The Future Automotive Thread

[spooled240]

Originally Posted by dorkidori_s13

13-12 seconds for a 4 banger is still pretty damn fast... even in modern times! you run 13-12 seconds in the 1/4, you can take out 90% of whats rolling around on the street.

True, I remember being amazed at what a 2 liter and some boost could do. Even the evo 8's and STi's were just annihilating 90% of the American competition. It was really cool.

The new cars are getting more and more power, but they are also getting heavier which gives the s-chassis' a huge advantage. The only cars nowadays that are even comparable to the s-chassis is the miata and FR-s but we all know 99% of the time they are stock and slow lol

[silverarrow27]

Originally Posted by spooled240

...The only cars nowadays that are even comparable to the s-chassis is the miata and FR-s but we all know 99% of the time they are stock and slow lol

Or all show and no go.

[drift freaq]

Originally Posted by dorkidori_s13

back when it was imports vs domestics... you got an amazing sense of pride and accomplishment snapping off a loud and evil sounding V8 with your freshly swapped SR20 or B18

Heh time to date myself. I remember lining up against small block V8's with my built L16 510 .Yup 4 banger single cammer with 240z pistons 40 over 1800 head ported, balanced bottom end, Delong 304/08 cam 456 lift , 273 duration . Sidedraft Weber, hooker headers. Yup that was before I was selling SSS engines. 6 inches on every pull and those guys kept on coming back for more.
150hp in a 2000lb car.
Ya pre SR days when FJ'20's were coveted and hard to get. Of course you can probably see why I wound up getting a 240sx and owning one for over ten years.
Ah those days were fun and now there gone.

[1988montecarloss]

Originally Posted by Future240

I really wonder how a fast S-chassis would stack up to today's muscle.


Like a 350whp S14 SR vs a 5.0 Mustang or Camaro

pretty good since they are so light and geared low, my s13 sr with an s14 t28 on 10psi has outran a '12 coyote, kenne bell supercharged 2v 4.6 mustang and a 320whp 308sbf foxbody. a 350whp one would embarass a coyote mustang or ls3 camaro

[exitspeed]

So basically a new, prettier (obviously subjective), GTR that is a little slower.

http://jalopnik.com/the-2018-lexus-l...1792600773/amp

Not sure where I stand on this thing. It's like, this or an F Type SVR...I'd have to pick the Jag.

[exitspeed]

Guys guys guys....BREAKING FUCKING NEWS!!!

Ghosn steps down as Nissan CEO/ President!!!!

http://www.motortrend.com/news/carlo...ceo-president/

Whoa whoa whoa. What the fuck will this mean?!?!? Holy shit! This is big.

[kashira kureijii]

Originally Posted by exitspeed

What the fuck will this mean?!?!?

it may mean nissan will lose money, or it may mean we will get something that doesn't suck in the distant future, but probably just the money thing.


It is cool that they are under japanese leadership again

[Bspilner]

Originally Posted by exitspeed

Guys guys guys....BREAKING FUCKING NEWS!!!

Ghosn steps down as Nissan CEO/ President!!!!

http://www.motortrend.com/news/carlo...ceo-president/

Whoa whoa whoa. What the fuck will this mean?!?!? Holy shit! This is big.

Finally! couldn't stand his politics!

[Dutchmalmiss]

Let's hope Saikawa puts some very-much-needed attention to their sporty car segment and takes some projects out of hiatus. ahem-IDX-ahem

[Bspilner]

Originally Posted by Dutchmalmiss

Let's hope Saikawa puts some very-much-needed attention to their sporty car segment and takes some projects out of hiatus. ahem-IDX-ahem

And does something about the ''Skyline'' (q50) that thing is way too Americanized! Needs some more Japanese flair to it, like a 6mt and sharper looks.

[dorkidori_s13]

Originally Posted by Bspilner

And does something about the ''Skyline'' (q50) that thing is way too Americanized! Needs some more Japanese flair to it, like a 6mt and sharper looks.

Manual transmissions are going the way of the dinosaur for the most part... ESPECIALLY in luxury cars. Dont count on ever seeing manual trannys in Lexus, Infiniti or Acura ever again. Those days are long gone!

[exitspeed]

Originally Posted by Bspilner

And does something about the ''Skyline'' (q50) that thing is way too Americanized! Needs some more Japanese flair to it, like a 6mt and sharper looks.

Have you seen the "Japanese flair" these days? They've all lost their minds IMO. The only one making consistently good looking cars right now is Mazda.

Toyotas are trying to be sporty...fail.

Lexus' look like pissed of human-sucking alien vacuum cleaners.

Infiniti has more lines than Barney Stinson and more creases than a bums shirt.

Nissans styling induces comas and the sports models are 10 years old.

Honda is on a quest to make everything giant and look like a Crosstour (one of the most visually unappealing cars in history).

Acura finally has an NSX. Wait do they make other cars? Lol

Mazdas all look the same...but it's like different versions of Scarlett Johansson. You'd hit any of them.

Subaru. Well they just want to be VW. They should rename themselves BB King because the thrill is gone.

