Toyota Should Never Turbocharge The GT86, And Here’s Why
We're not just talking about the cliched 'balance' argument; there are sensible, logical reasons why Toyota should never give the GT86 a turbo
Toyota has staunchly refused to oblige, partly because of balance concerns,
and partly because it stands by the product it designed in the first
place. That product is an old-school, lightweight(ish), flickable and
talented sports car in the vein of a hard-top MX-5.
No one can argue the formula is a bad one. Take something that drives a
lot like the one-million-plus-selling Mazda, stick a hard top on it for
extra rigidity and then add more power. It’s pure genius… in theory.
Look again at the MX-5. It’s celebrated for breathing without a turbo;
many of us still prefer it to the turbo’d Abarth 124 Spider, despite
that car’s relative tonne of extra torque. That doesn’t stop us
hankering after a well-executed snail conversion for the ND car, but the fact that there’s the choice at all is the best thing. The GT86 gives you choice.
(CarThrottle.com)
Wednesday, March 21, 2018
Tuesday, March 20, 2018
When Will They Let There Be Light?
Why we can't have better headlights here in the U.S.
Outdated safety standards, lack of NHTSA leadership keep us in the dark
Audi, a leader in automotive lighting, has repeatedly run into snags trying to bring state-of-the-art car headlights to the U.S. The German luxury automaker's recently introduced matrix laser headlight system, which performs many of the same trick as Mercedes-Benz's Digital Light, also isn't legal on U.S. roads.
And five years after the introduction of its matrix-beam LED lighting, which illuminates more of the road without blinding oncoming motorists with brights by simultaneously operating high and low beams, Audi still can't bring that technology to the U.S. either. This is because it doesn't adhere to the inflexible and archaic 50-year-old Federal Motor Vehicle Safety Standards (FMVSS) that require all vehicles to have headlights capable of only switching from high to low beams and not blend the two together, which also rules out MB's Digital Light tech.
(AutoBlog.com)
Outdated safety standards, lack of NHTSA leadership keep us in the dark
Audi, a leader in automotive lighting, has repeatedly run into snags trying to bring state-of-the-art car headlights to the U.S. The German luxury automaker's recently introduced matrix laser headlight system, which performs many of the same trick as Mercedes-Benz's Digital Light, also isn't legal on U.S. roads.
And five years after the introduction of its matrix-beam LED lighting, which illuminates more of the road without blinding oncoming motorists with brights by simultaneously operating high and low beams, Audi still can't bring that technology to the U.S. either. This is because it doesn't adhere to the inflexible and archaic 50-year-old Federal Motor Vehicle Safety Standards (FMVSS) that require all vehicles to have headlights capable of only switching from high to low beams and not blend the two together, which also rules out MB's Digital Light tech.
(AutoBlog.com)
I'm Going To Take A Serious Look Into This
The Rally Rd App Lets You Invest In Collector Cars As Stocks, An Asset That Outperforms Gold
Rally Rd is an app that lets you get in on this type of investing without having to purchase an entire collector’s car. Each car within the Rally Rd portfolio is divided up into 2,000 shares and investors can purchase shares in every car.
The goal behind Rally Rd is to help investors diversify their portfolios and in this goal, I think they’re certainly achieving. I can’t imagine that there are too many young investors like myself out there who are considering investing heavily in collector’s cars. It’s just not an asset that is on many millennial’s radars. But I certainly dig the idea of being able to buy shares in these cars instead of having to purchase the entire vehicle and be tasked with having to take care of the car myself.
(BroBible.com)
Rally Rd is an app that lets you get in on this type of investing without having to purchase an entire collector’s car. Each car within the Rally Rd portfolio is divided up into 2,000 shares and investors can purchase shares in every car.
The goal behind Rally Rd is to help investors diversify their portfolios and in this goal, I think they’re certainly achieving. I can’t imagine that there are too many young investors like myself out there who are considering investing heavily in collector’s cars. It’s just not an asset that is on many millennial’s radars. But I certainly dig the idea of being able to buy shares in these cars instead of having to purchase the entire vehicle and be tasked with having to take care of the car myself.
(BroBible.com)
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