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I was responding to somebody who was talking about a simple car for their 16 year old daughter. Missed that bit did you?

In which case it wouldn't be a Civic. Have you seen how low the 'hood' is. It is impossible to fit a V8 in a Civic and still retain the size, never mind that a Civic is FWD. Why not try a Mini or even a Kei car :crackup: Have you noticed that the Ecoboost Mustang with a much smaller engine is...

I know exactly what it means. Glad we agree!

It is amazing how many people come on here wanting the Mustang to be something else! It is what it is, priced as it is. People will buy it or not based on what they want from a car and whether they can afford it. Ford will keep on making it as long as they can make a profit and cover the plant...

You seem to be conflating two discussions now which is odd. Not sure what V8's have to do with batteries? V8's make more power per cubic volume do they. Why is that? What 'fans' are you on about? You seem to be totally ignoring that forced induction gives MUCH better power output per cc (and...

Indeed, because the 95% are either being repurposed for domestic battery use or accumulated for future recycling when the numbers get big enough to make it viable. I would suggest that semantically being repurposed is a form of recycling but you would no doubt disagree!

The Coyote needs a good 3k miles to give the best fuel consumption. My auto S550 was doing 25mpg when new then averaged 30mpg when properly run in. My S650 auto has already gone from 24mpg to 26 mpg and still under 1k miles.

It is also essential for taking the car on a ferry if you don't want to annoy all the other passengers.

You are actually missing a lot less than you think. Dyno comparisons between US and EU cars are identical up to nearly 6k rpm, it is only that last little bit missing.

There are a lot of differences - different air intakes, different exhaust, different ancillaries, different 'hood' even. Without a full strip down you wouldn't be able to really price up the differences.

Actually I think all UK cars have red callipers (other than DH) - it was technically an option but fitted to everything. I don't think anybody ever thought they were 'factory orders' and with so few options for the UK and pretty much every combination made available you could usually get what...

Do they still make the steering wheels in Mexico :crackup:

'Electronic gauge' with a computer and operating system via CANBUS behind it! They are effectively the same just with the added complication of some moving parts on the older systems! Do you not remember the problems Ford had with dry solder joints on their 'electronic gauges' instrument...

Lancia badge on it.

Simply not true. 8 cylinder engines have more frictional loss than smaller numbers of cylinders, they are larger and don't fit smaller cars (as said before) and they have poor fuel efficiency. You do understand that a small engine can have exactly the same size cylinder as a V8? You do realise...

Yes but crucially that doesn't mean 95% are being dumped. very different to what you were suggesting. See if you can improve?

You do realise how many cars Ford sell - and those screens appear in most of them globally. Pretty much all cars have screens now in one form or another. Even the older 'analogue screens' were nothing of the sort (not since the 1980's) as they were all electronic behind the 'dials'

What is it as a percentage of new sales? I'm sure there are plenty of F150's on lots.

Maybe it is, maybe some of it is increased costs such as wages that have to come from somewhere. Direction of travel is clear. Less cars better margin.

Euro 7: Carmakers’ record profits made at… | Transport & Environment Very clear car makers are NOT chasing volume and happy to sell less cars at a better margin. Together the five carmakers’ 2022 profits (€64 billion) were more than double 2019’s (€28 billion), despite selling 25% fewer cars...