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It looks like the 5.7 hemi might be dead. With the charger and challenger gone, the 2025 ram 1500 doesn't even have a V8 option. Just the 3.6, and 2 tunes of the 3.0 i6.
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# ? Nov 7, 2023 19:37 |
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moist turtleneck posted:https://twitter.com/RoadandTrack/status/1721564379311677555?t=eKTzYHzN9Kj0Q4L9YhYRFQ&s=19 It really sucks that’s we never get rad stuff here.
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# ? Nov 7, 2023 20:26 |
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LeeMajors posted:It really sucks that’s we never get rad stuff here. You're getting the Cybertruck though
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# ? Nov 7, 2023 20:31 |
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Powershift posted:It looks like the 5.7 hemi might be dead. End of an era. Kind of sad
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# ? Nov 7, 2023 20:32 |
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Powershift posted:It looks like the 5.7 hemi might be dead. I think the I6 Hurricane is the real deal. Have one in my Grand Wagoneer and never missed the Hemi. I speced out a '24 Ram TRX for giggles and fully loaded its like 120k. That's nuts.
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# ? Nov 7, 2023 20:40 |
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mobby_6kl posted:You're getting the Cybertruck though That's Ayn Rand stuff
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# ? Nov 7, 2023 20:40 |
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davecrazy posted:I speced out a '24 Ram TRX for giggles and fully loaded its like 120k. That's nuts.
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# ? Nov 7, 2023 20:51 |
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davecrazy posted:I think the I6 Hurricane is the real deal. Have one in my Grand Wagoneer and never missed the Hemi. Yes, i also think it is the real deal in warranty. Out of warranty? ehhhhhh It's a shame there's no business case for dodge to make a sports car/grand tourer with it.
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# ? Nov 7, 2023 20:51 |
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At $10,000 and the (CA) fine for no registration being $1000, what is the break even on driving this thing illegally? I think you might be able to drive it to the 25 year mark getting a fine annually and still come out ahead. Definitely 10 years
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# ? Nov 7, 2023 20:51 |
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The new 1500 makes me think of my Ridgeline when I look at it; at least the on-road soccer wagon trim.
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# ? Nov 7, 2023 23:48 |
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also, no more Hemi tick issues if there's no more Hemis
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# ? Nov 7, 2023 23:53 |
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I think it looks terrible, something about the high hoods and squashed front, but at least it's cheap.
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# ? Nov 8, 2023 12:30 |
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Hadlock posted:At $10,000 and the (CA) fine for no registration being $1000, what is the break even on driving this thing illegally? I think you might be able to drive it to the 25 year mark getting a fine annually and still come out ahead. Definitely 10 years Feds may seize and crush it if you operate it on roads.
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# ? Nov 8, 2023 16:36 |
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You’re only out $10k though. Not like a skyline GTR or something
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# ? Nov 8, 2023 17:58 |
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euphronius posted:End of an era. Kind of sad Less "sad" since the not-too-distant future is electrifying everything anyway - but now I'm wondering, when was the last time any of the big three offered a full-size truck without any V8 option at all? Early '50s, probably?
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# ? Nov 8, 2023 18:34 |
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IOwnCalculus posted:Less "sad" since the not-too-distant future is electrifying everything anyway - but now I'm wondering, when was the last time any of the big three offered a full-size truck without any V8 option at all? Early '50s, probably? GM will be keeping the V8 alive by investing in a next-gen small block V8 Powershift posted:Yes, i also think it is the real deal in warranty. Allegedly there will be a next-gen Charger with the Hurricane I-6 as an option. quote:"They're keeping gasoline engines. The official designation for the vehicle platform is LB and it will have the new GME-T6 Hurricane inline-six in RWD and AWD," the source said. "It will be using the Stellantis Gen 4 transmission that's also rolling out to Mack Assembly, Jefferson North Assembly, and Toledo North." TBH I'd be interested since I was impressed with the upper-trim Ram interiors, and Mazda won't sell me a car that uses their new inline-6.
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# ? Nov 8, 2023 20:40 |
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I think there’s allegedly been a new i6 charger for a decade
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# ? Nov 8, 2023 21:16 |
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Wistful of Dollars posted:I think there’s allegedly been a new i6 charger for a decade Just like the mid-engined Corvette, it's not real until one day it is.
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# ? Nov 8, 2023 21:20 |
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I think they’re pretty serious about the Hurricane. But if it’s an all new platform something should of leaked by now I’d think. The Durango line has already switched over to 2024. I don’t remember when the charger and challenger lines are shutting down but I’d imagine they’d build as many as they have parts for but if need to switch over and retool a factor it’s been crickets.
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# ? Nov 8, 2023 22:41 |
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https://www.washingtonpost.com/climate-solutions/2023/11/09/car-dealerships-ev-sales/quote:As news started coming out about electric cars in early 2016, Michael Young, a self-described “car guy,” knew he wanted to try one. One afternoon, he strolled into his local dealership and asked to test drive the BMW i3, a small, sporty car with a range of up to 150 miles. The salesperson stopped him. “You can’t drive that car on the highway,” Young recalls the salesperson saying, explaining that the car couldn’t go over 45 miles per hour. I realize that everyone expects car dealers to be lovely, but at some point isn't this fraud? This isn't even saying "this car will turn all the heads and get you a date" or "let me get my manager to see if we can sell it for that", it's directly lying about if a car is legal to drive on the freeway.
