500 a year maximum. Rumoured that they will all be left hand drive, if so they might not be hitting the UK or Japan. https://www.autocar.co.uk/car-news/new-cars/polestar-1-coupé-revealed-592bhp-hybrid-drivetrain Apparently you can only buy them on a subscription scheme... :/
How did he manage to damage his neck/spine in that? Was he doing a handstand facing backwards? (by the way, that also explains why he crashed like that)
Yeah shame, but doesn't really matter, his life is more worth than a machine. They just needed the space to get them out with an injured neck (?), which can also could end bad for him.
In my opinion, a better way to have a connected motoring experience is to actually have the controls connected to the car. Instead of all the electronic stuff with assists --- Post updated --- I'd agree with his life being worth more than the machine. Unless he was guilty of the assault charges, and especially if he only crashed to get out of going to court. That hardly looks like the crash was at more than 10MPH, so he's gotta be pretty unlucky if he did get neck injuries. If he is guilty of the above, I say he had it coming
This guy has been in the media for a few years now & trust me, the car is more important than his life.
I think you're too hung up on performance, it drives just fine around town, and the trade-off for the low power is that it's a very torquey engine, so manouvering and stop-and-go driving is really convenient
If assists stop people from driving while drunk/drugged or using their cellphone while driving then I would be 100% fine with them.
Ignoring the Mitsubishi for a sec, I'd say alot of assists do the opposite. Cars can now even keep theirself in lane and a certain distance from the car ahead. They change gear on their own, and even turn the lights and wipers on and off on their own. You can happily set a car to do the motorway speed limit, get in lane and let it be. There'd be thousands of people who'd at this moment, pull their phone out and text, check Facebook, or whatever. On another note, there's that new car (Renault?) Which can detect if you're dehydrated. Like, do we really need this? Can we not do anything ourselves anymore? First cars told us how to drive, then they told us when to go to bed, now they tell us when to have a drink?! How much further can this go...?
Maybe, but I'm more leaning to the point that we don't seem to be trusted with anything anymore. I'm just waiting for the day where people literally must have everything decided for them, to prevent any sort of danger. Who knows. Maybe bubblewrap suits might come into fashion
I'll admit now I'll check an alert on my phone or look down to skip the song that's playing (partly because I can't control it from the steering wheel in this car ) Never would have done that in my old Accord but now that my car has ACC I feel like I can afford it. I probably can't though.
In other words: some old cars are dirtier than even new diesels, but not all cars of the same age or type are created equal. What is also interesting is that this, in a roundabout way, confirms that air quality really is a local issue - right down to specific spots in a city. Thus all I can say is: -Just turn your engine off in drive-throughs, out of kindness to the cashiers. If it's a stupidly busy day (and thus slow) you'll likely save yourself a bit of money in the process. If you're in a high-pedestrian area, do this in heavy traffic too. This is also a kindness to manual drivers as they won't have to constantly slip the clutch. -No matter what you drive, just... get out of the big city while you can. Humans were never designed to live in cities. They'll mess you up in more ways than just exhaust fumes - the constant noise, the constant being surrounded by strangers, the lack of space... To heck with that noise.
I say that everyone should fully disengage the clutch, then turn off the engine and then coast through urban area's... Stop start certainly does help (and already exists) but it does not by any means solve the problem. In order to solve it you either need to reduce the amount of cars or make them cleaner. Work is being done to reduce the use of cars by introducing pedestrian only area's, reducing traffic infrastructure, introducing bus lanes, and Electric vehicle only areas are now starting to catch on too, since they essentially create a pedestrian only zone where only vehicles that produce no local emission are allowed (usually with goods vehicles exempt since there is not currently an alternative on the market) As for making vehicles cleaner, local councils are starting to look into switching to electric vehicles, they are also putting pressure on bus companies to move to electric buses. Electric vehicles emit no local pollution and as such also help (and even if 100% of their supply was coming from coal, a power station is way more efficient than an internal combustion engine, however renewables make a fair chunk these days [however this is more of a global environment issue than city issues]). I would also have to agree that I have little interest in renting a car for 3 years currently. But then again I have no interest in buying new cars either, only second hand. So my opinion isn't really worth anything to car manufacturers since they have (almost) nothing to earn from me. The article also did not say much about older cars. They only tested one older vehicle (1.8l i4 Petrol VW Golf) and its emissions were very high too, however it was stated that the level of maintenance etc would also effect this result. However, as mentioned above there are some modern cars that pollute even more than the older ones do. While there are other modern cars that a pretty clean and even meet the legal requirements under real world testing. It is also mentioned that they were not able to complete carbon particulate testing due to some reason or other. So there are no results for that. This was also mentioned in the article: They also stated that the independent firm that they found specifically told them not to disclose information about the testing route they used, apparently they had identified car makers attempting to follow them in the past to identify the route, in order to tune their cars to detect the test environment. All in all the article does suggest that the whole thing is pretty rotten. (and frankly I feel very little sympathy for the auto-makers, they dug this hole themselves)
Question 1, Is it an Auto? Question 2, What rpm is its peak torque and how much? Because for a 1.4L (i assume non turbo) and 1400+kg i doubt it feels "torquey" compared to other econocars.
A Chevy dealer in Maryland has a large stock of Chevy SuperSport's and as a bit of a farewell/ tribute they've started installing Holden badges on them. Which is just awesome
1- Manual 1- 140nm, not sure what RPM but I'd assume around 3000, though the torque curve is likely quite flat from 1500-5000 RPM. I usually don't even need any accelerator input to get moving from a parking spot, for example, just releasing the clutch does the trick
