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They have to look like the Challenger or Charger. If they put out a SUV named Challenger, it would be a waste. I get what Ford did, but when (not if) Ford makes an EV Mustang, it's gotta look the part.

Stelantis has to start making the move to electric. Typically, cars run on a 6-12 year platform cycle. By 2035, all new vehicles in their home market (Europe), need to be EV (maybe not BEV, but EV). Some states are actually more stringent (Washington is 2030 for instance) So yes...

I would not get the R/T, I would get the Scat Pack as a minimum if I were buying a Dodge today. As for Challenger vs Charger...I know I don't fit in the back of the Charger, but I do in the Challenger (I hit my head on the rear window in the Charger). That said, I can count the times I have...

Seems that some have a bias against electric. Let's face it, electric cars can also be performance cars. As for "engine"...I cannot count the number of times I have heard an engine being called a motor. That car has a big motor. Inboard and outboard motors on boats, etc. So disqualifying a...

Honestly, I don't know if an EV would be right for me or not. First off, it would depend on the range. anything less than 350 miles won't work for me if I want to use it on my road trips (90 percent of my vacations are road trips). 500 miles would be a heck of a lot better. Next, it has to...

News link @ Challenger4G.com: Dodge to Reveal Future Muscle (Next-Gen Challenger) Vehicles During Dodge Speed Week Aug 15-17 I am seeing reports that Dodge could be revealing the next gen Challenger (maybe just the concept) at speed week, possibly August 17 during a "Future Muscle"...

Looks like I might have guessed right about the reveal being at the Detroit Auto show https://www.roadandtrack.com/news/a40722287/ford-mustang-next-generation-detroit-auto-show/

well, according to a friend, Washington state says no new ICE cars after 2030, so...

just like you may need to replace a fuel line and a fuel pump for a higher performance engine, you are going to have to replace cables going from the battery to the motors (that might be one performance upgrade...lower resistance cables, so less I^2xR losses on the cable, less of a voltage drop...

Electricity is no more dangerous than gasoline. Both will kill you given the chance, and both will kill you if you do not respect it. I am an electrical engineer. My area is utility scale power (hundreds of thousands of volts) and analyzing accidents and events on the system. I have seen...

I would be shocked (pun intended) if there was not a battery disconnect that would safely isolate the battery from the system. Once you isolate the battery, it would be fairly easy to work on an electric vehicle, and very safe. Don't get me wrong, you can screw something up if you don't know...

In order to streamline engine production, the mustang will be dropping the 5.0 Coyote, and the V8 option will include a turbo resulting in over 1000 ft-lbs of torque and 475 horsepower. Welcome, the the new king of engines...the 6.7L powerstroke :crackup: Note: For those with that are humor...

Are you thinking something like a BOSS variant?

There are still chip shortage issues, so unless the new package either removes chips or keeps the count the same, I don't see them coming out with a new package. I do expect a tease if nothing else. What that tease will be? No idea.

It would be nice. I am in the market for a new car in a year or two, so the 650 has my attention, as will the new Charger and whatever GM's entry into the market will be.

Again...there is nothing we can do to save the V8. Eventually, it will go away. When is still unknown, but I suspect 2035-2040 is a pretty solid date that we won't see it, and we might not see it prior to that either. Don't think though that just because we move to electric doesn't mean that...

Let's face it, the V8 is going to die eventually. EVs are the future. There is no real way around it. There are things that need to happen, but eventually ICEs are going to go away, even on vehicles like ATVs and motorcycles, and on outdoor equipment like home lawn tractors, mowers, trimmers...

Now you are sounding like a Star Citizen backer (release is always 2 years away). Seriously, battery tech is advancing quite rapidly. To be frank, battery tech has been in an infancy stage for the better part of a century (or more) until recently. Lead Acid batteries were all that we needed...

No, Electric is not a fad. It works well for a large portion of the planet and is much more efficient even when you consider all of the losses of generating/transporting the energy to the charger. If we as performance enthusiasts want input into the next generation of transport, we need to...

First off, I too like the sound of a V8. I have had a V8 in every car I have purchased. 97 Tbird, GS430, 550, F350. (I will note the 2.8 Straight 6 that Toyota had in the mid-late 80s was really peppy for the time, and BMW straight 6 engines are sublime...not so much the V6 most people use)...