+- Madison Motorsports (https://forum.mmsports.org)
+-- Forum: Madison Motorsports (https://forum.mmsports.org/forumdisplay.php?fid=3)
+--- Forum: Lounge (https://forum.mmsports.org/forumdisplay.php?fid=6)
+--- Thread: Automotive News Discussion (/showthread.php?tid=10527)
Pages:
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
13
14
15
16
17
18
19
20
21
22
23
24
25
26
27
28
29
30
31
32
33
34
35
36
37
38
39
40
41
42
43
44
45
46
47
48
49
50
51
52
53
54
55
56
57
58
59
60
61
62
63
64
65
66
67
68
69
70
71
72
73
74
75
76
77
78
79
80
81
82
83
84
85
86
87
88
89
90
91
92
93
94
95
96
97
98
99
100
101
102
103
104
105
106
107
108
109
110
111
112
113
114
115
116
117
118
119
120
121
122
123
124
125
126
127
128
129
130
131
132
133
134
135
136
137
138
139
140
141
142
143
144
145
146
147
148
149
150
151
152
153
154
155
156
157
158
159
160
161
162
163
164
165
166
167
168
169
170
171
172
173
Re: Automotive News Discussion - Jake - 06-28-2016
Back to TG US for a brief moment - my roommate has all of the seasons on our server so I tried watching a more recent episode, where they build a snowplow out of a shorty school bus. Looked interesting enough and at the start, you see Tanner drifting the shit out of their late-80s Chevy bus, pre-mods.
![[Image: I23143366.jpg]](http://cinemavehicles.com/images/I23143366.jpg)
They then "reveal the upgrades" and son of a bitch, the bus itself is now ten years newer and obviously not the same model they started with.
![[Image: screen-shot-2014-06-24-at-15-20-40.jpg]](http://www.topgear.com/sites/default/files/styles/fit_1960x1102/public/news/carousel/2015/06/screen-shot-2014-06-24-at-15-20-40.jpg)
That pissed me off so much I just cut it off. If the show/producers/hosts can't handle basic continuity, then good riddance. Either tell us why you ended up getting a newer bus or use the same one for everything.
Re: Automotive News Discussion - JPolen01 - 06-28-2016
That is terrible for a car guy show. Of course we will notice something like that. In a movie you can get away with that because the vast majority of people won't notice/don't care. What a joke.
Re: Automotive News Discussion - Maengelito - 06-28-2016
HAULN-SS Wrote:Cargo shipping is at the lowest rates in history - I wouldn't be surprised to see them shipped off to some 2nd or 3rd world countries that DGAF about emissions.
^^this.
You'll start to see a bunch of Jettas and Passats stuffed with like 15 insurgents blasting their AKs in the air on CNN in a couple of years.
Re: Automotive News Discussion - Senor_Taylor - 06-28-2016
Jake, TG seems to do that kind of often. I take it more of "This is what it would look like with the upgrades" even if they are trying to imply it's the same one.
Sent from my SM-G900R4 using Tapatalk
Re: Automotive News Discussion - HAULN-SS - 06-28-2016
Attention RJ <!-- m --><a class="postlink" href="https://www.vwcourtsettlement.com/en/">https://www.vwcourtsettlement.com/en/</a><!-- m -->
And the money shot:
<!-- m --><a class="postlink" href="https://www.bloomberglaw.com/public/desktop/document/In_re_Volkswagen_Clean_Diesel_Marketing_Sales_Practices_and_Produ/14?1467125977">https://www.bloomberglaw.com/public/des ... 1467125977</a><!-- m -->
Re: Automotive News Discussion - JPolen01 - 06-28-2016
Quote:Fiat Chrysler gearshift probe finds 266 crashes, 68 injuriesThis is up from 121 originally reported crashes.
- From the AP <!-- m --><a class="postlink" href="http://bigstory.ap.org/f34aa8d5af914ea28821bef25251fc8b">http://bigstory.ap.org/f34aa8d5af914ea28821bef25251fc8b</a><!-- m -->
Re: Automotive News Discussion - JPolen01 - 06-29-2016
HAULN-SS Wrote:Cargo shipping is at the lowest rates in history - I wouldn't be surprised to see them shipped off to some 2nd or 3rd world countries that DGAF about emissions.US Justice Department says good try, but no can't do that either. Their consent decree released yesterday:
Quote:All Eligible Vehicles returned to Settling Defendants through the Recall Program shall be rendered inoperable by removing the vehicle’s Engine Control Unit (“ECU”) and may be, to the extent possible, recycled to the extent permitted by law.
Settling Defendants may elect to resell or sell any returned Eligible Vehicle or any 2.0 Liter Subject Vehicle in the United States, provided, however, that Settling Defendants first modify the particular vehicle in accordance with the applicable Approved Emissions Modification ...
Settling Defendants may not export or arrange for the export of 2.0 Liter Subject Vehicles, unless such vehicle has been modified in accordance with the applicable Approved Emissions Modification ...
Re: Automotive News Discussion - WRXtranceformed - 06-29-2016
JPolen01 Wrote:Wow, so they have to pay to do the modifications either way if they want to resell, then firesale them since they will perform worse and get worse mileage (until someone tunes them :twisted: )HAULN-SS Wrote:Cargo shipping is at the lowest rates in history - I wouldn't be surprised to see them shipped off to some 2nd or 3rd world countries that DGAF about emissions.US Justice Department says good try, but no can't do that either. Their consent decree released yesterday:
Quote:All Eligible Vehicles returned to Settling Defendants through the Recall Program shall be rendered inoperable by removing the vehicle’s Engine Control Unit (“ECU”) and may be, to the extent possible, recycled to the extent permitted by law.