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# ? Nov 10, 2023 00:28 |
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I wouldn’t be surprised if the meathead salesperson honestly believed their own bullshit. Like some boomer that looks at something not made by Tesla and calls it a piece of poo poo before driving one.
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# ? Nov 10, 2023 00:36 |
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My friends bought a new Mustang Mach E, and their dealership swore up and down it came with "2 years of free charging" on Electrify America. This has never been and will never be a thing, but after the sale the dealer was just like "Uhh I dunno, that's what Ford told us" with no recourse.
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# ? Nov 10, 2023 00:51 |
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That sounds like the sort of thing they can notify the Ford mothership about, manufacturers don't really like their dealers outright lying.
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# ? Nov 10, 2023 00:55 |
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My sweet summer child
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# ? Nov 10, 2023 01:11 |
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Hadlock posted:My sweet summer child You're right that it won't change anything though.
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# ? Nov 10, 2023 01:18 |
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Twerk from Home posted:https://www.washingtonpost.com/climate-solutions/2023/11/09/car-dealerships-ev-sales/ A dealership being lovely and lying to your face?!?? Section from a fun article detailing the middleman parasite bacchanal that is the annual auto dealers conference about electric cars and how dealers tend to feel about them: https://slate.com/news-and-politics/2023/05/rich-republicans-party-car-dealers-2024-desantis.html posted:I walked and walked so far I lost sight of Auto Spin, and eventually washed up in the “EV Solutions Center,” which was tucked into the farthest reaches of the building. There appear to be material as well as ideological reasons to resist selling EVs at a lot of dealerships so it wouldn't surprise me if they would use whatever means at their disposal to steer people away from them in some cases This doesn't of course totally explain EVs falling a bit flat of projected sales (theyre probably still just too loving expensive for the experience that driving one currently provides for most people vs. an ICE vehicle) but dealer resistance can't be helping
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# ? Nov 10, 2023 11:42 |
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New Forrester pictures leaked: https://www.carscoops.com/2023/11/2025-subaru-forester-leaks-ahead-of-la-debut-should-go-back-into-the-woods/ quote:Under the hood, there will be an engine or two, but buyers likely won’t care. That being said, it’s a Subaru so that means AWD, CVT, and not enough HP. Of course, we’ll find out full details on November 16. lol Failson fucked around with this message at 01:30 on Nov 11, 2023 |
# ? Nov 11, 2023 01:20 |
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That's a nice looking Ford Explorer
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# ? Nov 11, 2023 01:27 |
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Failson posted:New Forrester pictures leaked: All the little stuck on bits giving Mitsubishi vibes
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# ? Nov 11, 2023 01:34 |
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Cool buick variant of the new blazer
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# ? Nov 11, 2023 01:38 |
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quote:Under the hood, there will be an engine or two, but buyers likely won’t care. That being said, it’s a Subaru so that means AWD, CVT, and not enough HP. Of course, we’ll find out full details on November 16. lol this is so true
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# ? Nov 11, 2023 02:09 |
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Wow that’s terrible.
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# ? Nov 11, 2023 02:47 |
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Hadlock posted:That's a nice looking Ford Explorer the forester was always the SUV, the outback is the lifted wagon
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# ? Nov 11, 2023 03:08 |
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MeruFM posted:the forester was always the SUV, the outback is the lifted wagon was
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# ? Nov 11, 2023 03:09 |
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MeruFM posted:the forester was always the SUV, the outback is the lifted wagon The Forester I have begs to disagree it's a SUV The 1st and 2nd gens are far superior lifted wagons
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# ? Nov 11, 2023 03:50 |
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Thissssssss doesn't look very capable. https://twitter.com/DimaZeniuk/status/1722799384193032583?t=Wv-kShKe6q6y5dgMY3KsUw&s=19
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# ? Nov 11, 2023 10:41 |
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they'll fix it in post
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# ? Nov 11, 2023 10:47 |
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Olympic Mathlete posted:Thissssssss doesn't look very capable. That’s a very specific kind of track where every big vehicle will struggle, that’s the land of the Suzuki pajero or jimny, not honking huge ones. I think you could search on YouTube for that specific course and will see wranglers getting as stuck.
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# ? Nov 11, 2023 10:48 |
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On the other hand, here's a Disco on all seasons just cruising up almost as easily as the 4Runner. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fsVyS-3pPUg https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QBJ0vOTPxcE I'm willing to believe that of course it's a prototype under test without finished software, but gently caress, these things are supposed to be in customer hands the end of the month right? One thing I've been thinking from watching the existing EV trucks, we've all assumed they're great off road, but it strikes me that all 4 wheels being turned isn't the same as all 4 wheels mechanically locked together, and max torque from zero rpm isn't the same as low range.
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# ? Nov 11, 2023 11:41 |
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BuckyDoneGun posted:I'm willing to believe that of course it's a prototype under test without finished software, but gently caress, these things are supposed to be in customer hands the end of the month right? In a normal company, you’d expect any prototypes running so close to start of sales to be the first vehicles off from test runs of production everything - because homologation also needs vehicles, and you need your press fleet, customer trial vehicles, etc. So unless they’re doing a Very Tesla Thing and still working on how they’d improve off-road parameters via a firmware update, that should be what customers see. But even then, this shouldn’t be the first time off-road either because you need to run tests for vehicle life much earlier on and you would guess that’s something they would have included in test lists for earlier samples. Plus, even with EV motors for off-road, I doubt you can fix everything just with software - has to be in the suspension and chassis design as well.
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# ? Nov 11, 2023 12:21 |