Guys...Mid-engine Vette inside.
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Max boot space is comparable to a 6 series (both with seats down):
A1 920 liters
A6 coupe 995 liters
Either way, giving up storage space to save the environment is a variable just like engine size.
Not that I'd get an A1, I believe in technology, not suffering.
A1 920 liters
A6 coupe 995 liters
Either way, giving up storage space to save the environment is a variable just like engine size.
Not that I'd get an A1, I believe in technology, not suffering.
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Audi isnt making these new engines because customers are wanting to save the planet. Government laws are demanding it.
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Audi isnt making these new engines because customers are wanting to save the planet. Government laws are demanding it.
Turbos are just a stop gap until plug-ins take over the commuting car market.
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If the corvette is to go rear mid engine, GM better make damn well sure they keep the price right around where ZO6/ZO7 pricing is today.
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It won't matter if it exceeds the performance of other $400,000 cars being benchmarked...few people will want a $400,000 "chevy."
If the corvette is to go rear mid engine, GM better make damn well sure they keep the price right around where ZO6/ZO7 pricing is today.
If the corvette is to go rear mid engine, GM better make damn well sure they keep the price right around where ZO6/ZO7 pricing is today.
GM needs to keep in mind most Corvette buyers won't care diddly-squat about the virtues of mid-engine over front engine design.
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The short range makes them a no buy in my book.
Something happens everyone will leave all the "plug-ins" behind
Includes Tesla
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Heck, I see them all the time while driving back and forth to Bend.
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Yup.Maximum range on a Tesla at this point is with the Model S 90D, which has a range of 294 miles.
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From: Road Atlanta You do the MATH!
UGH, forget about ALMS the game is rigged, has been for decades. It doesn't matter who wins. Racing is so regulated and unfair it bares no resemblance to street car potential.
You want a real comparison? Look at Ferrari. They make FMR and MR cars correct? Which ones are better? The MR series are always the fastest. The F12 has a V12 but still can't touch the 458. What's the entry model? California, FMR. What's the top of the line? Always an MR. Enzo, La Ferrari, GT50, GT40.
There will never be a limit, but that's the wrong comparison. The real question is can you make a faster car by moving the engine in MR vs. FMR. The answer is yes. Simple. It won't be as practical, but it will be faster.
You want a real comparison? Look at Ferrari. They make FMR and MR cars correct? Which ones are better? The MR series are always the fastest. The F12 has a V12 but still can't touch the 458. What's the entry model? California, FMR. What's the top of the line? Always an MR. Enzo, La Ferrari, GT50, GT40.
There will never be a limit, but that's the wrong comparison. The real question is can you make a faster car by moving the engine in MR vs. FMR. The answer is yes. Simple. It won't be as practical, but it will be faster.
There is plenty of data that refutes that comment.
As for the F12, you may need to check your stats again...
Ferrari reports that the F12berlinetta is capable of lapping the Fiorano test circuit in 1 minute, 23 seconds; three seconds slower than LaFerrari, a full second faster than the 599 GTO, two seconds faster than the Enzo, two seconds faster than the 458 Italia, three seconds faster than the 430 Scuderia and three and a half seconds faster than the 599 GTB.[9]
Even better, the Z06 has beaten pretty much all of those already. 3 seconds on the 458 Italia at Laguna, a few more seconds at VIR over the F12.
Your assertions aren't being supported by sound evidence so far.
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I think its obvious today that IMSA is rigged, please justify your comment that ALMS was rigged with sound data or facts...
There is plenty of data that refutes that comment.
As for the F12, you may need to check your stats again...
Ferrari reports that the F12berlinetta is capable of lapping the Fiorano test circuit in 1 minute, 23 seconds; three seconds slower than LaFerrari, a full second faster than the 599 GTO, two seconds faster than the Enzo, two seconds faster than the 458 Italia, three seconds faster than the 430 Scuderia and three and a half seconds faster than the 599 GTB.[9]
Even better, the Z06 has beaten pretty much all of those already. 3 seconds on the 458 Italia at Laguna, a few more seconds at VIR over the F12.
Your assertions aren't being supported by sound evidence so far.
There is plenty of data that refutes that comment.
As for the F12, you may need to check your stats again...
Ferrari reports that the F12berlinetta is capable of lapping the Fiorano test circuit in 1 minute, 23 seconds; three seconds slower than LaFerrari, a full second faster than the 599 GTO, two seconds faster than the Enzo, two seconds faster than the 458 Italia, three seconds faster than the 430 Scuderia and three and a half seconds faster than the 599 GTB.[9]
Even better, the Z06 has beaten pretty much all of those already. 3 seconds on the 458 Italia at Laguna, a few more seconds at VIR over the F12.
Your assertions aren't being supported by sound evidence so far.
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My piece of crap 2016 Tacoma TRD has 6,000 miles. My 2006 Colorado gets the bulk of the miles with 200,000.
I go far too many places to own any electric car.
What happens if you drive to bend then have to leave right away? Sorry not good enough yet.
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I go far too many places to own any electric car.
What happens if you drive to bend then have to leave right away? Sorry not good enough yet.
What happens if you drive to bend then have to leave right away? Sorry not good enough yet.
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I wouldn't spend on that much on car with those limits. I just drove 3500 miles last week. My 2015 Z06 has 20k My 2015 GMC has 15,000.
My piece of crap 2016 Tacoma TRD has 6,000 miles. My 2006 Colorado gets the bulk of the miles with 200,000.
I go far too many places to own any electric car.
What happens if you drive to bend then have to leave right away? Sorry not good enough yet.
My piece of crap 2016 Tacoma TRD has 6,000 miles. My 2006 Colorado gets the bulk of the miles with 200,000.
I go far too many places to own any electric car.
What happens if you drive to bend then have to leave right away? Sorry not good enough yet.
Have you considered buying an airplane and learning how to fly if you don't know already?
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I stay there 4 nights a week 72 miles from home. Glad I'm done working next year and will sell 1 house and 1 left in the midwest will hopefully be gone too. That was the 3500 miles I just drove there.
Yep I drive a ton of interstate.