And yeah 5mts, 6mts or any mt for that matter is pretty much dead.


But back to celebrating Ghosn gtfo!! Woot!

[Future240]

Originally Posted by exitspeed

Toyotas are trying to be sporty...fail.

GT86 aside the Toyota brand has not produced anything worth driving in years. I don't see why they cannot understand a FWD sedan is not "sporty".

Originally Posted by exitspeed

Lexus' look like pissed of human-sucking alien vacuum cleaners.

Their styling is very WTF in a bad way. If they would ton down the grills they might be able to make a half decent car.

Originally Posted by exitspeed

Infiniti has more lines than Barney Stinson and more creases than a bums shirt.

I actually like the Q50 design. I know it will not happen, but I keep dreaming about taking the new 3.0 TT and them dropping it into a Q60 with a 6mt.

Originally Posted by exitspeed

Nissans styling induces comas and the sports models are 10 years old.

Valid point here. The 370z and GTR are dinosaurs at these point. They both (well technically the 350) lost their original luster, budget (compared to cars they went up against and beat) cars that were faster and better than the cars. Remember when the GTR dropped and it was 70K and just DESTROYING cars that cost 100k plus?

Originally Posted by exitspeed

Honda is on a quest to make everything giant and look like a Crosstour (one of the most visually unappealing cars in history).

BY no means is it sporty, but the Honda Accord looks pretty decent, as does the new Type R civic, but everything else is just a big snore.

Originally Posted by exitspeed

Mazdas all look the same...but it's like different versions of Scarlett Johansson. You'd hit any of them.

AGREED. Mazda is killing it in styling. I keep wishing they would chop the front off the 6 slap it on a coupe and toss some doritos and snails in the bay.

Originally Posted by exitspeed

Subaru. Well they just want to be VW. They should rename themselves BB King because the thrill is gone.

Subaru could be awesome with just a few changes.


-BRZ Sti-boosted FA20 250-280HP stock
-WRX-gets the sti engine 305hp stock
-Sti-gets a 6cy boxer boosted to 435


at the same price points. Tell me that would not be a killer line up.

[dbeiler]

Well, it certainly is good to hear Ghosn will be retracting his grip a little. I'm not expecting much to change, though. His replacement, Hiroto Saikawa, was chosen by Ghosn himself. I don't know anything about the new dude, but I'm sure Ghosn chose someone capable of continuing his legacy of producing completely meh cars.

Mitsubishi has already killed the Evo and Eclipse, their only two cars worth a second glance. What more can Ghosn possibly strip them of? Maybe he could cut the 3cylinder Mirage down to 2cylinders. 3cylinders just seems so unnecessarily sporty.

[kingkilburn]

Just stoping by to celebrate the end of an era gone too long.

[exitspeed]

Dooooooope.

http://blog.caranddriver.com/the-che...ding-cocktail/

[lunchmeat]

Damn that looks mean.

[spooled240]

Originally Posted by exitspeed

Dooooooope.

http://blog.caranddriver.com/the-che...ding-cocktail/

at least some manufacturers are still offering manual transmissions

[KiLLeR2001]

Well if that isn't a direct reply to the GT350 I don't know what is. Car looks pretty cool but that front grille is just really weird to me.

I hope Ford makes the next GT500 a twin-turbo 5.2L CPC V8 (700+hp) and AWD. This will make it a competitor with the GT-R and maybe just maybe get Nissan off their asses and back into the game.

[exitspeed]

Come on Ford. Try to keep up here.

http://blog.caranddriver.com/a-new-c...thing-we-know/

[simmode1]

Originally Posted by exitspeed

Come on Ford. Try to keep up here.

http://blog.caranddriver.com/a-new-c...thing-we-know/

DOHC V8s replacing the old OHVs. It'll be a sad day when that happens, IMO. Sounds much more expensive to mod & maintain.

[[240sx]]

Originally Posted by simmode1

DOHC V8s replacing the old OHVs...

If they come out sounding like the new GT350s Im all in!!!

Sent from my SM-G930P

[exitspeed]

O. M. F. GAWD! Panamara wagon.

http://www.autoblog.com/2017/03/01/2...#slide-4624762

[Bushido]

dang


like a cayenne with all the fat cut out and stretched. im loving porsche's design language

[exitspeed]

I want to have all the sex with that thing.

[lunchmeat]

Yea, I'd drive the shit out of that. And it's a 4 door, could totally convince the wife it's practical.

[exitspeed]

No way it's coming in a stick.

[lunchmeat]

Doubt it. Might as well and embrace the suck, get used to paddle shift.

[exitspeed]

Originally Posted by exitspeed

By 2025 we'll have a lot of autonomous cars on the road but it won't be an all autonomous market by then....

This shift will be like 2050 or some shit.

Hey remember when I said this and some people said I was way off. Well, at least one industry expert is on the same page.

http://www.autoblog.com/2017/03/06/a...=hp-tile-large

[exitspeed]

Porche gets us.

http://www.caranddriver.com/photo-ga...hotos-and-info

Now just need that Porsche money.