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New horsepower rating standards
Posted: Wed Feb 08, 2006 9:39 pm
by sirwilliam
Not sure if anyone's seen or heard about this but forgot to post up on this new horsepower rating standard.
Read about it under "The Horsepower Race Gets Muddied":
http://www.roadandtrack.com/article.asp ... le_id=2814
Posted: Wed Feb 08, 2006 10:17 pm
by Mr Kleen
I found it interesting that GM's numbers went up but Toyota and Honda's went down. maybe The General could trade some of that extra HP to the Japanese for some build quality?
Posted: Wed Feb 08, 2006 10:24 pm
by sirwilliam
Mr Kleen wrote:I found it interesting that GM's numbers went up but Toyota and Honda's went down. maybe The General could trade some of that extra HP to the Japanese for some build quality?
Then I might actually start buying american...but then hell hasn't frozen over yet
Posted: Wed Feb 08, 2006 10:59 pm
by Mr Kleen
the Challenger makes me want to start smoking again. I guess it's a good thing it's a Dodge, otherwise I might be tempted to trade in when they come out...
Posted: Wed Feb 08, 2006 11:04 pm
by WANGAN_X
they are out... but dodge is just mitsu in disguise
Posted: Tue Feb 14, 2006 10:48 pm
by Sabre
^^^^ lol.... NOT
The new Dodges are pretty hot, I do have to admit! Finally ONE of the American car companies is listening. With the huge increase in sales, I can't believe the rest have not jumped on the bandwagon.
Posted: Wed Feb 15, 2006 7:05 pm
by sirwilliam
this is something that I thought I would never say, but I believe that the american cars are actually starting to look good...guess they found the ugly stick they have been beaten w/ and hid it.
Good for them...still won't buy one
Posted: Wed Feb 15, 2006 7:32 pm
by Mr Kleen
unfortunately most of the good looking American cars of late are retro designs. what happens in a couple years when these designs need to be freshened? Chrysler finally started listening less to the bean counters and more to the public. that's why they're designs have gotten better over the last 10-15 years. maybe Ford and GM will follow? (I have little hope for GM to reform their corporate culture.)
Posted: Wed Mar 08, 2006 5:37 am
by chicken n waffles
sirwilliam wrote:this is something that I thought I would never say, but I believe that the american cars are actually starting to look good...guess they found the ugly stick they have been beaten w/ and hid it.
Good for them...still won't buy one
correction... SOME are.
gm obviously didn't get the memo, especially chevy
