Automotive enthusiasts?

Any thoughts on color changing lights? I just put some in my dashboard and they work rather well and I’m considering doing the entire interior now.

@ACApenetrator50
They’re interesting. 2017 Raptors come standard with those. But they don’t really do much besides act as something to play around with when bored

Lotus making an electric SUV was unfortunately not an April Fool’s joke. Looks like a Lamborghini Urus collided with a Nissan Murano.

I get that selling SUVs has worked out well for Porsche and Lotus needs some kind of volume model for markets that are increasingly unfriendly to ICE, but it’s hard to get farther from the Lotus ethos of lightweight, nimble sports cars than an electric SUV.

Lotus should at least design it like Rolls-Royce designed their first SUV: as a careful “large wagon” rather than a real SUV.

@CalypsoFantasy
Yeah, I can agree with that. More wagon-ish SUVs like the Cullinan and Lincoln Aviator look much better than aggressively styled blobs.

Info about Dodge/Jeep’s new 3.0 engine Towing figures for the new engine in the Jeep Grand Wagoneer is up to 9,800lb with 4WD and 10,000 with 2WD models. So it’s plenty potent.

@kleptomage
Wow, interesting prank in this time of car culture. Looks like the Corvette SUV that people keep fearing!

If angry driving is called road rage, then an angry driving with flying cars in the future would be called… sky rage. 😏

@RainbowDash69
You missed the “not.”

The Hurricane does sound like a sweet engine. A twin turbo inline six with over 400 horsepower standard is nothing to complain about. I hope Dodge gives the Challlenger/Charger a lighter platform and offers them with that engine.

Of course they had to make it absolutely butt-ugly

How an inline 6 should look

@kleptomage
I’d be willing to bet they will but sales might not compete with the hellcats for a while

@The magic 🅱oi
Would I prefer a handsome, clean engine without a plastic cover? Yes.
Do I care how it looks if it performs well and is trouble free? Not really.

@ACApenetrator50
I think the Hurricane is going to replace most V8s for Dodge and Ram. They’ll likely keep a V8 for the Hellcat and TRX if they’re not discontinued. Then there is that Dodge electric car coming up. We could see a healthy variety of engine options in the future.

@ACApenetrator50
Not to worry, the hellcats will be done at the end of 2024. nothing will compete with the hellcats until EVs come full force lol

@The magic 🅱oi
Dodge’s 5.7 isn’t really good looking either. Not like it matters when plastic engine covers will come standard anyway

@RainbowDash69
Which they never will.

The Ford Lightning with the 320 mile range, the one everyone will want, starts at about $74,000. Even with the full EV tax credit, that’s $66,500. I know folks spend an inordinate amount of money on trucks these days, but that price won’t make the average buyer come running to replace their ICE truck.

@RainbowDash69
Well I noticed that the cover on this new i6 only covers the 1st couple of cylinders which tells me that the back is going to be inaccessible so it has better be reliable

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4lzV7M3D5w0 Video comparing the Mercedes SL to Porsche 911, how the curve in the back is so similar. It feels like German designs are converging.

@kleptomage
Compared to the Hummer monstrosity, I like the price. It’s a truck that won’t make you look like a total poser and is more practical for daily use. The XL long range will be the most popular, I will estimate. Too many brands force you to buy the expensive trim to get higher range.

@RainbowDash69
The electric Hummer is so over the top I can’t help but like it. Sure, the Lightning is more practical, but a regular ICE truck is more practical than both.

If Peugeot were to start importing vehicles to the US, which vehicles would most likely come here?
Odd question, but I want to know.

@kleptomage
Engineering Explained on YouTube talks about the carbon footprint of the Hummer EV over the span of 200,000 miles. Maverik Hybrid is much less than the Hummer EV https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w2W4LG9Vr1A

@Background Pony #7EE8
I’ll pick the 508. China loves sedans, and we need more of them in the US

and I also love the e-208. the USA needs more compact EVs for city driving

@RainbowDash69
What about the 308? And the SW versions of both the 308 & 508?

@Background Pony #7EE8
Probably something electric to improve the Stellantis fleet average.

I wouldn’t mind test driving a 508 Estate in a decent trim, but a lot of cars for the European market are too small and underpowered for America. If they want to sell small, cheap cars in America that market is already covered by the Asian brands.

@RainbowDash69
The carbon footprint would depend on what energy source provides the Hummer electricity, but just the emissions to mine, manufacture, transport, and assemble all the parts for a 9,000lb truck would be huge.

@kleptomage
But least you forget, the 508 isn’t small.
And yeah, probably the e-208, like RD69 said.

@RainbowDash69
On that note, that’s not a sedan, that’s a liftback.
This is what a sedan looks like.

@RainbowDash69
We likely aren’t going to get them. The infrastructure needed simply doesn’t exist yet