://www.ebay.com/itm/3948371579...5xoC008QAvD_BwE
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  If that's how Dodge does it currently, this is "correct". Under braking, the only change is that there is more light. The cybertruck does the opposite; you apply the brakes and some of what is already lit up turns off...
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thank you mr musk for saving energy by turning off some leds
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Mustache Ride posted:Where are you going to find a hydrogen station? There's only like 14 in the nation. Come on, if they make anything like it the engine would run on 91. There was an RX-8 concept in 2003 that ran on hydrogen. Like someone said a bit ago, it’s probably getting them some government research money.
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Hadlock posted:Japanese government keeps throwing millions at hydrogen since like 2017 to promote research. Another Everything I’ve heard has mentioned importing hydrogen as LH2 by ship from Australia or the Middle East, nothing to do with domestic production or nuclear. I’d love to be wrong but it feels like “okay what can we do that allows the energy companies the softest landing” seems to be at play. There’s a lot wrong with Japanese EV policy, but that’s for another time and thread. If anyone has requests I’m going to  so throw any photo/impressions requests my way.[Edit] vvvvv Public days run through November 5 harperdc fucked around with this message at 12:23 on Oct 28, 2023 |
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harperdc posted:If anyone has requests I’m going to I thought was already taking place? Is it a week+ show? https://twitter.com/PeterNunn3/status/1717046247515947407?t=YXD_gXN--SuUc3Jefajm3A&s=19
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The new SavageGeese video 'Nismo Z vs Mustang Dark Horse vs GR Supra | Laps, Dyno, and Max Money' for some reason was hilarious to me. After Ford hyped up the Dark Horse, and Nissan talked about doing the Nismo as auto only because it is so tracked focused..... Only to both lose to the manual Supra. And that the Nissan still has fuel starvation issues, never change Nissan. I cannot imagine spending that much on a Mustang. As as Ive still never even seen a regular Z on the streets, Im still not convinced that car or the nismo exists outside of press car videos and magazine articles.
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Ferrari has announced a new addition to their fxx program A variant of their 499p, without all the wec restrictions (like the electric motor starting delivering power from still, instead of 190+ kmh). Participation cost is 5mil € for three year of races.
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SlowBloke posted:Participation cost is 5mil € for three year of races. Do you pay the full five mil up front, such that it actually makes financial sense for Ferrari to be trying to kill its biggest customers on track day one before supporting them through three years, rather than just seeming that way based on this decision?
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Jean-Paul Shartre posted:Do you pay the full five mil up front, such that it actually makes financial sense for Ferrari to be trying to kill its biggest customers on track day one before supporting them through three years, rather than just seeming that way based on this decision? Upfront, ferrari knows their fxx clientele very well (dentists that couldn't make it in a real gt/lmp race no matter what).
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$5 million is an awful lot of cars purchased for you and your mates to rent tracks and have private track days... Spend your time dead last in an obscenely expensive car you can only use on certain days or a bunch of cars to use whenever your boys and girls have a spare weekend. Far be it for me to suggest how the super rich waste their cash but why would you even bother taking that option? Same kind of dweeb to wear all the branded gear despite owning one or not.
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