Here is today’s other baffling science story: In its quest to save weight, Volkswagen is ripping aluminum out of plans and bills-of–material, to replace it – with steel. Not good old steel. They replace it with much better new steel. According to Reuters, “Volkswagen AG is using new high-strength steel to make cars lighter and comply with strict emissions rules, confounding forecasts that aluminum would be the metal of choice for reducing weight.” (Read More…)
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arun - Darnit! Beat me to it!
Summicron - Exactly…. some French word that means bloody, slow and fly-infested but good enough for infantry.
niky - Ford uses PSA units in their European cars, and they have a nifty new inline-five diesel (3.2, just under 200 hp, but waffleloads of torque) in the Ranger...
redav - “The only disdain of diesel here in the US is the LACK of diesels available in the US” I disagree. The US has a lot more people than those who post...
Doug DeMuro - “except for Doug who’s used to driving rolling monstrosities like the Panamera.” Literally laughed out loud. So true.
jmo - “248 lb-ft @ 4700 rpm is 222 hp. 269 lb-ft @ 1750 rpm is 90 hp.” You’re using the wrong metric – compare both engines at 1750 rpm and...
mulled whine - In keeping with the named of other Mitsubishi products on these shores, it should therefore be named the ‘Outrage’.
niky - I like the name. Sounds like a particularly painful medical procedure from the 19th Century. I hope to hell they fix the suspension for the sedan variant.
sunridge place - Exactly…just like VW is doing right now in Tennessee (not that it got any coverage on TTAC) http://www.timesfreepress.c...
kosmo - I’m still dreaming of a 128 5-door hatchback with a NA 6 and stick. But I’ve sought counseling, and moved on (I think).