Settling Defendants may elect to resell or sell any returned Eligible Vehicle or any 2.0 Liter Subject Vehicle in the United States, provided, however, that Settling Defendants first modify the particular vehicle in accordance with the applicable Approved Emissions Modification ...
Settling Defendants may not export or arrange for the export of 2.0 Liter Subject Vehicles, unless such vehicle has been modified in accordance with the applicable Approved Emissions Modification ...
Probably easier / cheaper to rip the ECUs out and sell them for parts / scrap to large parts buyers
Re: Automotive News Discussion - BLINGMW - 06-29-2016
So the cars must be dismantled. The environment is not surprised.
Re: Automotive News Discussion - CaptainHenreh - 06-30-2016
BLINGMW Wrote:So the cars must be dismantled. The environment is not surprised.
Would love to see the overall environmental impact of dismantling thousands of cars and replacing them with new ones vs just letting the old ones do their thing.
Re: Automotive News Discussion - Sully - 06-30-2016
Rip motor out, replace with gas engine?
Think there would be a way, although possibly costly, of modifying existing cars with new parts and tunes to meet requirements but also keep performance specs. :dunno:
Sent from my SM-G930V using Tapatalk
Re: Automotive News Discussion - Mike - 07-01-2016
CaptainHenreh Wrote:BLINGMW Wrote:So the cars must be dismantled. The environment is not surprised.
Would love to see the overall environmental impact of dismantling thousands of cars and replacing them with new ones vs just letting the old ones do their thing.
gonna guess "way worse."
Re: Automotive News Discussion - G.Irish - 07-05-2016
The Aston Martin/Red Bull collabo takes shape:
![[Image: ma-002.jpg]](http://images.car.bauercdn.com/pagefiles/31389/1040x585/ma-002.jpg)
<!-- m --><a class="postlink" href="http://www.carmagazine.co.uk/car-news/first-official-pictures/aston-martin/no-bull-aston-martin-and-red-bull-racing-reveal-am-rb-001-hypercar/">http://www.carmagazine.co.uk/car-news/f ... -hypercar/</a><!-- m -->
Looks like they've walked back a little bit on the 'faster than a F1 car on track' claim, but maybe that's where they'll aim on the track-only variant. Either way, this looks properly bonkers and actually breaks new ground for hypercars in a way I feel like the 918/LaFerrari/P1 didn't. Also much more interesting to me than the Veyron/Chiron. What a day it will be when one of these shows up to the track.
Re: Automotive News Discussion - *insertusernamehere* - 07-06-2016
I was waiting for something like this to happen.
<!-- m --><a class="postlink" href="https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2016/jul/01/tesla-driver-killed-autopilot-self-driving-car-harry-potter">https://www.theguardian.com/technology/ ... rry-potter</a><!-- m -->
<!-- m --><a class="postlink" href="http://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2016/07/01/business/inside-tesla-accident.html?_r=0">http://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2016 ... .html?_r=0</a><!-- m -->
Re: Automotive News Discussion - G.Irish - 07-06-2016
M2 CSL greenlit:
<!-- m --><a class="postlink" href="http://www.bmwblog.com/2016/07/05/german-media-says-bmw-m2-csl-received-green-light/">http://www.bmwblog.com/2016/07/05/germa ... een-light/</a><!-- m -->
Originally I was very interested in this but if it has no backseats like the M4 GTS it's a no go for me unfortunately =/ If I'm gonna spend that kind of money for 2 seater I'm gonna get more of a pure sports car like a 4C or Cayman, although this will probably be faster than a Cayman S. BMW finding it's performance roots again is encouraging though.
Re: Automotive News Discussion - SlimKlim - 07-07-2016
Those wheels need Jesus.
hock: I pretty much love all of the CSL/GTS/LTW variants they can spit out though, I've always dreamed of mimicking how the factory might've done an "E36 GTS" but the parts list ends up in the five-digit range real quick. If I ever win the lottery though...
Re: Automotive News Discussion - D_Eclipse9916 - 07-07-2016
G.Irish Wrote:BMW finding it's performance roots again is encouraging though.
Re: Automotive News Discussion - rherold9 - 07-12-2016
<!-- m --><a class="postlink" href="http://www.roadandtrack.com/new-cars/future-cars/news/a29939/2017-hyundai-elantra-sport/">http://www.roadandtrack.com/new-cars/fu ... tra-sport/</a><!-- m -->
![[Image: oDok9.gif]](https://m.popkey.co/b29980/oDok9.gif)
Re: Automotive News Discussion - CaptainHenreh - 07-13-2016
rherold9 Wrote:http://www.roadandtrack.com/new-cars/future-cars/news/a29939/2017-hyundai-elantra-sport/
What's wrong with that? :dunno:
Re: Automotive News Discussion - Sully - 07-19-2016
So I haven't really followed it at all. If you live in a area with no emissions testing, provided you can get it for stupid cheap, is there any reason to buy a newer tdi vehicle. Are the mpgs really bad or just not as good as advertised. Will you even be allowed to own one. I guess it wouldn't be worth anything for resale and idk how the buyback works, doubt anyone would sell it privately for less than they get for buyback. Thought just crossed my mind.
Sent from my SM-G930V using Tapatalk